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- Policy AnalysisThe Arab WorldGlobal Health and Health Policy
Challenges Facing the Arab World’s Health Care Professionals
Apr 26, 2023Yara M. AsiIn 2022, the Egyptian Medical Syndicate released a shocking report, finding that over 10,000 Egyptian doctors resigned from positions in government hospitals d…
- Policy AnalysisSomaliaConflicts and Conflict Resolution
Somalia Continues to Face Crises on Several Fronts in 2023
Jan 10, 2023Imad K. HarbFollowing the conclusion in spring 2022 of its parliamentary and presidential constitutional requirements, Somalia began the process of attempting to re-establ…
- Policy AnalysisDemocracy and Governance
The Colonial Legacy in the Arab World: Health, Education, and Politics
Nov 9, 2022Yara M. AsiIn recent years, movements toward “decolonization” have taken hold throughout multiple disciplines, including cultural studies, health, economics, and educatio…
- Policy AnalysisSyriaGlobal Health and Health Policy
The Captagon Problem in Saudi Arabia and Other Gulf States
Sep 22, 2022Gregory AftandilianOver the past decade, the amphetamine fenethylline, widely known by the brand name Captagon, has increasingly become the drug of choice among the youth in Gulf…
- Policy AnalysisLebanonEnergy and Economics
Lebanon Struggles to Pick up the Pieces After the Beirut Port Explosion
Sep 9, 2022Yara M. AsiLebanon’s independence in 1943 formally ended a 23-year French mandate backed by the League of Nations, a period that saw the consolidation of the country’s cu…
- Policy AnalysisPalestine/IsraelGlobal Health and Health Policy
First, Do No Harm? The World Health Organization in the MENA Region
Aug 26, 2022Yara M. AsiIn June 2022, Richard Horton, the editor in chief of The Lancet, one of the world’s most well-regarded health and medical journals, published a short piece cal…
- Policy AnalysisGlobal Health and Health Policy
Advancement and Inequity in the Arab World’s Medical and Pharmaceutical Sectors
Jul 25, 2022Yara M. AsiThe disparity between efforts to invest in a growing healthcare sector and the minimal public health services afforded to the Arab world’s populations provides…
- Policy AnalysisThe Horn of AfricaGlobal Health and Health Policy
Child Marriage and Female Genital Mutilation in the MENA Region
Jul 1, 2022Yara M. AsiOn June 20, 2022, Egyptian college student Naira Ashraf was beaten and murdered by a man who had harassed and stalked her for years, despite her repeated rejec…
- Policy AnalysisPalestine/IsraelThe War in Ukraine
Food Insecurity in Palestine and the Russia-Ukraine War: The Worst Is Yet to Come
Jun 9, 2022Omar ShabanThe potential impact of a drop in the supply of grain to global markets due to the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war has increased fears about food insecurity around …
- Policy AnalysisGlobal Health and Health Policy
Increasing Awareness of Mental Health Needs in Arab Populations
Mar 18, 2022Yara M. AsiTwo years after the initial lockdowns of the COVID-19 pandemic, biomedical advancements like vaccinations and pharmaceutical treatments began to allow countrie…
- Policy AnalysisGlobal Health and Health Policy
Two Years of COVID-19 in the Arab World: Social, Economic, and Political Effects
Jan 31, 2022Yara M. AsiIt was just over two years ago—on January 5, 2020—that the World Health Organization (WHO) reported “cases of pneumonia of unknown etiology” based on informati…
- Policy AnalysisGlobal Health and Health Policy
The Overlooked Threat of Cancer in the Arab Region
Nov 18, 2021Yara M. AsiSince its founding in 1985, Breast Cancer Awareness Month has been held in October every year. Originally an American enterprise, the event has become global, …