Public Health

What Arabs Think About Education During The COVID-19 Pandemic

Arab Barometer This Arab Barometer article summarizes MENA citizens’ attitudes toward education in their countries during the COVID-19 pandemic. This data was collected through surveys held in seven Arab countries during the pandemic. Article

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Mauritania: Fighting the Pandemic One Jab at a Time

World Bank This World Bank feature acknowledges that Mauritania has been one of the leading countries in Africa in championing COVID-19 vaccination with more than 40% of the adult population being fully vaccinated. It also lists the key drivers for the success of Mauritania’s vaccine roll-out. Article

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COVID-19 Related States’ Obligations under International Human Rights Law: An Assessment of Egypt’s COVID-19 Response through a Gender Lens

Australian Journal of Human Rights This article assesses Egypt’s Covid-19 response to the international obligation to adopt restrictive and mitigation measures aiming to limit the spread of COVID-19, while limiting disproportionate effects on women’s health, exposure to domestic violence, and girls’ education rates. Journal Article

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التضليل الإعلامي خلال جائحة كورونا في لبنان وسوريا واليمن

SKEyes Media This article navigates through the impact of false and misleading news during the pandemic in Lebanon, Syria and Yemen. Article

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Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Psychological Health of a Sample of the Health Care Workers in the Western Region of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Middle East Current Psychology This article evaluates the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the psychological health of healthcare workers in Saudi Arabia. Journal Article

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In the MENA Region, Building Back Does Not Need to Cost Much

World Bank This blog-post examines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on earnings, poverty, and inequality in the MENA region. It builds on several WB reports, most notably “Distributional Impacts of COVID-19 in the Middle East and North Africa Region”. Article

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In the MENA Region, Building Back Does Not Need to Cost Much [Arabic]

World Bank This blog-post examines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on earnings, poverty, and inequality in the MENA region. It builds on several WB reports, most notably “Distributional Impacts of COVID-19 in the Middle East and North Africa Region”. Article

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Physicians’ Health-Related Quality of Life and Its Associated Factors During COVID-19 Pandemic in Jordan: A Cross-Sectional Study

Evaluations and the Health Professions Journal This study investigates the health and occupational determinants of health-related quality of life levels among Jordanian physicians during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal Article

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Egypt: The Resilience of the Egypt Economy in the face of COVID-19 Shocks and High Commodity Prices

Frontiers in Public Health This article analyzes the dynamics of the utilization of healthcare services in Egypt during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal Article

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The Threat of the COVID-19 Pandemic to Human Rights: Jordan as a Model

Journal of Human Rights and Social Studies This article studies the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on human rights in Jordan. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the country suffered from weakness in its labor market, a lack of public safety tools, and other obstacles that had social impacts on human rights and freedom…

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