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NCD June 2015

17/06/15

''In support for Primary Health Care (PHC) centers implementing the Non-Communicable Disease program and the Universal Health Coverage project, the Primary Health Care department at the Ministry of Public Health in collaboration with WHO organized a training on the use an...

HBA1C 2015

17/06/15

''In support for Primary Health Care (PHC) centers implementing the Non-Communicable Disease program and the Universal Health Coverage project at their centers, the Primary Health Care department at the Ministry of Public Health in collaboration with WHO organized a tra...

Lebanon National Drugs Database

17/06/15

This section represents the official information about the pharmaceutical products registered & marketed at the Ministry of Public Health You can search in the form below for information related to drugs including Subsidy percentage Drugs code ending with ...

Food Safety

20/06/15

Food Inspection WHO: The Five Keys to Safer Food Programme Food Inspection Checklist Food Sampling Form Results of Quality Programme Classification List 1- Kesrouan Gold List ...

Health Indicators

20/06/15

The Health Indicators provide concise information of the health situation and trends, including responses at national and global levels. They reflect indicators of relevance for country, regional and global reporting across the full spectrum of global health priorities. This sect...

General surveillance data: current year

23/06/15

National Beirut Bekaa (Great) Mount-Lebanon Hermel Aley Baalbeck Baabda Rashaya Chouf ...

General surveillance data: past years

23/06/15

2021 2020 2019 2018 Lebanon Lebanon Lebanon Lebanon By week By week By week By week Beirut Beirut Beirut Beirut Bekaa (Great) Bekaa (Great) Bekaa...

A- Lebanon National Health Accounts 2012-Financing Agents to Functions

24/06/15

B- Lebanon National Health Accounts 2012-Financing Agents to Providrers

24/06/15

About

06/07/15

The National Mental Health Programme (NMHP) was launched in May 2014 within the Ministry of Public Health with the support of the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF, and International Medical Corps (IMC), with the aim of reforming mental health care in Lebanon and providin...

Mental Health and Substance Use Strategy for Lebanon 2015-2020

07/07/15

The Ministry of Public Health, in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF, and International Medical Corps (IMC), launched on the 14th of May 2015 the Mental Health and Substance Use Prevention, Promotion, and Treatment Strategy for Lebanon 2015-2020. ...

Newsletter

07/07/15

The National Mental Health Program (NMHP) newsletter is a quarterly publication which provides up-to-date news and information about the NMHP activities. National Mental Health Programme Newsletter - Issue 10 National Mental Health Programme Newsletter - Issue 09 National...

Forward

08/07/15

Since the nineteen seventies, quality of health care has become an important topic for discussion and action in the health care systems all over the world. In every country today, the capacity of the health care system is challenged. Technological advances offer new ...

History

08/07/15

Health care that is driven by quality across a range of services within the hospital system is attractive and marketable to other countries. The image of hospitals as upmarket hotels can be transported but only through the application of consistent, safe and considerate...

National Hospital Survey

08/07/15

Process All hospitals that are contracted to the MOPH for treatment of MOPH patients in 2001will be included in the First National Hospital Survey and the main purpose is to assess all contracted hospitals against the Basic and Accreditation standards, for bench marki...

Accreditation of Hospitals in Lebanon

09/07/15

The quality of hospital care in Lebanon has witnessed a paradigm shift since May 2000, from a traditional focus on physical structure and equipment to a broader multidimensional approach, emphasizing managerial processes, performance and output indicators. In the absence ...

Reports and Publications

09/07/15

1- التقارير السنوية والنصف السنوية: التقرير السنوي للعام 2024 التقرير السنوي للعام 2023 التقرير السنوي للعام 2022 التقرير السنوي للعام 2021 التقرير السنوي للعام 2020 التقرير السنوي للعام 2019 التقرير السنوي للعام 2018 PHC-Da...

Accreditation of Primary Health Care Centers in Lebanon

09/07/15

Introduction Within the vision of the Ministry of Public Health in Lebanon to pursue excellence and improve the quality of health care, the Ministry of Public Health in Lebanon established in 2010 a partnership with Accreditation Canada, an affiliate of the Health Stan...

Reproductive Health Services

09/07/15

In compliance with the decisions of the International Conference on Population and Development in 1994 on behalf of the Government of Lebanon, the “Reproductive Health Program” was established at the Ministry of Public Health and supported by the United Nation...

Integration of Non-Communicable Disease Program in Primary Health Care

10/07/15

Integration of Non-Communicable Diseases Initiative within Primary Health Care Services I. Introduction: In 2012, the Primary Health Care Department at the Ministry of Public Health in collaboration with WHO, launched a pilot initiative of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD...

Integration of Non-Communicable Disease Services within Primary Health Care

10/07/15

Introduction The Primary Health Care Department at the Ministry of Public Health in collaboration with WHO, launched an initiative for the integration of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) program within Primary Health Care centers in Lebanon, in 2012. This initiative aim...

Emergency Primary Health Care Restoration Project towards Universal Health Coverage in Collaboration with World Bank

10/07/15

Background Achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC) is a main goal of the National Health Strategy, and is based on the principles of justice, equity, poverty reduction and the rational use of resources. It requires providing quality health care for all, to satisf...

Training Workshop for Nurses with Order of Nurses in Lebanon

15/07/15

كجزء من أهداف وزارة الصحة العامة للتعاون مع نقابات،ومؤسسات أكاديمية وغيرها من وكالات حكومية ،تعمل وزارة الصحة العامة بشكل وثيق مع نقابة الممرضات والممرضين في لبنان من أجل ضمان بناء قدرات ممرضي مراكز الرعاية الصحية الأولية على صعيد لبنان. لذلك، وبناءً على توصيات اعتماد كندا المتعل...

The Ministry of Public Health

16/07/15

Organization Chart Major Responsibilities of the MOPH Administrative Unit A-General Directorate It has three departments directly associated with it in addition to the general administration s...

Expanded Program on Immunization

20/07/15

Background and Definition Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI), established in 1987, aimes at guaranteeing the right of every child in Lebanon, regardless of social status or parent's education level, on immunization and protection from diseases that have available eff...

