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Handbook of Healthcare in the Arab World

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  • © 2020

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Editors:
  1. Ismail Laher

    1. Dept. Pharmacology Therapeutics, University of British Colombia Dept. Pharmacology Therapeutics, VANCOUVER, Canada

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  • Examines health and medical care in the Arab world from a systems biology approach
  • Details social, environmental, and cultural determinants
  • Explores issues related to access and barriers to health delivery in the region

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Table of contents (156 entries)

  1. A Perspective on Female Obesity and Body Image in Middle Eastern Countries

    • Rabab B Alkutbe

  2. Academic Medicine and the Development of Future Leaders in Healthcare

    • Jawad Fares, Hamza A. Salhab, Mohamad Y. Fares, Hussein H. Khachfe, Youssef Fares

  3. Access to Health Care in Saudi Arabia: Development in the Context of Vision 2030

    • Abdulwahab Alkhamis, Shaima Ali Miraj

  4. Access to Health Using Cell Phones by War Refugees

    • Soha El-Halabi, Salla Atkins, Lana Al-Soufi, Tarik Derrough, Lucie Laflamme, Ziad El-Khatib

  5. Achieving Sexual and Reproductive Health Equity in the Arab Region: A New Role for the Health Sector

    • Hoda Rashad, Sherine Shawky, Zeinab Khadr, Shible Sahbani, Mohamed Afifi

  6. Adolescents’ Sexual and Reproductive Health in the Arab World

    • Mamdouh Wahba

  7. Air Pollution and Health Outcomes in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: Knowledge and Research Gaps and Need

    • Yousef Saleh Khader

  8. An Overview of Women’s Health in the Arab World

    • Al Johara M. AlQuaiz, Ambreen Kazi

  9. Antimicrobial Resistance in the Arab Region

    • Tala Ballouz, Nesrine Rizk, Souha S Kanj

  10. Arab Women’s Health Care: Issues and Preventive Care

    • Jamila Abuidhail, Sanaa Abujilban, Lina Mrayan

  11. Asthma Among Arab Nations: An Overview

    • Samer Hammoudeh, Wessam Gadelhaq, Ibrahim A. Janahi

  12. Asthma Among Children in the Arab World

    • Mohammad Al-Motlaq

  13. Baseline Health-Related Data for Monitoring Sustainable Development Goals in Jordan

    • Yousef Saleh Khader, Moawiah Khatatbeh, Oumaima Mohammed-Salah Aouididi

  14. Birth and Neonatal Death Registrations in Jordan

    • Yousef S. Khader, Mohammad Alyahya, Anwar Batieha

  15. Burden of Cancer in the Arab World

    • Ammar Ahmed Siddiqui, Junaid Amin, Freah Alshammary, Eman Afroze, Sameer Shaikh, Hassaan Anwer Rathore et al.

  16. Burden of Childhood Infectious Diseases in the Arab World

    • Mohamed Lemine Cheikh Brahim AHMED, Jorg Heukelbach

  17. Burden of Road Traffic Injuries in the Eastern Mediterranean Region

    • Mathilde Sengoelge, Lucie Laflamme, Abdullah Al-Maniri, Ziad El-Khatib

  18. Cancer Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries Affected by Humanitarian Crises

    • Jude Alawa, Adam Coutts, Kaveh Khoshnood

  19. Cancer in War-Torn Countries: Iraq as an Example

    • Layth Mula-Hussain, Hayder Alabedi, Fawaz Al-Alloosh, Anmar Alharganee

  20. Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Adolescents

    • A. Khaddam
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This handbook examines health and medical care in the Arab world from a systems biology approach. It features comprehensive coverage that includes details of key social, environmental, and cultural determinants. In addition, the contributors also investigate the developed infrastructure that manages and delivers health care and medical solutions throughout the region.
More than 25 sections consider all aspects of health, from cancer to hormone replacement therapy, from the use of medications to vitamin deficiency in emergency medical care. Chapters highlight essential areas in the wellbeing and care of this population. These topics include women’s health care, displaced and refugee women’s health needs, childhood health, social and environmental causes of disease, health systems and health management, and a wide range of diseases of various body systems. This resource also explores issues related to access and barriers to health delivery throughout the region.
Health in the Arab world is complex and rapidly changing. The health burden in the region is distributed unevenly based on gender, location, as well as other factors. In addition, crises such as armed conflicts and an expanding migrant population place additional stress on systems and providers at all levels. This timely resource will help readers better understand all these major issues and more. It will serve as an ideal guide for researchers in various biological disciplines, public health, and regulatory agencies.


Editors and Affiliations

  • Dept. Pharmacology Therapeutics, University of British Colombia Dept. Pharmacology Therapeutics, VANCOUVER, Canada

    Ismail Laher

About the editor

Ismail Laher graduated from the University of London (UK) and continued his studies in pharmacology at the University of British Columbia (Canada) and University of Vermont (USA). His research interests are in determinants of vascular function in health and disease. He has published over 170 peer reviewed research articles and is also the Editor of a 5 volume reference collection “Systems Biology of Free Radicals and Antioxidants” (published by Springer Verlag).

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