The Role of the Global Health Development/Eastern Mediterranean Public Health Network and the Eastern Mediterranean Field Epidemiology Training Programs in Preparedness for COVID-19

• Main Authors: Al Nsour, Mohannad (Author), Bashier, Haitham (Author), Al Serouri, Abulwahed (Author), Malik, Elfatih (Author), Khader, Yousef (Author), Saeed, Khwaja (Author), Ikram, Aamer (Author), Abdalla, Abdalla Mohammed (Author), Belalia, Abdelmounim (Author), Assarag, Bouchra (Author), Baig, Mirza Amir (Author), Almudarra, Sami (Author), Arqoub, Kamal (Author), Osman, Shahd (Author), Abu-Khader, Ilham (Author), Shalabi, Dana (Author), Majeed, Yasir (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: JMIR Publications, 2020-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the current COVID-19 a public health emergency of international concern on January 30, 2020. Countries in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) have a high vulnerability and variable capacity to respond to outbreaks. Many of these countries addressed the...