Clara Abou Samra- American University of Beirut
Clara Abou Samra
- American University of Beirut
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Introduction
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Publications (11)
Over the past few decades, the world has witnessed considerable progress in women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health (WCAH) and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Yet deep inequities remain between and within countries. This scoping review aims to map financing interventions and measures to improve equity in WCAH in low- and middle-income...
Background: Lebanon was the first country in the Eastern Mediterranean region to develop and implement a national hospital accreditation system, but the
system has not been updated since 2011. This study aims to describe the process of developing and piloting context-specific hospital accreditation standards
in Lebanon, and share lessons from exten...
Objectives
To map travel policies implemented due to COVID-19 during 2020, and conduct a mixed-methods systematic review of health effects of such policies, and related contextual factors.
Design
Policy mapping and systematic review
Data sources and eligibility criteria
for the policy mapping, we searched websites of relevant government bodies an...
Background: Community-based health insurance (CBHI) has evolved as an alternative health financing mechanism to out of pocket payments in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs), particularly in areas where government or employer-based health insurance is minimal. This systematic review aimed to assess the barriers and facilitators to implementatio...
Background Patients, physicians and pharmacists are key stakeholders in the implementation of generic substitution policies. Objectives To explore Lebanese patients' perceptions and experience, and pharmacists' dispensing patterns towards the newly enacted unified health prescription policy promoting generic substitution. Setting Pharmacies in Beir...
