25 September 2025, Beirut, Lebanon – The Ministry of Public Health, in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) and funded by the Partnership for Influenza Vaccine Introduction (PIVI), launched the 2025 national influenza vaccination campaign today at Rafik Hariri University Hospital, under the patronage of His Excellency the Minister of Public Health. The campaign aims to protect Lebanon’s most vulnerable populations from seasonal influenza and marks an important step towards institutionalizing influenza vaccination within the national health system. In her speech at the launch, Dr Randa Hamadeh, Head of the Primary Healthcare Department at the Ministry of Public Health, emphasized the campaign’s role in enhancing immunization services provided to the most vulnerable groups and reiterated the Ministry's commitment to ensuring vaccines reach health centres. Minister of Public Health Dr Rakan Nassereddine said that “the campaign represents an essential preventive step to protect...