Cold Chain Training Initiative

21/07/15

By the end of year 2008, Lebanon was granted an International Cold Chain Cetertification award from WHO and UNICEF, becoming among the 5 countries worldwide to hold this certification. In November 2014, the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) in collaboration with UNICEF und...

Recreation Days Held during Second National Polio Immunization Campaigns (2014)

21/07/15

Second National Immunization Campaign against Polio During 15th -21st November 2014, the Second National Polio Immunization Campaign was implemented in collaboration with UNICEF and WHO, through which a series of Polio Vaccination Recreation Days were pl...

Accreditation Criteria for Inpatient Psychiatric Units in General Hospitals

21/07/15

With the aim of scaling-up mental health services in the country, one of the strategic objectives set in the Mental Health and Substance Use Strategy 2015-2020 for Lebanon is to: “Contract with general hospitals for beds in inpatient psychiatric wards” (Objective 2...

Mop-Up Campaigns at Informal Tented Settlements during March & April 2015

21/07/15

In preparation for the Polio Mop-up Campaign planned for March 2015, the Ministry of Public Health in coordination with Beyond association and UNICEF held several activities at Informal Tented Settlements (ITSs) in targeted areas across Lebanon. The Ministry of Public Health...

National Polio Immunization & Mop-Up Campaigns

22/07/15

National Polio Immunization & Mop-Up Campaigns Lebanon has been classified as being Polio free for the past 13 years. However, with the influx of Syrian refugees into the country, Lebanon was exposed to a significant threat for the recurrence of Polio risk. In repo...

Key Health Statistics in Lebanon

25/07/15

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Health Reform in Lebanon

03/08/15

Key Achievements at a Glance Walid AMMAR MD, Ph.D Director General of Health This document lists a selection of 13 Key Achievements of the Ministry of Public Health over the last decade*. 1. The Creation of a Unified...

Ministry of Public Health Strategy Orientations

04/08/15

التوجهات الإستراتيجية للنظام الصحي في لبنان الدكتور وليد عمّار1 تسيطر على القطاع الصحي في لبنان جملة من المفاهيم الخاطئة التي تحجب الرؤية عن المشاكل الحقيقية التي تستوجب المعالجة. وبينما يلاقي هذا القطاع انتقادات متعددة من الإعلام والمواطنين، حاز النظ...

Universal Health Coverage: Bridging the Gaps

04/08/15

Universal Health Coverage: Bridging the Gaps [1] Walid Ammar MD., Ph.D.[2] Universal Health Coverage and the Lebanese Dilemma Achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC) is a main goal of the National Health Strategy, and is based on...

Press Release: WHO Mission to Lebanon to Assess the Country's Readiness for Ebola

14/08/15

ارسلت منظمة الصحة العالمية بعثة الى لبنان بتاريخ 8 كانون الأول ٢٠١٤ لتقييم تدابير التأهب والاستعداد لمرض فيروس الإيبولا. وقد نوهت البعثة بالمستوى العالي من الوعي لدى السلطات اللبنانية وخصوصا وزارة الصحة العامة والتدابير المنفذة لتعزيز مستوى التأهب. ولقد أعربت البعثة عن ا...

New Release of the Lebanon National Drug Index- Fifth Edition

29/08/15

بعد الاهتمام الذي لَقيهُ الدليل الوطني للأدوية Lebanese National Drug Index في نسخاته السابقة، قامت وزارة الصحة العامة بإنجاز الطبعة الخامسة منه وهي تشمل معلومات حديثة عن حوالي 5000 دواء مسجل في وزارة الصحة. كما يوفر المعلومات الأساسية لها من تصنيف علاجي وتركيبة...

Primary Health Care

10/09/15

1- Are all Primary Healthcare Centers and dispensaries entitled to essential drugs? Only Primary Health care (PHC) centers that are within the National Network of Primary Care Centers are entitled to essential drugs provided by MoPH (PHC Department). Dispensaries cannot ...

From Kebabs to Fattoush – Keeping Lebanon’s Food Safe

14/09/15

Lebanon’s food is considered a national treasure, and the country’s cuisine is appreciated worldwide. Local people and visitors love to search for the best of the best, from the tastiest kebabs at a simple roadside stand to high cuisine at sophisticated restaurants. H...

Local Manufacturing Industries

16/09/15

The Syndicate of the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers in Lebanon was founded in 2016. It comprises all the pharmaceutical manufacturers granted an authorization for exploitation of pharmaceutical plant according to the international good manufacturing practices by the Lebanese ...

Best Smart Mobile Application Award for the Lebanese Ministry of Pubic Health- Kuwait 2015

17/09/15

The Director of the National E-Health programme Mrs. Lina Abou Mrad received an award and a certificate of recognition after winning the award of best smart applications in the ministries category at the level of the Lebanese Republic for the “MOPH Mobile App&r...

National Health Statistics Report in Lebanon 2012 Edition

17/09/15

Health System and Reform In Lebanon - 2003

21/09/15

Health spending in Lebanon is growing rapidly and faster than GDP. The current financing and delivery arrangements, extensively described in this book, are responsible for the resulting poor value for money. Reform is needed to adapt the health system with financial constraints...

Health Beyond Politics-2009

22/09/15

Despite political crises, economic austerity and military conflicts, the health sector in Lebanon did not loose ground. Studies reveal that over the last decade, the health status of the population has been improving along with lessening inequities in terms of both accessibilit...

Health System Resilience Amidst Political Instability: the Case of Lebanon

29/09/15

A seminar with Walid Ammar, MD, PhD, Director General, Ministry of Public Health of Lebanon; Professor, The Lebanese University; Senior Lecturer, American University of Beirut. Moderated by Melani Cammett, Professor of Government, Harvard University. The Lebanese ...

The Ministry of Public Health Launches the Mental Health and Substance Use Strategy for Lebanon

05/10/15

The Ministry of Public Health, in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF, and International Medical Corps (IMC), are launching the Mental Health and Substance Use Prevention, Promotion, and Treatment Strategy for Lebanon to ensure accessibility of high qua...

MOPH Participation in the 68th World Health Assembly in Geneva

06/10/15

The world has just concluded the 68th session of the World Health Assembly in Geneva which took place at the Palais des Nations, between May 18 and 26. Lebanon was represented by two delegates from the Ministry of Public health this year, the Director General,...

Other Statistics

07/10/15

Statistics List Date Description The High Tech Equipment Statistics 20.10.2015 Tuberculosis Treatment Success Rate and Treatment Outcome by Site and Nationality, 2014 10.6.2015 ...

Good Governance Program in Lebanon (GGM)

20/10/15

Measuring Transparency To Improve Good Governance in the Public Pharmaceutical Sector WHO Good Governance for Medicines Programme: an Innovative Approach to Prevent Corruption in the Pharmaceutical Sector GGM Recommendations in 2009 and Updates in 2019 Technical Sub Co...

Antimicrobial Resistance

06/11/15

Guidelines for the Prevention of Bloodstream Infections and other Infections Associated with the Use of Intravascular Catheters- 2024. USJ- October 2015 Clinical Microbiology Laboratory & Antimicrobial S...

Quality Assurance of Pharmaceutical Products

09/11/15

This section sums up all activities and responsibilities required to ensure that the drug that reaches the patient is safe, effective and acceptable. Moreover, this section presents the national guideline for Good Storage and Distribution Practices as well as the related ...

ESPISP II

25/11/15

Project Overview The Second Emergency Social Protection Implementation Support Project (ESPISP II) is part of the Trust Fund for Lebanon. The project main objective is to improve administration, delivery, financial sustainability, and targeting of social services through imple...

EU/IfS Project

25/11/15

Conflict Reduction through Improving Healthcare Services for the Vulnerable Population in Lebanon &...

Drugs Public Price List 2025

03/12/15

Lebanon National Drugs Database Drugs Prices According to the Exchange Rate Issued on 3/4/2025 List of drugs according to decision 1489/1 dated 17/12/2021 (primary registration) Drugs Public Price List according to decision no. 119/1 issued on ...

List of Essential Medicines Lebanon 2018

03/12/15

Foreword Essential medicines as defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) are “those that satisfy the priority health care needs of the population. They are selected with due regard to public health relevance, evidence on efficacy and safety, and compara...

No Tobacco Control Program

07/12/15

History In 2005, Lebanon signed the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) in a bid to protect the citizens’ health from the devastating impact of tobacco use and exposure to its smoke, and in view of the alarming...

Medical Devices

09/12/15

Regulating The Importation & Use of Medical Devices in Lebanon- Presentation During the Meeting of April 24, 2013 Procedure Nationale De Reglementation Des Dispositifs Medicaux Au Liban.Modalités d'importation, Déclaration des fournisseurs, Eval...

Medical Devices Recalls

09/12/15

This section has been designed to provide information about medical devices that have been recalled from markets by manufacturers. The information contained herein is a compilation from different sources. It is intended to guide users in their choices to ensure optimum patient ...

Blood Transfusion

09/12/15

I.Information For The Public I. General Information 1. The Blood Blood is made up of cells (red blood cells, platelets and white blood cells) in a protein-rich liquid (plasma). Whole blood is almost never transfused to a patient; only the blood component need...

World AIDS Day 2015

14/12/15

This year’s World AIDS Day slogan, "Treat all people living with HIV", is a call for action so that every individual living with HIV can enjoy the highest attainable level of health through lifelong access to good quality HIV care and treatment.(More) ...

Health Response Strategy - A New Approach 2016 & Beyond

21/12/15

Health Response Strategy- version 9 Foreword With the shift from a state of emergency into a state of protracted crisis in Syria, the humanitarian response in Lebanon ought to take a strategic turn. Funding spontaneous and sporadic humanitarian initiatives, thou...

Non Communicable Diseases Prevention and Control Plan (NCD-PCP) Lebanon 2016-2020

06/02/16

A. PREAMBLE A1. Rationale A National Non Communicable Disease Prevention and Control Plan (NCD-PCP) has become a necessity in Lebanon, in view of the increasingly heavy epidemiological and economic burden that these diseases are causing. NCD-centered activities ...

Referral of the Complaint of "Lebanon Heart Hospital" to Financial Inspection & Public Prosecution of Finance

10/02/16

أحال وزير الصحة العامة وائل ابو فاعور الى التفتيش المالي والنيابة العامة المالية الشكوى المقدمة من إدارة مستشفى لبنان للقلب ضد الطبيب المراقب في وزارة الصحة لدى المستشفى الدكتور نديم الايوبي، والذي يطالب، بحسب الشكوى، بتقاضي مبالغ غير مشروعة مقابل توقيعه لمعاملات تجاوز السقف الما...

Ebola Outbreak 2014

15/02/16

معلومات عن مرض الإيبولا ما هو مرض الإيبولا وما هي عوارضه؟ أسئلة وأجوبة منظمة الصحة العالمية- معلومات عن الإيبولا حقائق رئيسية لوباء الإيبولا- منظمة الصحة العالمية إصابات ووفيات الإيبولا في العالم معدات الوقاية الشخصية في مواجهة الإيبولا الإرشادات الخاصة ...

Health System and Reform In Lebanon

29/02/16

National AIDS Control Program in Lebanon

05/03/16

Background ..The HIV epidemic was introduced to Lebanon in 1984, with the 1st diagnosed AIDS case. Since then, the number of cases have been slowly but steadily rising which led the Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) to establish the National AIDS Control Program (NAP) in 1989. ...

Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health Launches Project to Support the Lebanese Health System

10/03/16

H.E. Minister of Public Health Wael Abou Faour launched a large project to support the public healthcare provision in Lebanon on July 9th,2014 at the Lebanese University Central Administration, in the presence of the Head of the Delegation of the European Union to Lebanon, Ambass...

Mop-Up Polio Campaign (January and February 2016)

15/03/16

The Primary Health Care department at the Ministry of Public Health in collaboration with UNICEF and WHO held Mop-up campaigns for drop-outs from polio vaccination in a number of selected districts around Lebanon (25th-30th January 2016 and 22nd-27th February 2016). ...

Launching Event of "Comprehensive Primary Care towards Universal Health Care" at the Grand Serail

15/03/16

أطلقت وزارة الصحة العامة برعاية وحضور رئيس مجلس الوزراء الأستاذ تمام سلام ووزير الصحة العامة وائل ابو فاعور ،في 28 كانون الثاني 2016، مشروع «الرعاية الأولية الشاملة نحو التغطية الصحية الشاملة» في السراي الكبير بحضور وزراء ونواب حاليين وسابقين، وممثلين عن المنظ...

