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Teaching Case Studies in Field Epidemiology and Public Health for the Eastern Mediterranean Region

Strengthening the public health workforce is essential for effective surveillance and outbreak response. Field Epidemiology Training Programs (FETPs) play a key role, with teaching case studies enabling practical application of epidemiologic methods. This supplement of case studies was developed through an EMPHNET-supported initiative using structured training, mentoring, and peer review. These case studies cover outbreak investigations, surveillance evaluation, and data analysis, providing practical tools to strengthen applied epidemiology training and workforce capacity.

Guest Editors:
  • Mirwais Amiri, Eastern Mediterranean Public Health Network (Jordan)
  • Mohannad Al Nsour, Eastern Mediterranean Public Health Network (Jordan)
  • Yousef Khader, Eastern Mediterranean Public Health Network (Jordan)
  • Haitham Bashier, Eastern Mediterranean Public Health Network (Jordan)
Contact Email: Mirwais Amiri, Eastern Mediterranean Public Health Network, (EMPHNET ), mamiri@emphnet.net
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Cutaneous leishmaniasis surveillance report in Saudi Arabia, 2017-2018

Bassam M Hakami, Yahya AlAsseri, Almutairi Abdulaziz, Kamel Shady, Abd-Ellatif Eman

Pan African Medical Journal. 17 February 2026. 53(1): 1

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Suspected Cholera Outbreak in Wardak Province, Afghanistan, 2022: a teaching case study of laboratory role in outbreaks investigation

Shoaib Naeemi, Khwaja Mir Islam Saeed, Mir Salamuddin Hakim

Pan African Medical Journal. 17 February 2026. 53(1): 2

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COVID-19 outbreak in Herat Prison: an exercise of basic biostatistical analysis

Shoaib Naeemi, Khwaja Mir Islam Saeed, Mir Salamuddin Hakim

Pan African Medical Journal. 17 February 2026. 53(1): 3

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Acute Watery Diarrhea (AWD) Outbreak in Surobi District of Kabul, Afghanistan, 2021: a descriptive Case Study

Shoaib Naeemi, Khwaja Mir Islam Saeed, Mir Salamuddin Hakim

Pan African Medical Journal. 17 February 2026. 53(1): 4

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Summarizing statistical measures including rates, ratios and proportions using profile of risk factors for noncommunicable diseases in Afghanistan: a teaching case study

Khwaja Mir Islam Saeed, Shoaib Naeemi, Mir Salamuddin Hakim

Pan African Medical Journal. 17 February 2026. 53(1): 5

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Evaluation of tuberculosis surveillance system in Afghanistan: a teaching case-study

Khwaja Mir Islam Saeed, Shoaib Naeemi, Mir Salamuddin Hakim

Pan African Medical Journal. 17 February 2026. 53(1): 6

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Anthrax outbreak investigation among humans and livestock in Meherpur District of Bangladesh, December 2023: a case study of one health approach

Md Foyjul Islam, Quazi Ahmed Zaki, Fablina Noushin, Jobaida Khanam, Mohammad Rashedul Hassan, Md Omar Qayum, Ahmed Nawsher Alam, Zakir Hossain Habib, M Salim Uzzaman, Mahbubur Rahman, Tahmina Shirin

Pan African Medical Journal. 17 February 2026. 53(1): 7

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Measles outbreak investigation in Female prison Herat province, Afghanistan April 2024

Ahmad Amirnajad, Khwaja Mir Islam Saeed, Shoaib Naeemi, Mir Salamuddin Hakim

Pan African Medical Journal. 17 February 2026. 53(1): 8

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Mass food poisoning in Ain-al-basha District/Jordan 2020: a mid-pandemic outbreak investigation

Areej Hamed Shoubaki, Mohammad Maayeh, Ashraf Aqel, Majed Asad

Pan African Medical Journal. 20 February 2026. 53(1): 9

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Multidrug-resistant Klebsiella Pneumoniae outbreak in Sahloul University Hospital in Tunisia, July-August 2022

Arwa Neffati, Mouna Safer, Hela Ghali, Farah Azouzi, Asma Ben Cheikh, Sameh Boughattas, Lamia Tilouche, Mohamed Sahbi chalbi, Aicha chaichi, Sonia Dhaouadi, Hajer Letaief, Sana Bhiri, Soumaya Ketata, Abdelhalim Trabelsi, Houyem Said Latiri, Nissaf Bouafif Ben Alaya

Pan African Medical Journal. 27 February 2026. 53(1): 10

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A trichinellosis outbreak: a teaching case-study

Hawraa Sweidan, Nada Ghosn

Pan African Medical Journal. 27 February 2026. 53(1): 11

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Gastroenteritis at an Internal Displaced Persons IDPs Camp in Mosul, Iraq, 2017 "Case Study"

Yasir Majeed, Zainab Abbas, Abdulrazzaq Mohammad

Pan African Medical Journal. 27 February 2026. 53(1): 12

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Cutaneous leishmaniasis outbreak in Jahana and Al Husn Districts, Sana'a Governorate, Yemen 2021: a teaching case study

Yasser Ghaleb, Samar Nassher, Maher Algharati, Ashraf Al Garadi

Pan African Medical Journal. 12 March 2026. 53(1): 13

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Nipah outbreak investigation in one health approach, January 2023 in the Northern Region of Bangladesh

Abir Shaqran Mahmood, Md Sayik Bin Alam, Md Abu Sayeed, Nabila Nujhat Chowdhury, Wasik Rahman Akib, Dewan Imtiaz Rahman, Kamal Ibne Amin Chowdhury, Fateha Akhter Ema, Md Zulqarnine Ibne Noman, Md Arif Khan, Ahmad Raihan Sharif, Mohammad Ferdous Rahman Sarker, Sharmin Sultana, Mohammed Ziaur Rahman, Ariful Islam, Nazneen Akhter, Syed Moinuddin Satter, Tahmina Shirin

Pan African Medical Journal. 16 March 2026. 53(1): 14

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Strengthening field epidemiology training through teaching case studies: an EMPHNET-supported supplement

Yousef Khader, Mohannad Al Nsour

Pan African Medical Journal. 17 April 2026. 53(1): 15

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