Case Studies for Public Health in the Eastern Mediterranean Region - 2019

The Eastern Mediterranean Public Health Network (EMPHNET) helped to launch and establish several Field Epidemiology Training Programs (FETPs) in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR). EMPHNET continues to provide ongoing technical and programmatic support for these program in an effort to assist countries to strengthen their public health workforce. The FETP programs in our region have relied, right now, on fewer local specific case studies tailored to EMR contexts. To offset this gap a group of researchers from different countries designed and developed a total of 12 thoughtful, detailed, and culturally tailored public health case studies to be used for teaching purposes to train public health professionals. Mainly, these case-studies cover topics such as outbreak investigations, surveillance activities, and complex emergencies.

Guest editors: Pr Yousef S Khader (yskhader@just.edu.jo) - Department of Community Medicine, Public Health and Family Medicine Faculty of Medicine,Jordan University of Science & Technology, Jordan

Contact: Global Health Development (GHD), The Eastern Mediterranean Public Health Network (EMPHNET)

Contents

	Public Health and Field Epidemiology Case Studies Mohannad Al Nsour Investing in health workforce development is a key factor in strengthening health systems and in supporting progress towards reaching Sustainbale Development Goals (SDGs). The Eastern Mediterranean Public Health Network (EMPHNET) and its regional arm Global Health Development (GHD) support Field Epi ... Only the 300 first characters of this abstract are displayed here - 11 May 2019 [Full text] [PDF in process]
	Establishing web-based syndromic surveillance for Hajj: a teaching case-study Mohamed Nageeb Abdalla, Azhar Mujib, Sami Almudaraa, Shady Kamal, Mohammed Al-Thebyani, Zayid Al Mayahi, Mohamad Al-Yousef, Abdullah Turkistani, Ahmed Elganainy, Yousef Khader Hajj, the Muslims ritual pilgrimage to Makkah in Saudi Arabia, is an annual and everlasting mass gathering event of more than two million persons. This ritual which takes 15 – 40 days is performed in a very crowding situation, involving a lot of outdoor movements and under a harsh environment. Publi ... Only the 300 first characters of this abstract are displayed here - 14 May 2019 [Full text] [PDF in process]
	Outbreak investigation around extensive environmental contamination in an artisanal area of Morocco: a teaching case-study Asmae Khattabi, Alj Loubna, Hanan Chaoui, Fatima Zahra Meski, Sanae Achour, Yousef Khader, Malak A Shaheen Environmental lead exposure has a proven risk to human health, especially for children. It causes a nervous system effects with irreversible consequences which generate important and entirely avoidable health expenses. This chronic exposure poses problems in clinical diagnosis, identifying sources o ... Only the 300 first characters of this abstract are displayed here - 14 May 2019 [Full text] [PDF in process]

Case study Surveillance of Rickettsia in Jordan since 2013 Sultan Alqasrawi, Mohammad Maayaa, Ghaith Weiss, Malak Shaheen, Yousef Khader Pan Afr Med J. 2019; 33(Suppl 1): 4, 14 May 2019 [Full text] [PDF in process]

Case study Survival analysis of colorectal cancer in Jordan using cancer registry data: a teaching case-study Kamal Arqoub, Yousef Khader, Majed Asaad, Omar Nimri Pan Afr Med J. 2019; 33(Suppl 1): 5, 15 May 2019 [Full text] [PDF in process]

Case study Epidemiological profile of Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) in Afghanistan: a teaching-case study Wahida Amini, Mohmmad Iqbal Aman, Yousef Khader, Malik Shaheen Pan Afr Med J. 2019; 33(Suppl 1): 6, 15 May 2019 [Full text] [PDF in process]

Case study The trend of measles in Afghanistan Homeira Nishat, Iqbal Aman, Farahnaz Ibrahimi, Ajmal Zahed, Yousef Khader, Malak A Shaheen Pan Afr Med J. 2019; 33(Suppl 1): 7, 15 May 2019 [Full text] [PDF in process]

