Lebanon

Knowledge Gap Hypothesis and Pandemics: COVID-19 Knowledge, Communication Inequality, and Media Literacy in Lebanon

Media and Communication This article examines Lebanon’s experience of severe social, political, and economic turmoil and inequalities by assessing knowledge gaps around COVID-19. Journal Article

Read More

Stenotrophomonas Maltophilia Pneumonia in Critical COVID-19 Patients

Nature Scientific Reports This article aims to determine the prevalence and risk factors of Stenotrophomonas Maltophilia Pneumonia in critical COVID-19 patients at the ICU department of Hôtel-Dieu de France (HDF) University Hospital in Beirut. Journal Article

Read More

A 1-year Analysis of Adverse Events following COVID-19 Vaccination in Lebanon: A Retrospective Study

Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice This article analyzes adverse events following COVID-19 vaccines (Pfizer-BioNTech, AstraZeneca, Sputnik, and Sinopharm) in Lebanon. Journal Article

Read More

Navigating the COVID-19 Pandemic in Consociational Systems: The Cases of Lebanon and Iraq

The International Spectator This article analyzes comparatively the responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in Iraq and Lebanon to contribute to the debate over how consociational power-sharing works in practice as a fine-grained system to maintain the status quo. Journal Article

Read More

Chinese Vaccine Diplomacy in the Eastern Mediterranean: Continuities and Rupture in Beijing’s Soft Power Prospects

Contemporary Review of the Middle East This article examines China’s vaccine drive in the Eastern Mediterranean countries of Turkey, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, and the Palestinian territories during the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic from a soft power angle. Journal Article

Read More

COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance and Hesitancy among Health Care Workers in Lebanon

Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health This article assesses COVID-19 vaccine acceptance among healthcare workers in Lebanon and identifies barriers, demographic differences, and the most trusted sources of COVID-19 information. Journal Article

Read More

The Under Investigated Facet of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Molecular Analysis of Secondary Bacterial Infections at a COVID Dedicated Intensive Care Unit within a Tertiary Care Center in Lebanon

Frontiers in Medicine This article aims to determine the prevalence of secondary bacterial infections in COVID-19 patients admitted at a tertiary medical center in Lebanon. Journal Article

Read More

Genomic Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in COVID-19 Vaccinated Healthcare Workers in Lebanon

BMC Medical Genomics This article presents the first national SARS-CoV-2 genomic surveillance among healthcare workers in Lebanon. Journal Article

Read More

Access of Syrian Refugees to COVID-19 Testing in Lebanon

East Mediterranean Health Journal This article explores barriers to accessing COVID-19 testing by Syrian refugees in Lebanon. It argues that despite the availability of free testing services, psychological, cultural, environmental, and financial barriers hindered them from getting tested. Journal Article

Read More

The Role of Lebanon in the COVID-19 Butterfly Effect: The B.1.398 Example

Viruses This article provides retrospective genomic surveillance of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in Lebanon by sequencing the viral genomes of 200 nasopharyngeal samples collected from patients in different regions of Lebanon and from travelers crossing the Lebanese–Syrian border. Journal Article

Read More