Seasonal Influenza Vaccination among Patients with Comorbidities in the Countries of the GCC: A Responsibility or an Option?

Salah T Al Awaidy^{1

2}, Shadha S Al Raisi³, Parvaiz A Koul^{2

4}, Mohamed Abu Khatab⁵, Hassan Zaraket^{2

6}

Affiliations

¹ Office of Health Affairs, Ministry of Health, Muscat, Oman.
² Middle East, Africa, and Eurasia Influenza Stakeholder Network.
³ Department of Non-communicable Diseases, Directorate General of Primary Health Care, Ministry of Health, Muscat, Oman.
⁴ Internal and Pulmonary Medicine Department, Sheri Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar, India.
⁵ Department of Medicine, Infectious Diseases Section, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.
⁶ Faculty of Medicine, Center for Infectious Diseases Research, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.

Editorial

Salah T Al Awaidy et al. Oman Med J. 2023.

. 2023 Mar 31;38(2):e475.

doi: 10.5001/omj.2023.105. eCollection 2023 Mar.

Salah T Al Awaidy^{1

2}, Shadha S Al Raisi³, Parvaiz A Koul^{2

4}, Mohamed Abu Khatab⁵, Hassan Zaraket^{2

6}

¹ Office of Health Affairs, Ministry of Health, Muscat, Oman.
² Middle East, Africa, and Eurasia Influenza Stakeholder Network.
³ Department of Non-communicable Diseases, Directorate General of Primary Health Care, Ministry of Health, Muscat, Oman.
⁴ Internal and Pulmonary Medicine Department, Sheri Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar, India.
⁵ Department of Medicine, Infectious Diseases Section, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.
⁶ Faculty of Medicine, Center for Infectious Diseases Research, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.

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