Published on in Vol 8 , No 3 (2022) :March

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/32831, first published .
Risk Factors of COVID-19 Critical Outcomes in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: Multicountry Retrospective Study

Risk Factors of COVID-19 Critical Outcomes in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: Multicountry Retrospective Study

Risk Factors of COVID-19 Critical Outcomes in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: Multicountry Retrospective Study

Faris Lami 1 , PhD ;   Maisa Elfadul 2 , MD ;   Hiba Rashak 3 , MSc ;   Mohannad Al Nsour 4 , MSc, MD, PhD ;   Hashaam Akhtar 5 , PhD ;   Yousef Khader 6 , ScD ;   Ahmed M Hussein 7 , MPH ;   Mariam Naciri 8 , PhD ;   Sahar Samy 9 , MSc ;   Yasser Ghaleb 10 , MSc ;   Hana Taha 11 , PhD ;   Alaa Hussein 12 , MBChB ;   Nameer A Ali 13 , MBChB ;   Raheem Hussein 13 , MBChB ;   Aamer Ikram 14 , PhD ;   Fazal ur Rahman 15 , MAE ;   Mohammad Mujeeb Khan 16 , PhD ;   Reema Adam 17 , MAE ;   Abdulrazaq Yusuf Ahmed 18 , MD ;   Salma Afifi 19 , MPH

1 Department of Community and Family Medicine , University of Baghdad , Baghdad , IQ

2 Public and Tropical Health programs , Epidemiology and Biostatistics , University of Medical Sciences and Technology , Khartoum , SD

3 Ministry of Health , Directorate of Public Health , Baghdad , IQ

4 The Eastern Mediterranean Public Health Network , Global Health Development , Amman , JO

5 Yusra Medical and Dental Collage , Yusra Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences , Islamabad , PK

6 Faculty of Medicine , Department of Community Medicine, Public Health and Family Medicine , Jordan University of Science and Technology , Amman , JO

7 Public Health Department , Somali International University , Magadishu , SO

8 Research Center Biotechnology, Biodiversity and Environment, Laboratory of Biodiversity, Ecology and Genome, Biology Department , Faculty of Sciences , Mohammed V University , Rabat , MA

9 Communicable Disease Control Department - Preventive Sector , Ministry of Health and Population , Cairo , EG

10 Yemen Field Epidemiology Training Program , Ministry of Public Health and Population , Sana’a , YE

11 Department of Basic Medical Sciences , Faculty of Medicine , The Hashemite University , Zarqa , JO

12 Public Health Department , Ministry of Health , Babel Health Directorate , Babel , IQ

13 Public Health Department , Ministry of Health , Al-Rusafa Health Directorate , Baghdad , IQ

14 National Institute of Health , Islamabad , PK

15 Medical Unit 1 Benazir Bhutto Hospital , Rawalpindi Medical University , Rawalpindi , PK

16 Infectious Diseases Department , Rawalpindi Medical University , Rawalpindi , PK

17 Federal Ministry of Health , Directorate of Emergency and Humantarian Actions , Khartoum , SD

18 Minstry of Health , Demartino Hospital , Mogadishu , SO

19 Ministry of Health and Population , Cairo , EG

Corresponding Author:

  • Maisa Elfadul, MD
  • Public and Tropical Health programs
  • Epidemiology and Biostatistics
  • University of Medical Sciences and Technology
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