Seif Al-Abri

TL;DR: Future development strategies should focus on antibiotics that are active against multidrug-resistant tuberculosis and Gram-negative bacteria, and include antibiotic-resistant bacteria responsible for community-acquired infections.

TL;DR: The main causes and epidemiology of traveller's diarrhoea are examined, which is associated with poor public health infrastructure and hygiene practices, particularly in warmer climates, with an emerging role for rifaximin.

TL;DR: The molecular epidemiology and mechanisms of resistance of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) were determined in hospitals in the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council and have important implications for controlling the spread of CRE in the Middle East and in hospitals accommodating patients transferred from the region.

TL;DR: The current knowledge of the disease in the region is summarized, the knowledge gaps that present challenges for the prevention and control of CCHFV are identified, and a strategic framework for research and development activities that would be necessary to curb the ongoing and new threats posed by CCHfV is details.

TL;DR: The theoretical bases of the End TB Strategy are summarized, the available examples of countries moving towards TB elimination are described and the eight core activities recently proposed by WHO as the milestones to achieveTB elimination are discussed in detail.