Solidarity in response to COVID-19 outbreak in the Eastern

Mental health status of health-care professionals working in quarantine and non-quarantine Egyptian hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic

“…Education level did not show a statistically significant difference in developing anxiety, which was similar to findings by Chua et al during the SARS epidemic (24). However, being educated was correlated with higher levels of depression and stress, although this would appear to contradict most previous findings of the relation between education and depression (23)(24)(25)(26).…”

“…Similarly, previous studies have shown that sleep quality could predict adverse psychological symptoms in health care professionals (22). In addition, absence of any definitive COVID-19 treatment or vaccine, lack of evidence about the effectiveness of a herd immunity strategy, the existence of more than one genotype of COVID-19, and expectation of a new wave of infections, can reflect negatively on health care professionals' psychological well-being (17,23).…”

Models of maternity care for pregnant women during the COVID-19 pandemic

“…The majority of countries in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) have crossed the initial three phases of transmission (as characterized by WHO) and are now heading towards the community/local transmission phase of the virus. Numerous countries within the Region have followed WHO's guidelines on containment by prioritizing the development of testing, isolation, treatment, contact tracing, and isolating close contacts (2).…”

“…The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) emphasized the development of a sustainable ANC service delivery model according to the context of different countries, which defines how services will be organized to deliver a core ANC package. It focuses, specifically, on which set of interventions by whom (cadre), where (system level), and how (platform) should be provided at each ANC contact (2). Also, during the current COVID-19 pandemic, care planning needs to take into consideration the risk factors identified, the context and the woman's preferences (7).…”

An Examination of COVID-19 Medications’ Effectiveness in Managing and Treating COVID-19 Patients: A Comparative Review

“…The clinical trials identified three treatment protocols, including antiretroviral drugs, antibiotics, and vitamins and supplements [ 13 , 14 ]. The search criteria and words were based on the listed and rolled out clinical trials to determine the treatment protocols’ effectiveness and recorded side effects in different treatment protocols [ 15 ]. The analysis relied on peer-reviewed databases, including Scopus, Medline, CINAHL, and Google Scholar.…”