Good Manufacturing Practice

18/03/16

Good Manufacturing Practice - GMP Lebanon - 2009 Minister Decision No. 422/1 date 16/05/09 Good Governance for Medicines - WHO Progress Report 2010 (Kindly refer to Lebanon Box on p.4) WHO Good Governance for Medicines Programme -Country Case st...

Drugs Ethical Standards

19/03/16

Drug promotion can significantly influence the way medicines are prescribed, dispensed and used. It can lead to over-prescribing and poor quality prescribing and medicine use which, in turn, can lead to increased risks of adverse effects and higher health-...

Clinical Trials

19/03/16

A. Approval of Clinical Trials in Lebanon This section has been developed for individuals and organizations involved in health-related research with human participants. In particular, this document is intended to provide guidance to design and carry...

Press Conference for HE Minister Abou Faour and Miss Lebanon Concerning Health Care Benefits to Mothers & Children

22/03/16

عقد وزير الصحة العامة وائل أبو فاعور مؤتمرًا صحافيًا مشتركًا مع ملكة جمال لبنان فاليري أبو شقرا حضره السيد ريشار فرعون ممثل وزير السياحة و We Group في مسابقات انتخاب ملكات جمال لبنان، والدكتورة رندة حمادة إستهل المؤتمر بكلمة فرعون الذي شكر الوزير أبو فاعور على ال...

Lebanon Substitution Drug List

23/03/16

According to the Law No. 91 issued on 2010 related to the Pharmacist substitution right, the Ministry of Public Health conceived the Substitution Drug list. It is presented as a scientific, objective, reliable, accurate and accessible listing. This list is a helpful tool ...

Press Release Concerning the Spread of Mosquitoes in some Areas in Lebanon

11/04/16

بسبب ارتفاع درجات الحرارة وكثافة الغبار في الجو وانتشار البعوض الذي يسجل في بعض المناطق اللبنانية يهم وزارة الصحة العامة أن تنبه إلى ما يلي: اولاً: يتكاثر البعوض عادة في بداية الربيع وعند ارتفاع درجات الحرارة، إلا أن البيئة الحاضنة للحشرات التي شهدها لبنان مؤخرا وارتفاع الحرار...

Press Conference for HE Minister Abou Faour with the Head of the EU Mission in Lebanon to Launch the 2nd Phase of the “Health System Support in Lebanon” Program

22/04/16

في إطار الاستجابة لمواجهة تداعيات الأزمة السورية في لبنان، اختتم الاتحاد الأوروبي ووزارة الصحة العامة المرحلة الأولى من تعاونهما في إطار برنامج "دعم النظام الصحي في لبنان" الذي نفذ في عامي 2014-2015، وأطلقا المرحلة الثانية منه عبر مشروع جديد يعرف بـ"مبادرة الجوار&q...

Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Task Force

26/04/16

The Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) Task Force is a coordination body chaired by the Ministry of Public Health and co-chaired by WHO and UNICEF, which comprises around 60 organisations working in the MHPSS response (UN agencies, local and international NGOs and m...

Golden Excellence Award for the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health - Kuwait 2016

03/05/16

The Director of the National E-Health programme Mrs. Lina Abou Mrad received for the second consecutive time an award and a certificate of recognition after winning the Excellence award for the smart applications for the MOPH app on smart phones- at the level of Republic ...

Timings of meetings

06/05/16

Area Day Timing Location Central (Beirut and Mount-Lebanon) Second Tuesday of every month 2pm-3pm WHO conference room (-1), Lebanese University General Directorate (Glass Building), Mathaf South First Tuesday of ever...

WHO-AIMS Report on Mental Health System in Lebanon 2015

06/05/16

The World Health Organization Assessment Instrument for Mental Health Systems (WHO-AIMS) was used to collect information on the mental health system in Lebanon. This included assessment of the policy and legislative framework; mental health services; mental health in primary h...

Launching of the ESA Healthcare Prevention Chair and the National Blood Donor Campaign 2016 at ESA

11/05/16

The Ministry of Public Health, represented by its Minister, Mr.Wael Abou Faour and its Director General, Doctor Walid Ammar, along with the Ecole Superieure des Affaires (ESA) represented by its General Manager Mr.Stephane Attali, organized a comprehensive Health meeting on...

Anthrax

18/05/16

Generalities Agent - Bacteria: Bacillus anthracis, Gram positive, aerobic, rod-shaped, encapsulated, spore-forming, and non-motile - Can be used in biological warfare Incubation period 1-7 days (up to 60 days for inhalation form) ...

Smallpox

20/05/16

Generalities Agent Variola virus of Orthopoxvirus species Incubation period 7-19 days (10-14 days for illness, 2-4 days more for rash) Period of transmissibility 3 weeks from onset of skin lesions Reservoir ...

Influenza: novel virus

21/05/16

Generalities Agent - Emergence of novel subtypes of Influenza A virus due to antigenic shift. Types B and C do not have subtypes. - Infection with novel influenza virus is a mandatory notifiable disease. Seasonal (common flu) influenza virus is not...

Coronavirus: invasive/novel

21/05/16

Generalities Agent Coronaviruses belong to a large family of viruses that can cause diseases ranging from the common cold to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). 1) Classical coronavirus: viruses that can infect humans and animals. - Huma...

Guidance and List of Requirements for Registration of Biosimilars Products

24/05/16

Lebanon chose to follow the “GUIDELINES ON EVALUATION OF SIMILAR BIOTHERAPEUTIC PRODUCTS (SBPs)” issued by the WHO, as adopted by the 60th meeting of the WHO Expert Committee on Biological Standardization, 19-23 October 2009 to evaluate t...

Launching of the Code of Ethics for Medicinal Products Promotion in Lebanon and Implementation Procedures Today at the Grand Serail

31/05/16

برعاية وحضور رئيس الحكومة تمام سلام، يطلق وزير الصحة العامة وائل ابو فاعور من السراي الحكومي، اليوم، ميثاق المعايير الاخلاقية لترويج الادوية في لبنان. ...