Case study Epidemiology of malaria in Khartoum, Sudan: a teaching case-study Haitham Bashier, Elfatih Malik, Yousef Khader, Malak A Shaheen Pan Afr Med J. 2019; 33(Suppl 1): 8, 15 May 2019 [Full text] [PDF in process]

Case study Acute Flaccid Paralysis surveillance system performance in Jordan, 2012-2016: a teaching case-study Fatima Zerriouh, Yousef Khader, Nabil Sabri, Kamel Abusal, Ibrahim Iblan, Layla Ghaffari3, Mohammed Abdallat, Malak A Shaheen Pan Afr Med J. 2019; 33(Suppl 1): 9, 15 May 2019 [Full text] [PDF in process]

Case study Infection control crisis due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in an intensive care unit at a Jordanian hospital, 2016: a teaching case-study Ilham Abu-Khader, Tareq Sanouri, Nancy Abdul-Rahim, Yousef Khader, Malak A Shaheen Pan Afr Med J. 2019; 33(Suppl 1): 10, 15 May 2019 [Full text] [PDF in process]

Case study Imported outbreak of poliomyelitis in Sudan 2004-2005: a teaching case-study Shahd Osman, ElFatih Malik, Elsadig Mahgoub Eltayeb, Yousef Khader, Malak Shaheen Pan Afr Med J. 2019; 33(Suppl 1): 11, 15 May 2019 [Full text] [PDF in process]

Case study What triggers dengue fever epidemics in Red Sea State, Sudan? a teaching case-study Elfatih Mohamed Malik, Abdalla Mohammed Abdalla, Salim Salim Mohamednour Salim, Shahd Osman, Haitham Bashier, Sayed Himatt, Elmoubashar Farag, Mohamed Nageeb Abdalla, Salaheldin Mubark Elkhalifa, Elmuez Eltayeb, Yousef Khader Pan Afr Med J. 2019; 33(Suppl 1): 12, 16 May 2019 [Full text] [PDF in process]

Case study Surveillance gaps analysis and impact of the late detection of the first Middle East respiratory syndrome case in South Batinah, Oman: a teaching case-study Zayid Al-Mayahi, Khairy Anis, Nasser Al-Shaqsi, Azza Al-Hattali, Ali Al-Dhoyani, Mohamed Nageeb, Yousef Khader Pan Afr Med J. 2019; 33(Suppl 1): 13, 16 May 2019 [Full text] [PDF in process]

Case study Trends of diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (DPT3) vaccination coverage in Afghanistan 2016-2017, changes and comparisons: a teaching case-study Ajmal Zahed, Salamuddin Hakim, Yousef Khader, Malak A Shaheen Pan Afr Med J. 2019; 33(Suppl 1): 14, 16 May 2019 [Full text] [PDF in process]

Case study Kaplan-Meier product limit technique and Cox-regression analysis to analyze the predictors of survival among patients with colorectal cancer in Jordan: a teaching case-study Yousef Khader Pan Afr Med J. 2019; 33(Suppl 1): 15, 16 May 2019 [Full text] [PDF in process]

Case study Binary logistic regression analysis of the association between body mass index and glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a teaching-case study Yousef Khader Pan Afr Med J. 2019; 33(Suppl 1): 16, 16 May 2019 [Full text] [PDF in process]

Case study Analysis of hepatitis C cascade of care in Qatar, 2017: a teaching case study Sayed Himatt, Amjad Idiris, Elmoubasher Abd Farag, Hamad Al-Romaihi, Mohamed Al-Thani, Moutaz Derbala, Saad AlKaabi, Yousef Khader, Malak A Shaheen Pan Afr Med J. 2019; 33(Suppl 1): 17, 16 May 2019 [Full text] [PDF in process]

Case study Health investigation following an outbreak of highly pathogenic Avian Influenza A (H5N1) in Poultry in Nabi Chit, Lebanon, 2016: a teaching case-study Zeina Farah, Nada Ghosn, Walid Ammar, Yousef Khader Pan Afr Med J. 2019; 33(Suppl 1): 18, 16 May 2019 [Full text] [PDF in process]