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Implementing selective taxes on tobacco in the GCC countries: A step in the right direction for improving public health

The project aims to study the aspects, methods and policies for implementing selective tax on tobacco in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries.

The economic cost of smoking and exposure to secondhand smoke in the GCC countries

The project aims to determine the direct and indirect economic costs of smoking and passive smoking in the Gulf countries by evaluating all types of costs and their direct and indirect components.

Publication rate of health research productivity in seven Gulf countries: Bibliometric analysis from 1996 to 2018

The project aims to determine the prevalence and time rates of health research published in the Gulf States over a period of 22 years (1996 to 2018).

Expanding the scope of work on non-communicable diseases in the Gulf Cooperation Council

The project aims to study the status of non-communicable diseases in the Gulf countries as a single region through an economic perspective that assesses the investment situation for combating non-communicable diseases.

The issue of investing in the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases in the six GCC countries: an economic assessment

The project aims to conduct an economic assessment of the issue of investment in the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases in the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries.