Salah Al Awaidy

Biographic Data

ID7040797
NAMESalah Al Awaidy
GIVEN NAMESSalah
FAMILY NAMEAl Awaidy
SIGNATUREAL AWAIDY S
AFFILIATIONSMinistry of Health
ORCID0000-0001-5112-3893
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT9
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2021
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX0

  • Burden of disease scenarios for 204 countries and territories, 2022–2050

    Open AccessStein Emil Vollset, Hazim S Ababneh et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet2024

    BACKGROUND: Future trends in disease burden and drivers of health are of great interest to policy makers and the public at large. This information can be used for policy and long-term health investment, planning, and prioritisation. We have expanded and improved upon previous forecasts produced as part of the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) and provide a reference forecast (the most likely future), and alternativ…

  • Global burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance 1990–2021

    Open AccessMohsen Naghavi, Stein Emil Vollset et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet2024

    BACKGROUND: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses an important global health challenge in the 21st century. A previous study has quantified the global and regional burden of AMR for 2019, followed with additional publications that provided more detailed estimates for several WHO regions by country. To date, there have been no studies that produce comprehensive estimates of AMR burden across locations that encompass historical trends and future for…

  • Global burden and strength of evidence for 88 risk factors in 204 countries and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021

    Open AccessMichael Brauer, Gregory A Roth et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet2024

    BACKGROUND: Understanding the health consequences associated with exposure to risk factors is necessary to inform public health policy and practice. To systematically quantify the contributions of risk factor exposures to specific health outcomes, the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2021 aims to provide comprehensive estimates of exposure levels, relative health risks, and attributable burden of disease for 88 ri…

  • Determinants of parental seasonal influenza vaccine hesitancy in the Eastern Mediterranean region

    Open AccessNoha Fadl, Salah Al Awaidy et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2023

    Background Seasonal influenza vaccine can reduce the risk of influenza-associated hospitalizations and deaths among children. Given that parents are the primary decision makers, this study examined the parental attitude toward childhood influenza vaccine and identified determinants of vaccine hesitancy (VH) in the Eastern Mediterranean region (EMR). Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted using an anonymous online survey in 14 EMR countries…

  • External validation of the parental attitude about childhood vaccination scale

    Open AccessRamy Mohamed Ghazy, Sally Waheed Elkhadry et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2023

    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 Vaccination (PACV) scale for assessing parents' attitude toward seasonal influenza vaccination. Methods: Using a snowball sampling approach, an anonymous online questionnaire was distributed in two languages (English and Arabic) across seven countries. To assess th…

  • Trends of HIV indicators in Egypt from 1990 to 2021

    Open AccessRamy Mohamed Ghazy, Salah Al Awaidy et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2023

    HIV is moving forward fast, however, the Egyptian health authority implements different control measures to control its spread

  • Acceptance of Covid-19 Vaccine Booster Doses Using the Health Belief Model

    Open AccessRamy Mohamed Ghazy, Marwa Abdou et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2022

    Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) booster doses decrease infection transmission and disease severity. This study aimed to assess the acceptance of COVID-19 vaccine booster doses in low, middle, and high-income countries of the East Mediterranean Region (EMR) and its determinants using the health belief model (HBM). In addition, we aimed to identify the causes of booster dose rejection and the main source of information about vaccination. Using the s…

  • An Innovative Communication Approach to Mitigate Suffering Among Covid-19 Patients and Their Families

    Open AccessHarith Al Harthy, Jehan Al Fannah et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2021

    An Innovative Communication Approach to Mitigate Suffering Among COVID-19 Patients and Their Families: An Experience From Oman

  • Community Participation Approaches for Effective National Covid-19 Pandemic Preparedness and Response

    Open AccessHuda Al Siyabi, Said Al Mukhaini et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2021

    Oman, like other countries in the world, was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the WHO's declaration of the pandemic, the Ministry of Health of Oman has initiated its preparedness and response to the pandemic, with community participation as one of the key components of the national preparedness and response plan. This paper is a descriptive study aims at describing the three community approaches that exist in Oman and reviewing their role…