COVID-19 and non-communicable diseases in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: the need for a syndemics approach to data reporting and healthcare delivery

• Abla M Sibai,
• Anthony Rizk,
• Kasturi Sen,
• Ghiwa Nassereddine,
• Samia Habli,
• Slim Slama

Affiliations

Abla M Sibai

Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon

Anthony Rizk

Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, Switzerland

Kasturi Sen

1Wolfson College (CR), Oxford, UK

Ghiwa Nassereddine

Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon

Samia Habli

Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon

Slim Slama

WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt