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Title: | The Profile of non-communicable disease (NCD) research in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region: analyzing the NCD burden, research outputs and international research collaboration | Authors: | Aggarwal, Ajay Patel, Preeti Lewison, Grant Ekzayez, Abdulkarim Coutts, Adam Fouad, Fouad Shamieh, Omar Giacaman, Rita Kutluk, Tezer Abdul Khalek, Rima Lawler, Mark Boyle, Peter Sarfati, Diana Sullivan, Richard |
Keywords: | Medicine, Preventive - Middle East;Medicine, Preventive - North Africa;Non-communicable disease - Middle East;Non-communicable disease - North Africa | Issue Date: | 2020 | Publisher: | PLoS ONE | Abstract: | Objectives: Despite the rising risk factor exposure and non-communicable disease (NCD) mortality across the Middle East and the North African (MENA) region, public health policy responses have been slow and appear discordant with the social, economic and political circumstances in each country. Good health policy and outcomes are intimately linked to a research-active culture, particularly in NCD. In this study we present the results of a comprehensive analysis of NCD research with particular a focus on cancer, diabetes and cardiovascular disease in 10 key countries that represent a spectrum across MENA between 1991 and 2018. Methods The study uses a well validated bibliometric approach to undertake a quantitative analysis of research output in the ten leading countries in biomedical research in the MENA region on the basis of articles and reviews in the Web of Science database. We used filters for each of the three NCDs and biomedical research to identify relevant papers in the WoS. The countries selected for the analyses were based on the volume of research outputs during the period of analysis and stability, included Egypt, Iran, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates. | URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11889/8368 | DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0232077 |
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