Hospital mortality surveillance

31/05/16

Objectives - Measure and monitor on weekly basis mortality indicators in hospital settings in Lebanon - Detect alerts and identify outbreaks at an early stage - Detect deaths from emerging and re-emerging diseases - Assist decision makers on proper con...

MOPH Participation in the 69th World Health Assembly in Geneva

01/06/16

WHA69 Technical briefing: Migration and Healt The world has just concluded the 69th session of the World Health Assembly in Geneva which took place at the Palais des Nations, between May 23 and 28. Lebanon was represented by two delegates from the Ministry o...

Launching of the Code of Ethics for Medicinal Products Promotion in Lebanon and Implementation Procedures at the Grand Serail

02/06/16

برعاية وحضور رئيس الحكومة تمام سلام، أطلق وزير الصحة العامة وائل ابو فاعور ميثاق المعايير الاخلاقية لترويج الادوية في لبنان، في حفل أقيم في السراي الحكومي حضره رئيس لجنة الصحة النيابية الدكتور عاطف مجدلاني، والنواب ناجي غاريوس، عاصم عراجي، جوزف بو خاطر، وسفراء وشخصيات دبل...

Launching of the New Version of the MOPH's Website and E-Services Platform

09/06/16

The Minister of Public Health Wael Abou Faour launched the updated version of the Ministry’s website www.moph.gov.lb that comprises the completion of the electronic transactions and the publication of drugs prices in comparison with the drugs of similar composition ...

Meeting between the Minister of Public Health and the President of the Syndicate of Hospital in Lebanon to Modify the Hospitalization System

14/06/16

عقد وزير الصحة العامة وائل أبو فاعور لقاء مع نقيب وأصحاب المستشفيات الخاصة في لبنان في مكتبه في الوزارة في بئر حسن، وتم البحث في مقترحات تقدمت بها وزارة الصحة تهدف إلى إدخال تعديلات جذرية على نظام الإستشفاء في لبنان. وإثر اللقاء عقد أبو فاعور مؤتمرًا صحافيًا أوضح فيه...

Joint Meeting Between Ministers Abou Faour and Chehayeb:"45 Carcinogenic Agricultural Pesticides in Lebanon"

20/06/16

عقد وزير الزراعة اكرم شهيب ووزير الصحة العامة وائل ابو فاعور مؤتمرا مشتركا في وزارة الزراعة للتطرق الى موضوع المواد الزراعية المسرطنة. وقال شهيب: "استكمالا لحملة سلامة الغذاء التي بدأها وزير الصحة، نتحدث اليوم عن الادوية المسرطنة والتي تؤدي الى تشوهات خلقية، انه م...

The “4Ws” in Lebanon: Who’s Doing What, Where and Until When in Mental Health and Psychosocial Support

27/09/16

Report of the mapping exercise conducted by the National Mental Health Programme for the year 2014 using the WHO “4Ws” mapping tool, which is an essential component for locating, assessing, coordinating and planning MHPSS services. The re...

Turning Adversity into Opportunity: the Syrian Crisis and Mental Health Reform in Lebanon

27/09/16

Policy brief highlighting main policy recommendations related to the mental health system reform in Lebanon. ...

Syrian Refugees Crisis Impact on Lebanese Public Hospitals- Financial Impact Analysis: APIS Report

08/10/16

The impact of the Syrian crisis on Lebanon has been profound particularly in the healthcare sector. The influx of Syrian refugees has strained the public hospitals and their ability to respond to the crisis, resulting in: An increased demand for healthcare services; An ...

Award of the Dr A.T. Shousha Foundation Prize and Fellowship To Dr. Walid Ammar

11/10/16

Regional Committee for the Eastern Mediterranean ...

Draft “Inter-Ministerial Substance Use Response Strategy for Lebanon 2016-2021” for Public Review

14/10/16

The draft “Inter-Ministerial Substance Use Response Strategy for Lebanon 2016-2021” has been developed by the Ministry of Public Health in coordination with the Ministry of Education and Higher Education, Ministry of Interior and Municipalities, Ministry of Ju...

Draft “Inter-Ministerial Substance Use Response Strategy for Lebanon 2016-2021” for Public Review

14/10/16

The draft “Inter-Ministerial Substance Use Response Strategy for Lebanon 2016-2021” has been developed by the Ministry of Public Health in coordination with the Ministry of Education and Higher Education, Ministry of Interior and Municipalities, Ministry of Ju...

Draft “Inter-Ministerial Substance Use Response Strategy for Lebanon 2016-2021” for Public Review

14/10/16

The draft “Inter-Ministerial Substance Use Response Strategy for Lebanon 2016-2021” has been developed by the Ministry of Public Health in coordination with the Ministry of Education and Higher Education, Ministry of Interior and Municipalities, Ministry of Ju...

Opening of Free Radiotherapy Treatment Center for Cancer Patients Covered by MOPH

20/10/16

افتتح وزير الصحة العامة وائل أبو فاعور في مستشفى رفيق الحريري الجامعي دائرة العلاج مجانا بالأشعة لمرضى وزارة الصحة المصابين بالسرطان بعد إعادة تأهيل الدائرة، وذلك في مؤتمر صحافي عقده في قاعة المكتبة الطبية في المستشفى وأُعلن خلاله عن تجهيز المستشفى بجهازي MRI وCT Scan ب...

Opening of free Radiotherapy Treatment Center for Cancer Patients Covered by MOPH

21/10/16

افتتح وزير الصحة العامة وائل أبو فاعور في مستشفى رفيق الحريري الجامعي دائرة العلاج مجانا بالأشعة لمرضى وزارة الصحة المصابين بالسرطان بعد إعادة تأهيل الدائرة، وذلك في مؤتمر صحافي عقده في قاعة المكتبة الطبية في المستشفى وأُعلن خلاله عن تجهيز المستشفى بجهازي MRI وCT Scan بهبة من الم...

Opening of free Radiotherapy Treatment Center for Cancer Patients Covered by MOPH

21/10/16

افتتح وزير الصحة العامة وائل أبو فاعور في مستشفى رفيق الحريري الجامعي دائرة العلاج مجانا بالأشعة لمرضى وزارة الصحة المصابين بالسرطان بعد إعادة تأهيل الدائرة، وذلك في مؤتمر صحافي عقده في قاعة المكتبة الطبية في المستشفى وأُعلن خلاله عن تجهيز المستشفى بجهازي MRI وCT Scan بهبة من الم...

