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WHO ensures measles campaign reaches border villages
18 December 2019 – On 16 December the vaccination team immunizing children carried out the campaign in the border village of Tfeil. The national measles campaign carried out by the Ministry of Public Health, with the support of WHO and UNICEF, covers the areas of Akkar, North, and Baalbeck-Hermel governorates and will run until 22 December 2019. The...
Nearly 1 million children to be immunized against measles in Lebanon
6 December 2019 – The Ministry of Public Health, in partnership with WHO and UNICEF, announced today the beginning of the national drive to fight the ongoing measles outbreak in Lebanon. Since onset in early 2018, the outbreak has spread to all 8 governorates, accounting for more than 2000 reported cases, most among children under-10 years of...
WHO Representative inspires graduates and nutrition leaders
September 24, 2019 - During the ceremony marking the transition of the new generation of nutrition professionals into the profession of dietetics at the Lebanese American University, Dr Iman Shankiti, WHO Representative in Lebanon, spoke of the importance of a healthy lifestyle for health and disease stressing the significance of nutrition as...
WHO trains specialists in assessing air quality and environmental risks in Lebanon
11 September 2019 ‒ The WHO Centre for Environmental Health Action, in collaboration with the American University of Beirut Nature Conservation Center, organized a 2-day training session, from 5 to 6 September 2019, to train specialists in assessing air quality and environmental risks in Lebanon. The training was part of an overall framework to...
Ministry of Public Health expands its service coverage to palliative care inside and outside hospitals
1 April 2018 – The Lebanese Ministry of Public Health announced on the 26 March its decision to expand its service coverage to palliative care services inside and outside hospitals through a ministerial decree. Palliative care is an approach that improves the quality of life of patients and their families facing the problem associated with...
Launch of proficiency testing training to combat antimicrobial resistance
WHO Representative Dr Iman Shankiti addresses attendees of the...
Youth: tomorrow's public health leaders
Students took part in a simulation of WHO's World Health Assembly, the decision-making body of WHO which is attended by delegations from all WHO Member States and focuses on a specific health agenda prepared by WHO's Executive Board 29 January 2019 – From 25 to 27 January 2019, Saint Joseph University, in collaboration with the Ministry of Public...
Dr Fadlo Khuri awarded for his contribution to tobacco control efforts
1 November 2018 – “The American University of Beirut’s successful tobacco-free initiative shows that with political will, backed by evidence and committed teamwork, it is possible to implement world-standard tobacco control measures in Lebanon”, said AUB president Dr Fadlo Khuri, awardee of the World No Tobacco Day prize for 2018. The WHO country...
WHO and the National Mental Health Programme launch a guide for the rational prescription of psychotropic and neurological medications
The new guide launched by WHO and the National Mental Health Programme will be presented to psychologists and neurologists in a series of orientation sessionsWHO and the National Mental Health Programme at the Ministry of Public Health in Lebanon have launched the “Guide for the rational prescription of medications for priority mental and...
