Mitigating the Burden of Seasonal Influenza on Cardiovascular Diseases in GCC Countries

Salah T Al-Awaidy^{1

2}, Shadha S Al Raisi³, Fatima Al Slail^{2

4}, Dalal Abdulaziz Al Kathiry^{2

4}, Amaal Owaidh Al Mutairy⁴, Ibtihal Mubarak Bin Jumah⁴, Sahar M Fadl⁴, Kawther Osman Abdelfadil⁴, Omer Kheir⁵, Parvaiz A Koul^{2

6}, Najim Z Alshahrani^{2

7}

Affiliations

¹ Freelance Public Health Consultant, Muscat, Oman.
² Middle East, Africa, and Eurasia Influenza Stakeholder Network.
³ Department of Non-communicable Diseases, Directorate General of Primary Healthcare, Ministry of Health, Muscat, Oman.
⁴ Department of Health Programs and Chronic Disease, Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
⁵ Public Health Unit, Population Health Division, Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.
⁶ Internal and Pulmonary Medicine Department, Sheri Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar, India.
⁷ Department of Family and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Jeddah, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Editorial

Salah T Al-Awaidy et al. Oman Med J. 2024.

. 2024 Nov 30;39(6):e687.

doi: 10.5001/omj.2024.125. eCollection 2024 Nov.

¹ Freelance Public Health Consultant, Muscat, Oman.
² Middle East, Africa, and Eurasia Influenza Stakeholder Network.
³ Department of Non-communicable Diseases, Directorate General of Primary Healthcare, Ministry of Health, Muscat, Oman.
⁴ Department of Health Programs and Chronic Disease, Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
⁵ Public Health Unit, Population Health Division, Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.
⁶ Internal and Pulmonary Medicine Department, Sheri Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar, India.
⁷ Department of Family and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Jeddah, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

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