Neil J Saad
Biographic Data
| ID | 9070361 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Neil J Saad |
| GIVEN NAMES | Neil J |
| FAMILY NAME | Saad |
| SIGNATURE | SAAD N J |
| AFFILIATIONS | World Health Organization |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2106-9915 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Acute malnutrition and food insecurity in Yemen, 2021
The ongoing conflict in Yemen, which began in 2014, has led to one of the world’s most severe humanitarian crises. The Hudaydah region, located on the Red Sea coast and home to the country’s second-largest port, is critical for the delivery of food and medical supplies. We conducted a two-stage cluster randomised survey to estimate the prevalence of acute malnutrition among children and pregnant and lactating women (PLW). We estimated the prevale…
Disseminating information on acute public health events globally
WHO works, on a daily basis, with countries globally to detect, prepare for and respond to acute public health events. A vital component of a health response is the dissemination of accurate, reliable and authoritative information. The Disease Outbreak News (DON) reports are a key mechanism through which WHO communicates on acute public health events to the public. The decision to produce a DON report is taken on a case-by-case basis after evalua…
Global public health intelligence
Early warning and response are key to tackle emerging and acute public health risks globally. Therefore, the World Health Organization (WHO) has implemented a robust approach to public health intelligence (PHI) for the global detection, verification and risk assessment of acute public health threats. WHO’s PHI operations are underpinned by the International Health Regulations (2005), which require that countries strengthen surveillance efforts, a…
The Al Hol camp in Northeast Syria
box With the world in the grip of COVID-19 pandemic other emergencies risk drifting to the back of people’s minds. One long-standing emergency is the war and conflict in Syria, which has claimed at least 500 000 lives and left an estimated 11 million people in need of humanitarian assistance.1 2 In the Northwest of the country, in the Idlib and Northern Aleppo governorates, four million people, of which two-thirds are displaced from other parts o…
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The Al Hol camp in Northeast Syria
box With the world in the grip of COVID-19 pandemic other emergencies risk drifting to the back of people’s minds. One long-standing emergency is the war and conflict in Syria, which has claimed at least 500 000 lives and left an estimated 11 million people in need of humanitarian assistance.1 2 In the Northwest of the country, in the Idlib and Northern Aleppo governorates, four million people, of which two-thirds are displaced from other parts o…
Global public health intelligence
Early warning and response are key to tackle emerging and acute public health risks globally. Therefore, the World Health Organization (WHO) has implemented a robust approach to public health intelligence (PHI) for the global detection, verification and risk assessment of acute public health threats. WHO’s PHI operations are underpinned by the International Health Regulations (2005), which require that countries strengthen surveillance efforts, a…
Disseminating information on acute public health events globally
WHO works, on a daily basis, with countries globally to detect, prepare for and respond to acute public health events. A vital component of a health response is the dissemination of accurate, reliable and authoritative information. The Disease Outbreak News (DON) reports are a key mechanism through which WHO communicates on acute public health events to the public. The decision to produce a DON report is taken on a case-by-case basis after evalua…
Acute malnutrition and food insecurity in Yemen, 2021
The ongoing conflict in Yemen, which began in 2014, has led to one of the world’s most severe humanitarian crises. The Hudaydah region, located on the Red Sea coast and home to the country’s second-largest port, is critical for the delivery of food and medical supplies. We conducted a two-stage cluster randomised survey to estimate the prevalence of acute malnutrition among children and pregnant and lactating women (PLW). We estimated the prevale…
Medicine (4 works) · Environmental health (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Data-Driven Disease Surveillance (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Humanitarian crisis (2 works) · Public health (2 works) · Public relations (2 works) · Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research (2 works)