Author: Walid Ammar, Ola Kdouh, Rawan Hammoud, Randa Hamadeh, Hilda Harb, Zeina Ammar, Rifat Atun, David Christiani, Pierre A Zalloua
Source: MOPH
Health System Resilience: Lebanon and the Syrian Refugee Crisis
Background Between 2011 and 2013, the Lebanese population increased by 30% due to the influx of Syrian refugees. While a sudden increase of such magnitude represents a shock to the health system,threatening the continuity of service delivery and destabilizing governance,it also offers a unique opportunity to study resilience of a health system amidst ongoing crisis (for more...)