Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal La Revue De Santé De La Méditerranée Orientale
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Contents Acknowledgement of the work of Dr Mohammad Haytham Khayat ...........................................................................103 Editorial Child mortality in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: challenges and opportunities ..........................................104 Research articles Factors affecting defaulting from DOTS therapy under the national programme of tuberculosis control in Alexandria, Egypt ......................................................................................................................................107 Factors associated with patient delay in accessing pulmonary tuberculosis care, Gezira State, Sudan, 2009 .....114 Eastern Mediterranean Mycobacterium tuberculosis spoligotypes circulating in the Lebanese population: a retrospective study ........... 119 Health education and peer leaders’ role in improving low vaccination coverage in Akre district, Health Journal Kurdistan region, Iraq ................................................................................................................................................ 125 High incidence of hepatitis B infection after treatment for paediatric cancer at a teaching hospital in Baghdad ...................................................................................................................................................130 La Revue de Santé de Risk factors for human brucellosis in northern Jordan ............................................................................................ 135 2 19 Number Volume la Méditerranée orientale Public awareness of and support for smoke-free legislation in Turkey: a national survey using the lot quality sampling technique ............................................................................................................................141 Blood lead level among Palestinian schoolchildren: a pilot study ..........................................................................151 Birth weight and risk of childhood acute leukaemia ...............................................................................................156 Mothers and children in the Region External cephalic version for breech presentation at term: predictors of success, and impact on Addressing the health of mothers and children is at the heart the rate of caesarean section ....................................................................................................................................162 of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). With only February 2 years to go to reach the targets set down in MDG 4 and 5, Depression among a group of elders in Alexandria, Egypt .....................................................................................167 WHO, together with UNICEF AND UNFPA, recently held a Frequency of impaired glucose tolerance and diabetes mellitus in subjects with fasting blood glucose 2013 high-level meeting to consider strategies to accelerate progress below 6.1 mmol/L (110 mg/dL) ................................................................................................................................. 175 towards achieving MDGs 4 and 5 in all countries of the Region. Interleukins 12 and 13 levels among beta-thalassaemia major patients .................................................................. 181 Reviews Médicaments et allaitement maternel : évaluation du risque médicamenteux chez le nourrisson ....................186 Diagnostic et évaluation de l’hépatite virale C chez l’hémodialysé .......................................................................192 Report Evaluation of national tuberculosis surveillance system in Afghanistan ................................................................200 املجلد التاسع عرش / عدد Volume 19 / No. 2 2 شباط / فرباير February / Février 2013 Cover 19-2.indd 1 2/20/2013 2:31:21 PM Members of the WHO Regional Committee for the Eastern Mediterranean املجلة الصحية لرشق املتوسط Afghanistan . Bahrain . Djibouti . Egypt . Islamic Republic of Iran . Iraq . Jordan . Kuwait . Lebanon هى املجلة الرسمية التى تصدر عن املكتب اﻹقليمى لرشق املتوسط بمنظمة الصحة العاملية. وهى منرب لتقديم Libya . Morocco . Oman . Pakistan . Palestine . Qatar . Saudi Arabia . Somalia . South Sudan السياسات واملبادرات اجلديدة ىف اخلدمات الصحية والرتويج هلا، ولتبادل اﻵراء واملفاهيم واملعطيات الوبائية Sudan . Syrian Arab Republic . Tunisia . United Arab Emirates . Yemen ونتائج اﻷبحاث وغري ذلك من املعلومات، وخاصة ما يتعلق منها بإقليم رشق املتوسط. وهى موجهة إىل كل أعضاء املهن الصحية، والكليات الطبية وسائر املعاهد التعليمية، وكذا املنظامت غري احلكومية املعنية، واملراكز املتعاونة مع منظمة الصحة العاملية واﻷفراد املهتمني بالصحة ىف اﻹقليم وخارجه. EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN HEALTH JOURNAL البلدان أعضاء اللجنة اﻹقليمية ملنظمة الصحة العاملية لرشق املتوسط IS the official health journal published by the Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office of the World Health Organization. It is a forum for the presentation and promotion of new policies and initiatives in health services; and for the exchange of ideas, con‑ cepts, epidemiological data, research findings and other information, with special reference to the Eastern Mediterranean Region. اﻷردن . أفغانستان . اﻹمارات العربية املتحدة . باكستان . البحرين . تونس . ليبيا . مجهورية إيران اﻹسﻻمية It addresses all members of the health profession, medical and other health educational institutes, interested NGOs, WHO Col‑ . اجلمهورية العربية السورية اليمن جنوب السودان جيبويت السودان الصومال العراق عُ ام ن فلسطني قطر الكويت لبنان مرص .laborating Centres and individuals within and outside the Region املغرب . اململكة العربية السعودية LA REVUE DE SANTÉ DE LA MÉDITERRANÉE ORIENTALE EST une revue de santé officielle publiée par le Bureau régional de l’Organisation mondiale de la Santé pour la Méditerranée orientale. Elle offre une tribune pour la présentation et la promotion de nouvelles politiques et initiatives dans le domaine des ser‑vices de santé ainsi qu’à l’échange d’idées, de concepts, de données épidémiologiques, de résultats de recherches et d’autres Membres du Comité régional de l’OMS pour la Méditerranée orientale informations, se rapportant plus particulièrement à la Région de la Méditerranée orientale. Elle s’adresse à tous les professionnels de la santé, aux membres des instituts médicaux et autres instituts de formation médico‑sanitaire, aux ONG, Centres collabora‑ Afghanistan . Arabie saoudite . Bahreïn . Djibouti . Égypte . Émirats arabes unis . République islamique d’Iran teurs de l’OMS et personnes concernés au sein et hors de la Région. Iraq . Libye . Jordanie . Koweït . Liban . Maroc . Oman . Pakistan . Palestine . Qatar . République arabe syrienne Somalie . Soudan . Soudan du Sud . Tunisie . 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