EMHJ: Coronavirus Supplement

 

 

# 7303

 

 

I’m just starting to work my way though the articles (and there are a dozen of them), but the Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal (EMHJ) – the Periodical of the World Health Organization  Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean – has published a supplemental issue dedicated to the emergence of the novel coronavirus.

 

Included are articles by such well known public health players as Keiji Fukuda, Anthony Mounts (see yesterday’s interview), Dr. Ziad Memish et al, and Gregory Hartl (who includes a generous shout out to several flublogians on twitter).

 

Although events will undoubtedly overtake some of these articles, what I’ve read so far provides insight into the investigations ongoing in Saudi Arabia on this virus. 

 

 

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal



Volume 19, supplement 1 (Coronavirus)

Editorial: Novel coronavirus infection: time to stay ahead of the curve

Ala Alwan, Jaouad Mahjourand Ziad, A. Memish

 

Perspective: Emergence of novel coronavirus: global context

Keiji Fukuda

 

Saudi Arabia and the emergence of a novel coronavirus

Z.A. Memish,R. Alhakeem and G.M. Stephens

 

Novel coronavirus infections in Jordan, April 2012: epidemiological findings from a retrospective investigation

B. Hijawi,M. AbdallatA. Sayaydeh,S. Alqasrawi,A. Haddadin,N. Jaarour,S. Alsheikh and T. Alsanouri

 

The early response to a novel coronavirus in the Middle East

A. Mounts,S. De La Rocque,J. Fitzner,E. Garcia, H.L. Thomas, D. Brown, H. Schuster, K. Vandemaele, H. Esmat, S. Eremin and A. Mafi

 

Novel coronavirus: the challenge of communicating about a virus which one knows little about

G. Härtl

 

Novel coronavirus infection in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: time to act

M.R. Malik,A.R. Mafi,J. Mahjour,M. Opoka, M. Elhakim and M.O. Muntasir

 

Infection prevention and control measures for acute respiratory infections in healthcare settings: an update

W.H. Seto, J.M. Conly, C.L. Pessoa-Silva, M. Malik and S. Eremin

 

Emerging respiratory and novel coronavirus 2012 infections and mass gatherings

J.A. Al-Tawfiq, C.A.H. Smallwood, K.G. Arbuthnott, M.S.K. Malik,M. Barbeschi and Z.A. Memish

 

Enhanced surveillance and investigation of coronavirus: what is required?

R.G. Pebody, A. Nicoll, U. Buchholz, M. Zambon and A. Mounts

 

Public health investigations required for protecting the population against novel coronaviruses

A. Nicoll

 

Highlights and conclusions from the technical consultative meeting on novel coronavirus infection, Cairo, Egypt, 14–16 January 2013

C. Joseph,M.R. Malik, A.W. Mounts, A. R. Mafi,S. Briand, Z.A. Memish and the technical working group for the meeting on novel coronavirus