Beirut, Lebanon, 1 July 2014 – WHO has provided life-saving medicines, intravenous fluids and surgical supplies to support more than 500 000 people across Lebanon through agency-specific deliveries.

With a concerned host population comprising 1.2 million inhabitants and more than 1 million displaced Syrian since the outburst of the Syrian crisis in 2011, the Lebanese health system is heavily overburdened.

As part of its effort to alleviate the burden of the Syrian crisis on the health system, WHO continues to scale up its efforts to provide and distribute medical supplies and equipment to people in need across Lebanon through local authorities.