Opening of free Radiotherapy Treatment Center for Cancer Patients Covered by MOPH

21/10/16

افتتح وزير الصحة العامة وائل أبو فاعور في مستشفى رفيق الحريري الجامعي دائرة العلاج مجانا بالأشعة لمرضى وزارة الصحة المصابين بالسرطان بعد إعادة تأهيل الدائرة، وذلك في مؤتمر صحافي عقده في قاعة المكتبة الطبية في المستشفى وأُعلن خلاله عن تجهيز المستشفى بجهازي MRI وCT Scan بهبة من الم...

Lebanon Ranked 34 in Health with a Score of 6.8 out of a Total of 7 in the Global Competitive Report 2016-2017

02/11/16

The Global Competitiveness Report, published by the World Economic Forum, assesses the competitiveness landscape of 138 economies, providing insight into the drivers of their productivity and prosperity. In this year’s edition 2016-2017, Lebanon ranked 34 in HEALTH w...

Health System Resilience in Lebanon: A Consistent Progress amidst Political Instability- June 2019

07/11/16

Despite the ongoing insecurity climate and socio-political instability for decades, the Lebanese healthcare system has been able to sustain achievements among which, controlling and preventing outbreaks, ensuring universal accessibility to essential quality care, decreasing out...

MOPH Achievements to Enhance Transparency and Prevent Corruption

21/11/16

I.Simplification and Automation of the Administrative Procedures The adoption of Transactions and Workflow System – TWFS The Ministry of Public Health has adopted since 2005 the Transactions and Workflow System (TWFS) to automate the registratio...

Press Release about the Launching of the Maternal Mortality National Report- A Success Story in Lebanon

01/12/16

نجحت الجهود الجماعية والشاقة بادارة واشراف وزارة الصحة العامة في لبنان في خفض معدل وفيات الأمهات بنسبة أكثر من 75% على مدى السنوات الخمس عشرة الماضية محققة بذلك الأهداف التنموية الخامسة للألفية وواضعة لبنان على قمة البلدان القليلة التي قامت بهذا الانجاز (تدنى معدل الوفيات من ...

Health System Resilience: Lebanon and the Syrian Refugee Crisis

22/12/16

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 o...

Financial Burden of Cancer Drug Treatment in Lebanon

04/01/17

BACKGROUND: The Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) in Lebanon provides cancer drugs free of charge for uninsured patients who account for more than half the total caseload. Other categories of cancer care are subsidized under more stringent eligibility criteria. MOPH's large...

National Observatory on Drugs and Drug Addiction

11/01/17

Mission The National Observatory on Drugs and Drug Addiction (NODDA) aims to establish a multidisciplinary network facilitating the accessibility to accurate, up-to-date, comparable and reliable data through competitive methodological approaches to produce evidence for policy-...

Inter-Ministerial Substance Use Response Strategy for Lebanon 2016-2021

18/01/17

The “Inter-ministerial Substance Use Response Strategy for Lebanon 2016-2021” was launched by the Ministries of Public Health, Social Affairs, Education and Higher Education, Interior and Municipalities and Justice in December 2016.The domains of action of the strat...

E-Government Web Awards

19/01/17

The Lebanese Ministry of Public Health won the E-Government Excellence award and the creativity prize for the category of the ministries for its official website www.moph.gov.lb at the competition that was organized by the Arab Administrative Development Organi...

Lebanon Comes ahead of the Arab and Foreign Countries in Health Care

03/02/17

في أول زيارة لها إلى لبنان الأسبوع الماضي، اضطلعت المديرة العامة للاعتماد الكندي، ليسلي طومبسون، على الرعاية الصحية في بلدنا، تلبيةً لرغبة جهات في دول مختلفة، طالبتها تطبيق تجربة لبنان في الاعتماد الكندي. وبعد جولتها على بعض مراكز الرعاية الصحية الأولية في مختلف المناطق، والت...

Hasbani: “Lebanon Provides High Quality Touristic and Hospitalization Services”

15/02/17

التقى نائب رئيس مجلس الوزراء وزير الصحة غسان حاصباني نائب رئيس مجلس الوزراء الإماراتي لشؤون الرئاسة سمو الشيخ منصور بن زايد آل نهيان ووزير الصحة ووقاية المجتمع عبد الرحمن العويس على هامش الدورة الخامسة للقمة العالمية للحكومات في دبي، حيث تطرق اللقاء الى الاوضاع في لبنان عموماً ...

Releasing the New Version of the Guidelines for Good Storage and Distribution Practices of Pharmaceutical Products in Lebanon

16/02/17

In line with the MOPH continuous improvement approach, we are glad to announce the release of our updated Good Storage & Distribution Practices guidelines. These guidelines have been updated to improve the requirements interpretation, in addition to aligning our natio...

Press Release Concerning the Pharmaceutical Products GSDP Certificates Awarding Ceremony

16/02/17

PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS GSDP CERTIFICATES AWARDING CEREMONY FRIDAY FEBRUARY 10, 2017- ESA An official awards ceremony organized by the Ministry of Public Health represented by HE Mr. Ghassan Hasbani, Minister of health, and its General Director Dr. Walid Ammar took pl...

Hasbani:"If We Fail to Control Statements to Spare Lebanon from Negativism We Won't Be Able to Achieve the Economic Development"

20/02/17

إقرار الموازنة ينعكس على نظرة المجتمع الدولي وثقة المواطن وجذب المستثمرين حاصباني: إن لم نضبط الخطاب لتجنيب لبنان السلبية فلن نتمكن من النهوض بالإقتصاد أكد نائب رئيس مجلس الوزراء وزير الصحة غسان حاصباني أن المواقف التي شهدها لبنان في الايام الاخيرة والاختلاف في وجها...

Launching of the One Stop Shop for Administrative Procedures in Presence of OMSAR Minister

20/02/17

Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani highlighted during the launch of the One Stop Shop the importance of cooperation for the development of the country. The one stop shop that was unveiled in the presence of the Minister of the State for administrati...

