17 February 2020 – As part of its support to the preparedness activities of the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health for coronavirus disease (COVID-19), WHO conducted an assessment visit to the Rafic El Hariri International Airport Beirut as the main point of entry in Lebanon, to check on the preparedness activities undertaken on its premises. WHO...

17 February 2020 – The Ministry of Public Health, along with the Lebanese Pediatric Society, WHO and UNICEF, is very concerned about certain misconceptions expressed by parents on social media platforms following December's measles vaccination campaign.The only way to protect a child against measles is vaccination. Since it began in early 2018, the...

No cases of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) have yet been reported in Lebanon. However, the Ministry of Public Health remains extremely vigilant in the early detection of any case, as per the requirements of the International Health Regulations (IHR 2005). The WHO country office in Lebanon is supporting and working closely with the Ministry of...

29 January 2020 – In the drive to create cleaner and more environmentally-friendly cities, the WHO country office in Lebanon, in collaboration with the Municipality of Tripoli, conducted a training of trainers workshop on 23 January 2020 on solid waste management with a focus on sorting and recycling practices. Around 45 volunteers, including...

23 December 2019 Many thanks to the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development for the generous donation of US$ 4.6 million in support of the national campaign that aims to halt measles transmission in Lebanon. The first phase of the immunization campaign is ongoing until 31 December 2019 and is targeting over 300 000 children, covering Akkar, North and...

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...

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...

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...

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...