The WHO country office in Lebanon convened a technical mission to assess the management of malnutrition at primary and secondary health care levels in the context of the current crises in Lebanon.

A public health nutrition expert from WHO headquarters undertook a 1-week mission in which key informant interviews were conducted with stakeholders involved in the field of nutrition. Stakeholders included experts from the Ministry of Public Health, United Nations agencies, as well as nongovernmental organizations working on the management of malnutrition.

Field visits to primary health care centres and hospitals that provide screening and treatment for malnutrition for children under 5 years of age were conducted. The outcome of the mission was to gather data to review the national guidelines around the management of malnutrition and their use at field level, as well as to provide recommendations for improvement in regard to malnutrition programming in Lebanon.