Social Policy

Does COVID-19 Change Dietary Habits and Lifestyle Behaviours in Kuwait: a Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine This study was designed to understand the changes in dietary and lifestyle behaviors that are major determinants of health during the COVID-19 outbreak in Kuwait. Journal Article

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Double Burden of COVID-19 Pandemic and Military Occupation: Mental Health Among a Palestinian University Community in the West Bank

Annals of Global Health This paper aims to assess the prevalence and predictors of distress and insecurity among Birzeit University’s community in Palestine during the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown. Journal Article

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Impact of COVID-19 on the Iraqi Economy

UNDP This report examines the impact of the oil crisis and the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic on Iraq. Report

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A Sectarianised Pandemic: COVID-19 in Lebanon

The International Spectator This article reports on the impact of COVID-19 in Lebanon given its sectarian regime that has increasingly become a tool of domination and control regulating Lebanese political, economic, and social life. Article

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Towards a Zero-COVID Lebanon: A Call for Action

Institute of Development Studies In its first report, the Independent Lebanese Committee for the Elimination of COVID-19 addresses weaknesses in current government policy and highlights several directions and actions for a more coherent and sustainable national strategy. Report

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Social Protection Responses to the COVID-19 Crisis in the MENA/Arab States Region

International Labour Organization This policy brief provides a summary of the main social protection measures that were adopted by the countries in the MENA/Arab States region in immediate response to the pandemic. Report

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Struggling Iraq Faces Another Crisis in COVID-19

Istituto Affari Internazionali This article explores the impact of COVID-19 on Iraq’s economy, oil sector, unemployment rates, terrorism, and violence as well as the importance of support for economic reforms and improved healthcare capacity. Report

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Socio-Economic Response Plan for Iraq

UN Sustainable Development Group The report shows the collective responses of the United Nations in Iraq to the socio-economic impact of COVID-19. Report

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Framework for the Immediate Socio-Economic Response to COVID-19 for Syrian Arab Republic

UNSDG The report showcases the collective response of the United Nations in the Syrian Arab Republic to the socio-economic impact of COVID-19. Report

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Social and Political Determinants of Health in the Occupied Palestine Territory (oPt) during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Who is Responsible?

BMJ Global Health This article poses the question of responsibility in the exacerbation of conditions relating to freedoms, political and economic rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal Article

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