Browsing by Author "Al-Thani, Mohammed"
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Barriers to Practicing COVID-19 Preventive Behaviors Among Migrant Workers in Qatar: A Qualitative Study During the First Wave of the Pandemic
( Frontiers Media , 2022 , Article)Objectives: Manual and Craft Workers (MACWs), who constitute more than 80% of the population, were identified to be a vulnerable group to COVID-19 in Qatar. The goal of this study is to identify the limitations face MACWs ... -
Demographics and Epidemiology of Hepatitis B in the State of Qatar: A Five-Year Surveillance-Based Incidence Study
( MDPI , 2019 , Article)Background: Expatriates represent >80% of Qatar’s population, mostly arriving from countries in Africa and Asia that are endemic with many diseases. This increases the risk for introducing new pathogens into the country ... -
Improving Influenza Vaccination Rate among Primary Healthcare Workers in Qatar
( MDPI , 2017 , Article)The purpose of this study was to improve influenza vaccination, and determine factors influencing vaccine declination among health care workers (HCW) in Qatar. We launched an influenza vaccination campaign to vaccinate ... -
One Year of SARS-CoV-2: Genomic Characterization of COVID-19 Outbreak in Qatar
( Frontiers , 2021 , Article)Qatar, a country with a strong health system and a diverse population consisting mainly of expatriate residents, has experienced two large waves of COVID-19 outbreak. In this study, we report on 2634 SARS-CoV-2 whole-genome ... -
Pre-symptomatic and asymptomatic transmission of COVID-19: Implications for control measures in Qatar
( QSCIENCE , 2021 , Article)Public health control measures for communicable diseases are often based on the identification of symptomatic cases. However, emerging epidemiological evidence demonstrates the role of presymptomatic and asymptomatic ... -
Qatar - Longitudinal Assessment of Mental Health in Pandemics (Q-LAMP)
( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)Aims: QLAMP aims to identify risk factors and resilience factors for symptoms of psychiatric illness during the pandemic. Study strengths include the 1-year longitudinal design and the use of standardised instruments already ...
