Lebanon and WHO launch the 2026–2029 Country Cooperation Strategy

29 July 2025, Beirut, Lebanon – Last week, the Ministry of Public Health and the World Health Organization (WHO) launched the Lebanon Country Cooperation Strategy (CCS) 2026–2029. The 4-year framework aims to guide recovery and advance towards a resilient, inclusive health system.

Developed through an extensive consultation process, the CCS aligns with Lebanon’s National Health Strategy (Vision 2030), WHO’s 14th General Programme of Work and the UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF).

Lebanon’s health system is under enormous pressure. Years of economic collapse and political uncertainty, combined with the latest wave of hostilities, have damaged hospitals and worsened the brain drain.

WHO Lebanon convenes first national consultation on drowning prevention

21 July 2025, Beirut, Lebanon – WHO Lebanon hosted the inaugural national consultation on drowning prevention to present key findings from the Global Status Report on Drowning Prevention and discuss how global evidence can guide national strategies.

Though global drowning deaths declined by 38% between 2000 and 2021, over 300 000 lives were still lost to drowning in 2021. In Lebanon, 36 drowning-related fatalities have already been reported in 2025.