Publications

Assessing disparities in medical students’ knowledge and attitude about monkeypox: a cross-sectional study of 27 countries across three continents

Samar Abd ElHafeez1 Assem Gebreal2 Mohammad Adnan Khalil3 Naglaa Youssef4,5 Malik Sallam6,7 Abdelhamid Elshabrawy8 Suzan Abdel-Rahman8 Amira Saad Mahboob9 Saja Yazbek10 Eman H. Elbanna9 Riddhi Adhyaru11 Zarin Nudar Rodoshi12 Yap Siew Kih13 Huda Jawad14 Evangelos Kolotouros15 Arkadiusz Jaworski16 Ghadah AlQarni17 Mohammad Gablan18 Alexandra Condurat19 Ahmed El-Sayed Said Nour Elden20 Oumayma Bennani21 Kamna Rawat22 Areeba Ismail23 […]

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Attitudes of parents towards influenza vaccine in the EasternMediterranean Region: A multilevel analysis

Mohamed Mostafa Tahoun, Horeya M. Ismail, Osman Abubakar Fiidow, Rasha Ashmawy, Esraa Abdellatif Hammouda, Iffat Elbarazi & Ramy Mohamed Ghazy Background: Seasonal influenza vaccines (SIVs) can protect against influenza and substantially reduce therisk of influenza-related hospitalizations and fatalities in children. This study aimed to assess parentalattitudes towards SIVs in the Eastern Mediterranean region (EMR).Methods: Through

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Quality of life among the Arab population two years after COVID-19 pandemic

Mohamed Mostafa Tahoun, Horeya M. Ismail, Osman Abubakar Fiidow, Rasha Ashmawy, Esraa Abdellatif Hammouda, Iffat Elbarazi & Ramy Mohamed Ghazy Background The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has resulted in severe consequences worldwide. Our study aims to assess the quality of life (QoL) domains and its determinants among the general population in Arab countries after two

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Azathioprine as an adjuvant therapy in severe Graves’ disease: a randomized controlled open-label clinical trial

Magdy Mohamed Allam, Hanaa Tarek El-Zawawy, Amr Abdel Kader Okda, Ayoub Ali Alshaikh and Ramy Mohamed Ghazy Introduction: Azathioprine (AZA) interferes with the activation of T and B lymphocytes, which are the main cells involved in the pathogenesis of Graves’ disease (GD). The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of AZA as an

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External validation of the parental attitude about childhood vaccination scale

Ramy Mohamed Ghazy, Sally Waheed Elkhadry, Suzan Abdel-Rahman, Sarah Hamed N. Taha4, Naglaa Youssef, Abdelhamid Elshabrawy, Sarah Assem Ibrahim, Salah Al Awaidy, Tareq Al-Ahdal, Bijaya Kumar Padhi, Noha Fadl Introduction: Internal validation techniques alone do not guarantee the value of a model. This study aims to investigate the external validity of the Parental Attitude toward Childhood

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RSTMH 2021 Early Career Grant  – Tuberculosis screening among asymptomatic high risk population in Alexandria, Egypt

RSTMH 2021 Early Career Grant Since 1907, the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (RSTMH) has been dedicated to improving tropical medicine and global health. Grant Awarded Dina El Malawany Researcher, epidemiologist, pharmacist The experience of the grant with the Global Researcher Club The grant was a great experience for me .I applied for

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Conference Abstract – 17th World Congress on Public Health – Knowledge of Monkeypox among medical students in the Eastern Mediterranean Region

Assem Gebreal, Samar Abd ElHafeez, Shaimaa Abdelaziz Abdelmoneim, Ramy Mohamed Ghazy BACKGROUND&OBJECTIVE: Human monkeypox epidemic represents a public health emergency. In epidemics, medical students act as alert and reliable public information sources. This study aimed to assess knowledge of Monkeypox among medical students recruited from the Eastern Mediterranean Region METHODS: A cross-sectional study was performed

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The Effect of Combining the COVID-19 Vaccine with the Seasonal Influenza Vaccine on Reducing COVID-19 Vaccine Rejection Among Libyans

Ramy Mohamed Ghazy , Malik Sallam , Fatimah Saed Alabd Abdullah , Mai Hussein , Mohamed Fakhry Hussein Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine coverage remains low in Libya compared to other countries in the Eastern Mediterranean Region. This study aimed to evaluate the willingness of the general public in Libya to receive COVID-19 and seasonal

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A systematic review and meta-analysis of the catastrophic costs incurred by tuberculosis patients

Ramy Mohamed Ghazy, Haider M. El Saeh, Shaimaa Abdulaziz, Esraa Abdellatif Hammouda, Amira Mohamed Elzorkany, Heba Khidr, Nardine Zarif, Ehab Elrewany & Samar Abd ElHafeez One of the strategies of the World Health Organization End Tuberculosis (TB) was to reduce the catastrophic costs incurred by TB-affected families to 0% by 2020.Catastrophic cost is defined by

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RSTMH 2021 Early Career Grant  – Survey to measure the quality of life of patients with tuberculosis in Alexandria, Egypt: a cross-sectional study

RSTMH 2021 Early Career Grant Since 1907, the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (RSTMH) has been dedicated to improving tropical medicine and global health. Grant Awarded Esraa Hammouda Researcher | Epidemiologist | Clinical pharmacist The experience of the grant with the Global Researcher Club The experience of the grant was inspiring. 2 years

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