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Hoda K. Hassan

Hoda K. Hassan is a public health professional and consultant with an MPH from the School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR), The University of Sheffield, United Kingdom. She is also a pharmacist. With a passion for improving health and well-being in the Middle East and Eastern Mediterranean region, she has been engaged in various consultancy projects. You can follow her on @Hoda3011.
 

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Healthy Longevity for All:  Don’t leave aging people in LMICs behind

The global conversation around longevity is gaining momentum, driven by increasing life expectancy and growing research on healthy aging. For the first time in human history, there are more people aged 65 and older than children under five. And as you might recall,  the UN declared 2021–30 as the Decade of Healthy Ageing with an aim to improv...

Heal the world to make it a better place: A step closer to healthy urbanism in Egypt

The world is becoming progressively more urban. Today, more than half of the world’s population live in cities and by 2050 the global urban population will add an additional 2.5 billion, it is expected. Arguably, most of the world’s urban growth has been taking place in the Global South. These countries have to (rapidly) move away from the ...

‘One Health’ should be the New Nexus of Global Health in the Middle East and North Africa Region

COVID-19 was a watershed moment for all countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, especially after decades of geopolitical and economic shocks. But even before the pandemic struck, sustainable development was already jeopardized by an unstable economic environment and scarce resources, among other challenges.  See for example...