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Ministry of Public Health launches national polio immunization campaign to prevent polio resurgence in Lebanon
Children under five will receive the vaccine free regardless of nationalityBeirut, 14 October 2014 – The Ministry of Public Health, in collaboration with WHO, UNICEF and humanitarian partners launched a national polio immunization campaign at a press conference held at the Lebanese Order of Physicians. The campaign is part of the crucial national...
WHO provides medications for leishmania outbreak
Leishmania can produce permanent disfiguring scarsBeirut, 2 October, 2014 – WHO Lebanon has provided 10 000 ampoules of Glucantime to the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health in response to the ongoing outbreak of leishmania. As of October 2014, the surveillance system at the Ministry of Public Health has detected 1383 cases of cutaneous...
WHO supports launch of the Mother and Child Health Care initiative
The Ministry of Public Health with the European Union and in partnership with WHO supports health care services in Rashayya with the “Mother and Child Health Care” InitiativeBekaa, Rashayya, 19 September, 2014 – The Ministry of Public Health launched the “Mother and Child Health Care” initiative which aims to provide quality primary health care...
WHO supports launch of national hepatitis awareness campaign
Beirut, August 21, 2014 – The Ministry of Public Health and the national hepatitis programme launched in collaboration with the Lebanese Order of Physicians, the Lebanese Society of Gastroenterology, the Lebanese Society for Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology (LSIDCM), Roche Lebanon and WHO Lebanon the 2014 national hepatitis awareness...
Emergency operations centre established in view of current public health risks
The emergency operations centre will be a hub for operations in Lebanon during public health emergencies using state-of-the-art information technology.Beirut, 8 July 2014 – The Lebanese Minister of Public Health Wael Abu Faour launched the newly established emergency operations centre supported by WHO at the Rafiq Hariri governmental hospital. In...
WHO steps up preparedness for diarrhoeal disease epidemics among Syrian refugees in Lebanon
Efforts have been stepped up to improve public health preparedness to mitigate the risk of cholera and other epidemic diarrhoeal diseases throughout the country, particularly in areas where large numbers of unregistered Syrian refugees are living in overcrowded conditions.Beirut, 9 July 2014 – WHO has stepped up epidemic preparedness efforts in...
WHO provides vehicles to the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health
Beirut, 2 July – WHO Lebanon has provided the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health with 13 vehicles with the support of the Kuwaiti emergency fund. The vehicles are intended to support the network of primary health care centres, the surveillance programme, and the communicable diseases and tuberculosis control programmes. Threats to public health...
WHO provides life-saving medicines to local health authorities
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...
Lebanon launches nationwide polio immunization campaign
Officials fear that the risks of under-immunization are not clearly understood by the publicBeirut, 10 April 2014 – As the threat of polio grows across the Eastern Mediterranean Region, the Ministry of Public Health of Lebanon today launched a national polio immunization campaign to prevent polio regaining a foothold in Lebanon after an absence of...
Improving health care services in Lebanon in the context of the Syrian crisis: the EU/IfS programme
One of the programme's objectives is to increase the capacity of primary health care centresLebanon has experienced an unprecedented influx of refugees due to the conflict in neighbouring Syria. This is putting a severe strain on the host communities and authorities. The Government of Lebanon estimates that 1.2 million Lebanese nationals are...
