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Remarks by the WHO Representative in Lebanon at WHO’s press briefing on Lebanon and Afghanistan
23 September 2021 – The current complex crisis has heavily impacted the health system in Lebanon, decreasing availability, affordability, accessibility and quality of health care in general, and threatening the sustainability and resilience of the health system. Due to the severe financial and fuel crisis, most hospitals are currently operating at 50%...
Training to improve infection prevention and control measures in midwifery practices
24 May 2021 – With the support of the World Health Organization (WHO) and in coordination with the Ministry of Public Health, the Lebanese Order of Midwives launched the first training of a series of training targeting midwives operating private clinics in Lebanon. The workshop was attended by 12 midwives working in Beirut and Mount Lebanon.
WHO supports civil/military cooperation on COVID-19 database
26 November 2020 - A collaborative initiative between the Lebanese army and the Ministry of Public Health, supported by WHO, has created a comprehensive database for COVID-19 cases in Lebanon.
Measles and polio vaccination campaign resumes despite COVID-19 disruptions
14 October 2020 – The Ministry of Public Health, in partnership with WHO and UNICEF, announced today the beginning of the second phase of the national measles and polio immunization campaign.
WHO launches Central Drug Warehouse reconstruction initiative
30 September 2020 – On 29 September WHO launched the reconstruction initiative to rebuild the Ministry of Public Health's Central Drug Warehouse in Qarantina, which was destroyed by the 4 August port blast. Following the explosion in Beirut, WHO in coordination with UNICEF and the Ministry of Public Health, transferred all vaccines and...
COVID-19 response post blast plan
A national Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) coordination taskforce is working on the RCCE response planning and implementation of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the post-blast phase to identify priority actions, create messages and strategies, and coordinate work on the ground to avoid duplication, and share best practices and...
Lebanon emergency appeal 2020
31 August 2020 - The Beirut port blast on 4 August ripped a city to shreds and reopened old wounds for a fragile population already facing civil unrest, an ongoing socio-economic crisis, and the COVID-19 pandemic. The blast killed more than 178 people, left more than 6,500 injured, 300,000 people homeless, and severely damaged critical health...
