Journal of International Women’s Studies This article explores how foreign aid and COVID-19 assistance, including medical supplies and COVID-19 vaccines’ supply, have created a new source of soft power for the UAE. It presents an overview of UAE’s history of humanitarianism, conceptual and theoretical framework, methodology, factors enabling UAE’s COVID diplomacy, and the UAE’s contribution…
Read MoreOpen Journal of Social Sciences This article examines the impact of COVID-19 on multiple UAE governmental and non-governmental sectors such as the aviation sector, real estate market, tourism, and education. Journal Article
Read MoreZoonotic Diseases This article investigates the progression of the COVID-19 pandemic in Northwest Syria, a conflict-affected region, for nine months. The novelty of the study is provided by simulating the progress of the COVID-19 outbreak in conflict settings, as it is the first study to predict the dynamics of COVID-19 disease in Northwest Syria by…
Read MoreTravel Medicine and Infectious Disease This article describes the epidemiology of the first cases of the SARS-CoV-2 Beta variant and how this variant was imported to Marseille. The analyses highlight that, as for the case of other SARS-CoV-2 variants that have been diagnosed in Marseille, the Beta variant was imported to Marseille through travel from…
Read MoreAnadolu Agency Qatar’s authorities have announced the permission to practice Taraweeh and Qiyam prayers this Ramadan after 2 years of the pandemic’s strict safety measures. Article
Read MorePharmacy Practice This article assesses the experience and symptoms of COVID-19 patients in Syria, and the means pharmacists used to contribute to their recovery. Journal Article
Read MoreFrance 24 Amnesty International’s yearly report has shown that the COVID-19 pandemic measures have increased human rights violations worldwide, especially in the Middle East and North Africa where leaders have guised human rights abuses within the shield of the pandemic. Article
Read MoreWorld Vision Interviews held by World Vision’s Syria Response team with mental health and psycho-social support staff have shown that mental health needs in Syria are intensifying especially among women and children. Article
Read MoreBMC Women’s Health A cross-sectional study examined the effect of the pandemic on violence against married women in Egypt, and its effect on mental health. It shows that the overall prevalence of economic and some types of physical and emotionally abusive behaviors have been increased after the emergence of COVID-19 pandemic. Journal Article
Read MorePublic Health Nursing This study explores healthcare workers’ stigmatization of patients during the pandemic’s outbreak in Jordan. Results showed that a wide group of people show high stigma towards health care providers, in correlation with various factors, including constant exposure to news, having children, and smoking. Journal Article
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