Randa K Saad

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ID7800482
NOMBRERanda K Saad
NOMBRESRanda K
APELLIDOSaad
FIRMASAAD R K
AFILIACIONESEastern Mediterranean Public Health Network
ORCID0000-0003-3108-6858
VERIFICADOSí
TOTAL DE OBRAS6
TOTAL DE CITAS0
TOTAL COMO AUTOR6
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2011
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2025
ÍNDICE H0

  • Leveraging data and policy interventions to strengthen tobacco control in the Eastern Mediterranean Region

    Open AccessRanda K Saad, Nayera Mostafa et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2025

    The “ Utilizing Tobacco Control Evidence to Inform Policies and Programs ” workshop focused on supporting Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) countries facing tobacco control challenges and seeking evidence-based mechanisms within the WHO MPOWER framework to strengthen tobacco control efforts. Participants from Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, and Palestine reviewed their tobacco control policies, identified barriers, and proposed countermeasures. Ke…

  • The role of public health networks in strengthening public health systems

    Open AccessYousef Khader, Dana Shalabi et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2025

    The Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) faces a range of complex public health challenges, including endemic diseases, recurrent outbreaks, and weak health systems exacerbated by political instability and humanitarian crises. Public health networks play a pivotal role in addressing these challenges by fostering collaboration, enhancing workforce capacity, and strengthening disease prevention and response systems. This manuscript examines the contr…

  • Collaborative strategies for implementing NCD “best buys” in the eastern Mediterranean and Africa

    Open AccessRanda K Saad, Asmus Hammerich et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2025

    Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are an increasing public health challenge in both the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) and Africa, where they contribute to premature mortality and overall disease burden. Despite the availability of cost-effective “Best Buy” interventions, implementation across these regions has been uneven due to various barriers, including limited resources, inadequate multi-sectoral collaboration, and competing health priorit…

  • Implementation of the Noncommunicable Disease Capacity Assessment and Planning Process in Iraq, Jordan, and Pakistan

    Open AccessRanda K Saad, Meredith H Kruse et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025

    The N-CAP Process effectively creates structured, multisectoral recommendations and actionable plans to increase national capacity to address public health threats, such as NCDs. By facilitating comprehensive assessments and fostering governmental and multisectoral engagement, the N-CAP Process serves as an adaptable resource for countries and other regions grappling with similar public health challenges

  • Addressing emerging public health threats

    Open AccessRanda K Saad, Ruba Kamal Alsouri et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2024

    Background: The global epidemic of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) is increasing. Current assessments that monitor capacity to address NCDs are often externally led and do not facilitate country planning. The Noncommunicable Disease Capacity Assessment and Planning (N-CAP) Process assists ministries of health and other governmental and non-governmental stakeholders to assess, prioritize, and plan how to address NCDs and other public health threat…

  • P2-539 Rabies

    R Saad, Randa K Saad et al.ARTICLEJournal of Epidemiology and…2011

    Introduction Between 1992 and 2009, 19 human rabies cases were reported to the Ministry of Health. In summer 2010, two human rabies deaths were reported from Zgharta and Baalbek. Therefore, Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (KAP) study was conducted in both districts. Objectives The objectives are to: assess KAP of Zgharta and Baalbek population towards rabies; measure the association of knowledge score to possible factors; and provide basic aware…