Health inspectors during the food safety trainingBeirut, December 12 - Lebanon is currently increasing its focus on food safety as a result of a drive by the Minister of Public Health. WHO organized a general introductory workshop on food sampling for more than 200 Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) staff. After which, the MoPH requested a more...

WHO mission at the Dalhamieh informal settlement, Zahle, Bekaa valley.Lebanon, 11 December - A joint WHO, European CDC and EPIET mission was organized in Lebanon between 2 December and 11 December 2014, to explore best strategies of vaccination against hepatitis A, in view of the repeated outbreaks of hepatitis A across the country over the past...

Minister of Public Health Wael Abu Faour demonstrates a heat scanner at the airport in BeirutBeirut, December 10 - A recent mission of the World Health Organization (WHO) took place from 8 to 10 December 2014 to Lebanon, to assess the country’s preparedness and readiness measures for Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak. The mission was a good...

Boxes of medical supplies delivered to the Ministry of Public HealthBeirut, 18 December 2014 – WHO procured around 7000 pieces of  medical equipment and clinic supplies to 180 primary health care centres across Lebanon, to reinforce the capacity of the Ministry of Public Health to deliver quality primary health care services with particular focus...

The medications will serve around 500 insulin dependent diabetic patients in needBeirut, 14 November, 2014 – WHO provided more than 100 000 insulin vials to the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health. The medications will serve around 500 insulin dependent diabetic patients in need, benefiting from the Ministry of Public Health essential medications...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...