scholarly journals Impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic on pediatric oncology care in the Middle East, North Africa, and West Asia region: A report from the Pediatric Oncology East and Mediterranean (POEM) group

Cancer ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 126 (18) ◽  
pp. 4235-4245 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raya Saab ◽  
Anas Obeid ◽  
Fatiha Gachi ◽  
Houda Boudiaf ◽  
Lilit Sargsyan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Pediatric Oncology ◽  
North Africa ◽  
Oncology Care

scholarly journals Assessment of Retinoblastoma Capacity in the Middle East, North Africa, and West Asia Region

2020 ◽  
pp. 1531-1539
Author(s):  
Michala Burges ◽  
Ibrahim Qaddoumi ◽  
Rachel C. Brennan ◽  
Lisa Krull ◽  
Natasha Sahr ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Pediatric Oncology ◽  
North Africa ◽  
Multidisciplinary Care ◽  
Focal Therapy ◽  
Green Laser ◽  
Distributed Data ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Pediatric Oncologist ◽  
Tiered System

PURPOSE We aimed to evaluate the capacity to treat retinoblastoma in the Middle East, North Africa, and West Asia region. METHODS A Web-based assessment that investigated retinoblastoma-related pediatric oncology and ophthalmology infrastructure and associated capacity at member institutions of the Pediatric Oncology East and Mediterranean group was distributed. Data were analyzed in terms of availability, location, and confidence of use for each resource needed for the management of retinoblastoma. Resources were categorized by diagnostics, focal therapy, chemotherapy, advanced treatment, and supportive care. Responding institutions were further divided into an asset-based tiered system. RESULTS In total, responses from 23 institutions were obtained. Fifteen institutions reported the availability of an ophthalmologist, 12 of which held primary off-site appointments. All institutions reported the availability of a pediatric oncologist and systemic chemotherapy A significant portion of available resources was located off site. Green laser was available on site at seven institutions, diode laser at six institutions, cryotherapy at 12 institutions, and brachytherapy at nine institutions. There existed marked disparity between the availability of some specific ophthalmic resources and oncologic resources. CONCLUSION The assessment revealed common themes related to the treatment of retinoblastoma in low- and- middle-income countries, including decentralization of care, limited resources, and lack of multidisciplinary care. Resource disparities warrant targeted intervention in the Middle East, North Africa, and West Asia region to advance the management of retinoblastoma in the region.

Press Propaganda and Subaltern Agents of Pan-Islamic Networks in the Muslim Mediterranean World prior to World War I

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Odile Moreau
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
World War I ◽  
North Africa ◽  
World War ◽  
Subaltern Studies ◽  
Resistance Movements ◽  
The Press ◽  
Mediterranean World ◽  
History Of

This chapter explores movement and circulation across the Mediterranean and seeks to contribute to a history of proto-nationalism in the Maghrib and the Middle East at a particular moment prior to World War I. The discussion is particularly concerned with the interface of two Mediterranean spaces: the Middle East (Egypt, Ottoman Empire) and North Africa (Morocco), where the latter is viewed as a case study where resistance movements sought external allies as a way of compensating for their internal weakness. Applying methods developed by Subaltern Studies, and linking macro-historical approaches, namely of a translocal movement in the Muslim Mediterranean, it explores how the Egypt-based society, al-Ittihad al-Maghribi, through its agent, Aref Taher, used the press as an instrument for political propaganda, promoting its Pan-Islamic programme and its goal of uniting North Africa.

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