Publications by authors named "Mufaddal Hamadeh"
Background: Despite a decade of conflict, there has been little exploration of respiratory health in Syria, notwithstanding the known impacts of conflict on lung health. Our aim is to explore the burden and trends of respiratory consultations in Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS) facilities in northwest Syria through an ecological analysis.
Methods: We performed a retrospective review of routinely collected data relating to respiratory presentations in SAMS' facilities between March 2017 and June 2020; we compared data by facility type, infectious versus non-infectious aetiologies and age.
Article Synopsis
- Protracted conflict in Syria has devastated the health system, particularly affecting the diagnosis and treatment of high-cost diseases like cancer.
- A total of 397 new cancer cases were diagnosed in Northwest Syria in 2020, with bladder and breast cancers being the most common among men and women, respectively.
- This analysis highlights the urgent need for further research and resource allocation to improve cancer care and health systems in conflict zones, emphasizing the lack of support for hospitals and cancer centers under these challenging conditions.
Introduction: Syria's protracted conflict has devastated the health system reversing progress made on maternal health preconflict. Our aim is to understand the state of maternal health in Syria focused on underage pregnancy and caesarean sections using a scoping review and quantitative analysis; the latter draws on data from the Syrian American Medical Society's (SAMS) maternal health facilities in northwest Syria.
Methods: We performed a scoping review of academic and grey literature on the state of maternal health across Syria since the onset of conflict (taken as March 2011).