Alaa Abou-Zeid

Biographic Data

ID7793627
NAMEAlaa Abou-Zeid
GIVEN NAMESAlaa
FAMILY NAMEAbou-Zeid
SIGNATUREABOU-ZEID A
AFFILIATIONSCairo University
ORCID0000-0002-7283-3154
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR6
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2013
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX0

  • The availability and distribution of health services and resources across different regions in Afghanistan

    Open AccessNelly Hegazy, Sherif El Deeb et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2025

    Background: Ensuring equitable access to healthcare services is fundamental to a robust healthcare system, especially during humanitarian crises. This study analyzes the availability and distribution of health resources across Afghanistan, aiming to provide a data-driven understanding of healthcare resource access and identify potential disparities, a critical aspect of effective humanitarian response planning. Methods: Principal investigators co…

  • Assessing the health workforce in Afghanistan

    Open AccessNarges Neyazi, Nima Yaghmaei et al.ARTICLEConflict and Health2025

    Afghanistan faces critical health workforce challenges, including shortages, gender imbalances and unequal geographic distribution. These findings provide essential insights for policymakers to guide human resources policies aimed at achieving UHC

  • The current situation of health equity in underserved areas of Afghanistan

    Open AccessMarwa Rashad Salem, Nelly Hegazy et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2024

    Background: In Afghanistan, providing universal health coverage (UHC) in accordance with the principles of the UHC declaration is challenging on two fronts: the geographic topography of the country and the prevailing gender dynamics within the local culture. Methods: We conducted a desk review of underserved areas in the context of health services by gathering and analyzing existing literature, reports, and data using a combination of keywords an…

  • Strengthening event-based surveillance (EBS)

    Open AccessMohamed Mostafa Tahoun, Mohammad Nadir Sahak et al.ARTICLEConflict and Health2024

    The sustained instability in Afghanistan, along with ongoing disease outbreaks and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, has significantly affected the country.During the COVID-19 pandemic, the country's detection and response capacities faced challenges. Case identification was done in all health facilities from primary to tertiary levels but neglected cases at the community level, resulting in undetected and uncontrolled transmission from commun…

  • The political economy of health in conflict

    Open AccessFouad Mohamed Fouad, Lurdes Soares et al.ARTICLEJournal of Global Health2022

    BACKGROUND: The Eastern Mediterranean Region continues to face a severe scale of emergencies as a direct result of conflict and political instability in a number of countries. As of 2020, nine countries out of 22 countries in the region affected by protracted and ongoing wars and conflict, left more than 62 million people in dire need of access to quality health care and adequate response measures. COVID-19 exacerbates the humanitarian needs of t…

  • Schistosomiasis infection among primary school students in a war zone, Southern Kordofan State, Sudan

    Open AccessAlaa Abou-Zeid, Alaa H Abou-Zeid et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2013

    This study highlights schistosomiasis as a public health problem in SK State. The findings will guide the schistosomiasis Control Program of the State Ministry of Health in developing and applying treatment plans for schistosomiasis in SK State