Global Researcher Club

Determinants of parental seasonal influenza vaccine hesitancy in the Eastern Mediterranean region: A cross-sectional study

Noha Fadl1*†, Salah T. Al Awaidy2,3, Abdelhamid Elshabrawy4†, Mona Sayed Aly Hassan Makhlouf5†, Sarah Assem Ibrahim4†, Suzan Abdel-Rahman4†, Nazir Ahmad Tookhy6†, Abdullah Alsalmani7†, Mays Al-Saeedi8†, Ibrahim Al-Sawalha9†, Mohammad Amin Aly El-Din10†, Janet Saad11†, Zainab Ayoob12†, Mohamed Khalil Rourou13†, Manahil Ali14†, Salha M. Tawati15†, Yahia Marwan Ahmed Gadain16, Sara Yunis Al-saidi17†, Ghadeer Ali Hassan18, Mariam Alsanafi19†,

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Castrophic Costs among Tuberculosis Affected Household in Egypt: Mangnitude, Cost Drivers and Coping Strategies

Ramy Mohamed Ghazy ,Malik Sallam 2,3,*,Rasha Ashmawy ,Amira Mohamed Elzorkany 5,Omar Ahmed Reyad 6,Noha Alaa Hamdy ,Heba Khedr 8 andRasha Ali Mosallam 9 Despite national programs covering the cost of treatment for tuberculosis (TB) in many countries, TB patients still face substantial costs. The end TB strategy, set by the World Health Organization (WHO), calls

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Clinicopathologic Features of Breast Cancer in Egypt—Contemporary Profile and Future Needs: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Hamdy A. Azim, MD1,2; Hagar Elghazawy , MD2,3; Ramy M. Ghazy , MD4; Ahmed H. Abdelaziz , MD3; Marwa Abdelsalam, MRCP2; Amira Elzorkany , MSc5; and Loay Kassem, MD1,2 PURPOSE Breast cancer (BC) is the most common cancer among Egyptian females. No current national cancer database is available in Egypt to provide reliable data on

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Attitude of Parents of Children with Cerebral Palsy Towards COVID-19 Vaccination

Ramy Mohamed Ghazy ,Malik Sallam 2,,Noha Fadl 4,*,Etwal Bouraad 5,,Naglaa Youssef andOmnya Samy A. Ghoneim Children with cerebral palsy (CP) are at a greater risk of respiratory complications from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Therefore, this study aimed to assess COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy (VH) among parents of CP children in Egypt, using the Arabic version of

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Monkeypox Vaccine Acceptance among Ghanaians: A Call for Action

 Ramy Mohamed Ghazy 1,*,Saja Yazbek ,Assem Gebreal 3,Mai Hussein 4,5,Sylvia Agyeman Addai 6,7,8,Ernestina Mensah 9,Michael Sarfo ,Agyapong Kofi 11,Tareq AL-Ahdal 12,*andGilbert Eshun Background: Ghana ranked 31st worldwide and 3rd in Africa in the number of confirmed cases worldwide. We aimed to assess the intention to receive the monkeypox (MPOX) vaccine and its associated psychological antecedents

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Validation and Cultural Adaptation of the Parent Attitudes about Childhood Vaccines (PACV) Questionnaire in Arabic Language Widely Spoken in a Region with a High Prevalence of COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy

Doaa Ali ElSayed ,Etwal Bou Raad 2,Salma A. Bekhit ,Malik Sallam 4,5,6,*,Nada M. Ibrahim 7,Sarah Soliman 8,Reham Abdullah 9,Shehata Farag 10,11 andRamy Mohamed Ghazy 8,* Abstract The parents’ attitude toward vaccinating children and adolescents against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) remains inconsistent and needs further elucidation. The high rates of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in the Middle

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Acceptance of COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Doses Using the Health Belief Model: A Cross-Sectional Study in Low-Middle- and High-Income Countries of the East Mediterranean Region

Ramy Mohamed Ghazy 1,*,Marwa Shawky Abdou 2,Salah Awaidy ,Malik Sallam 4,5,,Iffat Elbarazi ,Naglaa Youssef ,Osman Abubakar Fiidow ,Slimane Mehdad 10,Mohamed Fakhry Hussein 11,Mohammed Fathelrahman Adam ,Fatimah Saed Alabd Abdullah 13,Wafa Kammoun Rebai 14,Etwal Bou Raad 15,16,Mai Hussein 17,18,Shehata F. Shehata 19,20,Ismail Ibrahim Ismail ,Arslan Ahmed Salam 22 andDalia Samhouri 23 Abstract Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) booster

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Exploring enablers and barriers toward COVID-19 vaccine acceptance among Arabs: A qualitative study

Iffat Elbarazi a 1, Mohamed Yacoub b 1, Omar Ahmed Reyad c, Marwa Shawky Abdou d, Yasir Ahmed Mohammed Elhadi e, Khalid A. Kheirallah f, Bayan F. Ababneh f, Bayan Abu Hamada a, Haider M. El Saeh g, Nancy Ali h, Azhar T. Rahma a, Mohamed Mostafa Tahoun d, Ramy Mohamed Ghazy Background With the

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COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy among Parents of Children with Chronic Liver Diseases

 Sally Waheed Elkhadry 1,,Tahany Abd El Hameed Salem 2,Abdelhamid Elshabrawy 3,Shymaa Sami Goda 2,Howyda Ali Al Bahwashy 2,Naglaa Youssef ,Mai Hussein 5 andRamy Mohamed Ghazy 6, Abstract Children with chronic medical conditions are more susceptible to developing a serious negative outcome from corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) than healthy children. This study investigated the extent

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