title: Distinctive features of the region.
authors.affiliation: Minister for Health, Damascus, Syria.
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Chatti
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003906:Developing Countries; D006801:Humans; D007730:Kuwait; D008877:Middle East; D012955:Societies, Medical; D013593:Syria