Public Health

The Psychological and Emotional Impact of Coronavirus Disease on COVID-19 Patients in Najran Province, Saudi Arabia: An Exploratory Study

Journal of Public Health Research This article explores the psychological impact experienced by patients who tested positive from coronavirus in the Najran region in Saudi Arabia. The study revealed that the majority of participants had high levels of depression, anxiety and bothersome behaviors. Journal Article

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The Association of Social Factors and COVID-19–Related Resource Loss with Depression and Anxiety Among Arabs in Israel

Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy This article examines experiences of resource loss, social exclusion, ethnic discrimination, and social support and their association with depression and anxiety symptoms during the COVID-19 outbreak among Arabs in Israel. Journal Article

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Acceptance of COVID-19 Vaccines in Palestine: A Cross-Sectional Online Study

BMJ Public Health This study aims to assess the willingness of Palestinians to receive a COVID-19 vaccine and their knowledge about such vaccines. Journal Article

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Reported COVID-19 Vaccines Side Effects Among Jordanian Population: a Cross Sectional Study

Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics Based on a survey study conducted in Jordan, this paper describes the side effects of COVID-19 vaccines, namely AstraZeneca, Pfizer and Sinopharm. Journal Article

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Jordan’s Public Policy Response to COVID-19 Pandemic: Insight and Policy Analysis

Public Organization Review This article employs an interpretive policy approach to understand the Jordanian government’s response to the pandemic. Journal Article

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Israel: Ensure Full Access to COVID-19 Vaccines in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

International Commission of Jurists This ICJ report underscores vaccine inequality in Israel and Palestine demonstrating the vast disparity in access to vaccines between Israel’s and Palestine’s populations. Article

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AraCOVID19-SSD: Arabic COVID-19 Sentiment and Sarcasm Detection Dataset

arXiv Labs This paper aims to help distinguish between misleading and sarcastic posts about COVID-19 in Arabic, a distinction that is often overlooked by non-Arabic-friendly data analytical systems and classification models. Journal Article

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Report: COVID-19’s Long-Term Implications for Qatar’s External Trade and Maritime Logistics

Oxford Business Group This Oxford Business Group report looks at COVID-19’s impact on Qatar’s economy, especially its external trade sector. Working Paper

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Excess Mortality during the COVID-19 Pandemic: a Geospatial and Statistical Analysis in Mogadishu, Somalia

International Journal of Infectious Diseases This article shows that COVID-19 deaths in Somalia were at least thirty-two times higher than the figures reported by the government during the early months of the pandemic. Journal Article

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MENA Economic Update: Overconfident: How Economic and Health Fault Lines Left the Middle East and North Africa Ill-Prepared to Face COVID

World Bank This World Bank report discusses factors that exacerbated the pandemic’s burden on MENA governments, namely that governments were “ill-prepared” and overestimated their capacities to overcome the pandemic. Article

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