Influenza Surveillance

03/03/17

Severe Acute Respiratory Infection Surveillance (SARI) Rationale Severe acute respiratory infections (SARI) can be the result of several agents: viral, bacterial, and parasites, even though bacterial and parasitic agents can be less common. Among the v...

Signature of a Partnership Agreement between Physiotherapists in Lebanon and France under the Auspices of the Minister of Public Health

07/03/17

برعاية نائب رئيس مجلس الوزراء وزير الصحة العامة غسان حاصباني، تم التوقيع في وزارة الصحة على اتفاقية تبادل خبرات بين نقابة المعالجين الفيزيائيين في لبنان ممثلة بالنقيب الدكتور طوني عبود، ونقابة المعالجين الفيزيائيين في فرنسا ممثلة بالنقيبة باسكال ماتيو. وأوضح عبود في تصريح أد...

Minister Ghassan Hasbani: We Will Bring back Lebanon's Role as a Health Platform for Hospitalization in the Arab Region

13/03/17

برز إسمه في عالم التكنولوجيا والاتصالات، بدأ مهامه واستكملها بمناصب قيادية عدة شغلها في مراكز دولية فيأهمّالشركات في باريس، تلقّى دراسته الجامعية في بريطانيا وعمل في كل قارات العالم. طوّر عمله القيادي، واتجه نحو الاستشارات الإدارية والإستراتيجية، حيث عملالى جانب القطاع التكنولو...

National Guidelines for Tuberculosis Prevention, Care and Elimination in Lebanon- 2017

22/03/17

Lebanon is a low TB burden country with estimated incidence of 16/100000, prevalence of 20/100000 and TB mortality rate of 1/100000. The National Tuberculosis Program (NTP) in Lebanon operates through the PHC network and nine TB control centers across the country and imp...

Launching of the Strategic Plan for the Elimination of Tuberculosis in Lebanon

25/03/17

ممثل وزير الصحة: لتفعيل مجابهة المرض بتعزيز الوقاية الصحية مديرة البرنامج الوطني: 54% من المصابين من جنسيات غير لبنانية برعاية نائب رئيس مجلس الوزراء وزير الصحة العامة غسان حاصباني، تم اليوم إطلاق الخطة الاستراتيجية للقضاء على السل في لبنان تحت شعار "معًا للقضاء ...

Strategic Plan for the Medium Term (2016 to 2020)

28/03/17

Preface In end of 2014 the MOPH embarked in a large exercise of developing a 2015-2020 strategic plan for the health sector. All MOPH departments, main stakeholders, the academia and renowned experts were involved in this exercise. In mid 2015 OMSAR, in the fra...

Minister Hasbani Inaugurates Lebanon HR Summit Conference Organized by CAREERS

31/03/17

افتتح مؤتمر Lebanon HR Summit الذي تنظمه "كاريرز" بمشاركة 21 خبيراً لبنانياً ودولياً حاصباني: لبنان يحتاج إلى ثورة كبرى في قطاع الطاقات البشرية "طاقاتنا موجودة لكنّ المطلوب تحريرها وتوجيهها وتنميتها" شقير أعلن إطلاق "جائزة المساواة بين النساء والرجال ...

National Mental Health Awareness Campaign 2017

11/04/17

"Depression: Let's Talk About It to Get Out of It" The Ministry of Public Health launched on April 7 the National Mental Health Campaign 2017 "Depression: Let's Talk About IT to Get Out of It" on the occasion of World Health Day. Watc...

New Release of Good Laboratory Practices Guidelines for Pharmaceutical Quality Control Laboratories in Lebanon- 2017

18/04/17

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Hasbani from Washington: There is a New Dynamic in the American Administration and a Significant Positive Attitude Towards Lebanon

24/04/17

أنهى نائب رئيس مجلس الوزراء وزير الصحة العامة غسان حاصباني لقاءاته في البنك الدولي في واشنطن حيث نجح من خلال مشاركته في الاجتماعات التي تركزت على مسألة تمويل احتياجات النازحين السوريين والدول التي تستضيفهم بالحصول كخطوة اولى على الموافقة بتمويل قدره مئة وخمسين مل...

Hasbani: Register your Children and Keep your Nationality, Lebanon Needs your Energy

25/04/17

لقاء مع الجالية في ختام زيارته الى واشنطن حاصباني: سجلوا ابناءكم وحفاظوا على جنسيتكم فلبنان بحاجة لطاقاتكم إختتم نائب رئيس مجلس الوزراء وزير الصحة العامة غسان حاصباني زيارته إلى واشنطن، بعقد اجتماع مشترك مع المركز اللبناني للمعلومات في واشنطن، ومركز القوات اللبنانية ف...

Lecture by Dr. Fadia Elias at NIH / NCI - Washington USA

25/04/17

Lecture entitled “Financial Burden of Cancer Drug Treatment in Lebanon” in Washington, D.C. Fadia Elias, MD, Director Cancer Control Program, Ministry Of Public Health; Associate Professor, Lebanese University – Faculty of Medical sciences, was invited ...

Documentary: "Mental Health in Lebanon: Vision and Achievements"

25/04/17

Watch the Documentary about the vision of the Ministry of Public Health in Lebanon for mental health and the achievements that have been done so far to reform the mental health system in the country in collaboration with different stakeholders. "Mental Health ...

Nature Podcast on Global Mental Health

29/04/17

Mental health disorders touch rich and poor, young and old, in every country around the world. In the first episode of an audio show published by Nature Journal in collaboration with Grand Challenges, three experts, including Dr. Rabih El Chammay, head of the National...

Hasbani Opened the Forum of Medical Tourism in the Presence of Minister of Tourism to Rectify the Wrong Viewpoint of the Medical Sector

08/05/17

Deputy Prime Minister, Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani inaugurated the Medical Tourism Forum in the Lebanese Order of Physicians building, Furn El Chebbak, at the invitation of the Medical Tourism Network and in the presence of the Minister of Tourism Avedis Guidanian, the Pres...

Hasbani Chaired a Workshop to Enhance Partnership between MoPH and the Media and Stressed the Importance of Primary Health Care Centers

09/05/17

Deputy Prime Minister, Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani presided over a workshop entitled: “Meeting on enhancing partnership between The Ministry of Public Health and Media” in the context of the Ministry’s effort to deepen the commitment of media as an...

