_____________________________________________________________________________________________________ *Corresponding author: Email: abinghouth2007@yahoo.com; International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health 30(3): 1-7, 2018; Article no.IJTDH.40750 ISSN: 2278–1005, NLM ID: 101632866 Community Awareness about Diphtheria Prevention and Control in Hodeidah, Yemen 2018 Abdulla Salem Bin Ghouth 1* , Mohammed Amood AL–Kamarany 2 , Khalid Suhail 3 , Elham El-Absy 3 , Tarek Abdulkarim 3 , Munear Majam 3 , Yousra Khabaz 3 , Wafa Faqeeh 3 , Wardah Al-Mahwety 3 , Walled Abu Talib 3 , Asma Al-Dhahwi 3 , Mohammad Hijam 3 , Marwan Al-Ahdal 4 , Hashem Muamer 5 and Sameer Bokhamy 5 1 Department of Community Medicine, Hadramout University College of Medicine (HUCOM), Mukalla, Yemen. 2 Faculty of Clinical Pharmacy and Center of Tropical Medicine, Hodeidah University, Yemen. 3 Department of Community Medicine, Hadramout University College of Medicine (HUCOM), Center of Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases (CTMID), AL-Thawara Public Hospital, Hodeidah, Yemen. 4 Department of Pediatric, Authority of AL-Thawara Public Hospital, Hodeidah, Yemen. 5 Epidemiological Surveillance Administration, Office of Public Health and Population, Hodeidah, Yemen. Authors’ contributions This work was carried out in collaboration between all authors. Author ASBG is the first author who designed the study, performed the statistical analysis, wrote the protocol and first draft of the manuscript. Authors MAAK, KS, EEA participated in the study design, literature review and writing the first draft. Authors TA, MM, YK, WF, WAM, WAT, AAD, MH, MAA, HM and SB managed participated in the review the protocol, data collection and the the analyses of the study. All authors read and approved the final manuscript. Article Information DOI: 10.9734/IJTDH/2018/40750 Editor(s): (1) Jorge Paredes Vieyra, Universidad Autonoma De Baja California, Campus Tijuana, Mexico. Reviewers: (1) Maria Demetriou, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece. (2) Grienggrai Rajchakit, Maejo University, Thailand. (3) Hongying Zhang, China. Complete Peer review History: http://www.sciencedomain.org/review-history/24637 Received 17 th February 2018 Accepted 30 th April 2018 Published 16 th May 2018 Original Research Article