Background: Infectious disease epidemiology and planetary health literature often cite solid
waste and plastic pollution as risk factors for vector-borne diseases and urban zoonoses; …

Background: Countries in the World Health Organization (WHO) Eastern Mediterranean
Region (EMR) are predisposed to highly contagious, severe and fatal, emerging infectious …

Municipal solid waste could potentially transmit human pathogens during the collection,
transport, handling, and disposal of waste. Workers and residents living in the vicinity of …

Abstract The Middle East, Eastern Europe, Central Asia and North Africa Rabies Control
Network (MERACON), is built upon the achievements of the Middle East and Eastern …

Background: Internationally, Mobile Stroke Unit (MSU) ambulances have changed pre-
hospital acute stroke care delivery. MSU clinical and cost-effectiveness studies are …

Background Lebanon has experienced several measles and mumps outbreaks in the past
20 years. In this article, a case-based surveillance of both measles and mumps outbreaks in …

Background Rabies is a disease that still exists in developing countries and leads to more
fatalities than other zoonotic diseases. Our study aimed to describe the profile of human …

Rabies constantly kills 59,000 people annually, mostly in Asia and Africa. Rabies, which is
responsible for 99% of human rabies cases, is totally preventable by standard vaccinations …

Despite improvements in the detection and control of infectious diseases, many new
pathogens are emerging and re-emerging in various parts of the world. Most of these …

Abstract Introduction Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are highly endemic and distributed
within the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, affecting an estimated 65 million …