Wellcome Open Research This working paper aims to analyze sentiments related to vaccine acceptance before and after the emergence of the COVID-19 Omicron variant in the Arabic-speaking world. Working Paper
Read MoreImmunity, Inflammation and Disease This article reports the findings of a study conducted in Saudi Arabia and Jordan aiming to assess the acceptability of the COVID-19 vaccine and the factors that impact the intention to take the COVID-19 vaccine and its booster dose. Journal Article
Read MoreRoyal Society Open Science This article reconstructs the initial transmission of COVID-19 in 54 African countries (including Algeria, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Libya, Madagascar, Mauritania, Morocco, Somalia, Sudan, and Tunisia) using a deterministic mathematical model accounting for under-reporting and various levels of severity of infections. Journal Article
Read MoreBMC Public Health This article shows that Jordanian, Palestinian, Lebanese, and Saudi Arabian respondents reported the highest rates of food insecurity in the Arab region during the COVID-19 pandemic, whereas Oman and Bahrain reported the lowest rates. Journal Article
Read MoreSexuality, Gender & Policy This article delves into the education, socio-economic, and gender-specific effects of the COVID-19 pandemic within the context of Djibouti, the Comoros and other Sub-Saharan states. Journal Article
Read MoreInternational Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction This article considers social permeability, coping potential, and social vulnerability as the bases of assessment in a hierarchical independent approach to positioning 8 African countries (including Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, and Algeria) with regards to their experience of the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal Article
Read MoreRice University’s Baker Institute This article studies the impact of COVID-19 on the religious lives, mental health, and government views of Muslims and finds that religion took on new and outsized importance for Muslims across Egypt, Indonesia, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey. Article
Read MoreBMC Nursing This article aims to investigate nurses’ perspectives and experiences of well-being support measures during prior pandemics and the COVID-19 pandemic in the Middle East. Journal Article
Read MoreBMC Public Health This article aims to assess the quality of life (QoL) domains and their determinants among the general population in Arab countries after two years of the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal Article
Read MorePLOS Computational Biology This article proposes a machine learning method that forecasts the future values of the daily incidence trend based on the evolution of other incidence trend curves that were similar to the current one in the past. It derives its data from numerous countries worldwide including Iraq, Jordan, Tunisia, and the UAE from…
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