Hasbani during the Lunch of Zahleh –Based Lebanese Forces’ Coordinating Body: Outlawed Weapons Kill not only Citizens, but also Lebanon’s Image

13/05/17

وطنية - زحلة - أعرب نائب رئيس الحكومة وزير الصحة غسان حاصباني في كلمة ألقاها في غداء أقامته منسقية "القوات اللبنانية" في زحلة على شرفه، في اطار جولته، عن سعادته بزيارة البقاع ومدينة زحلة بالتحديد، وقال: "أن تكون في حضرة زحلة يعني ان تكون في حضرة عروس البقاع وقلبه...

Hasbani Discussed with his Egyptian Counterpart the Declaration of Intent for Collaboration on Drugs between Egypt and Lebanon

15/05/17

Deputy Prime Minister Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani arrived to Cairo where he was received at the Airport by the Lebanese Ambassador Antoine Azzam. He then headed to the regional headquarters of the World health Organization where he held a meeting with the regional Dir...

Al-Bukhari Offers to Hasbani the Shield of Saudi Arabia's Foreign Affairs Ministry

15/05/17

During a ceremony honouring Lebanese distinguished physicians who have succeeded in putting Lebanon and the Arab Community on the map of the developed societies in the field of medical services, which was held at the valuable initiative of the Embassy of the Kingdom of Sa...

During his Participation in the Arab Week for Sustainable Development in Cairo, Hasbani: Universal Health Coverage Plays a Crucial Role in the Achievement of Sustainable Development and the Reduction of Poverty

15/05/17

Deputy Prime Minister Health Minister Ghassan hasbani participated in the work sessions of the Arab Sustainable Development Week under the patronage of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and in partnership with World Bank, the United Nations Development Group and Egyptian ...

Hasbani Examined Drug Factories in Jadra, Chouwaifat and Jamhour: These Factories have Proved Successful and We are Working to Register the Lebanese Drug in the Foreign Markets.

17/05/17

Hasbani examined drug factories in Jadra, Chouwaifat and Jamhour: These factories have proved successful and we are working to register the Lebanese drug in the foreign markets. Deputy Prime Minister Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani examined this morning Arwan Pharmaceu...

Hasbani: We will Launch a New Mobile Application that Facilitates Citizens' Admission to Hospital

18/05/17

Deputy Prime Minister Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani stated that the Ministry will soon launch a smartphone application that enables Red Cross volunteers and regular citizen while aiding patients to spot hospitals located nearby in the region, which are available for the...

Announcing "Beirut International Healthcare Industry Forum" to Be Held in July Hasbani: Lebanon's Position as a Destination for Medical Tourism will Be Enhanced and the Investment in this Sector will be Encouraged

19/05/17

Deputy Prime Minister Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani held a Press Conference this morning in his office at the Ministry located in Bir Hassan to launch "Beirut International Healthcare Industry Forum". This forum organized by the Ministry of Public Health in collabor...

A Canadian Delegation from the "International Accreditation Foundation" in a tour in the Primary Health Care Centers in Lebanon

20/05/17

In the context of the promotion of Primary Health Care and the improvement of the quality of services provided to the citizens, and in a bid to complete the Accreditation Programme the Ministry has started to implement since 2008 in collaboration with The Canadian Accredi...

Hasbani Participated in the World Economic Forum Held at the Dead Sea Hasbani: The Most Suitable Option is to Have a Governance Model which Based on the Economic Freedom Related to Social Responsibility

22/05/17

Deputy Prime Minister Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani called for an economic system that would serve all sections of society and work on rebuilding skills and ensuring the access of everyone to Health Care, education and housing. Hasbani’s positions came during t...

Hasbani Concluded his Southern Tour with a Visit to "Medrar" Association and Nabih Berri Governmental Hospital in Nabatieh: We are Proud of the Capabilities of our Health Sector in Lebanon and the Arab Countries

26/05/17

NNA- Nabatieh- Deputy Prime Minister Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani concluded his Southern tour with a visit to “Nabih Berri Governmental University Hospital” in Nabatieh, accompanied by a delegation which included the Directors of his Office Michel Aad and A...

Hasbani Announced the Japanese Aid for the Medical Equipments to Governmental Hospitals: We are Working on Developing the Performance of these Hospitals and their Infrastructure

27/05/17

Deputy Prime Minister Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani held a press conference with the Ambassador of Japan Matahiro Yamaguchi on the occasion of the arrival of medical equipment provided by the Japanese Government to fourteen governmental hospitals in Lebanon, as part of ...

Ministry of Public Health Closes the Doors of a Syrian Dietitian Center in Hamra with Red Wax

31/05/17

Therefore, the Internal security Forces and the General prosecutor Intelligence i The Information Office of Deputy Prime Minister Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani issued the following statement: A team from the Ministry of Public Health carried out a raid this T...

31 May: World No Tobacco Day 2017

31/05/17

Today (31 May) is the World No Tobacco Day to remind each one of us that we should confront the global tobacco crisis because it affects us all. Here are some quick facts about smoking that you should know: Tobacco kills more than 7 million people worldwide...

For your Health... Quit Smoking Now!

01/06/17

For your Health... Quit Smoking Now! People, especially at early age, start smoking due to peer pressure, smokers in the surrounding including the family, to relax and relieve from boredom or stress, to look cool an...

MOPH is Investigating the Death of a Young Woman who was Transferred from a Beauty Hospital to “Our Lady of Lebanon” Hospital

02/06/17

The Information Office of Deputy Prime Minister Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani issued the following statement: “A non-Lebanese young woman arrived dead to “Our Lady of Lebanon” Hospital in Jounieh from a Beauty Hospital in Metn Coast. The Ministry o...

Hasbani During the Launch of the Higher Institute of Heath in USJ: We are Still Far From Achieving Health Equity

08/06/17

NNA- Saint Joseph University (USJ) in Beirut launched the Higher Institute of Health in the context of the fourth Edition of "Faculty of medicine Spring", under the auspices and in the presence of Deputy Prime Minister Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani and USJ P...

HE Received a Delegation from Bouar Hospital Staff. Hasbani: I Signed the Payroll To Ensure the Continuity of the Public Facility

09/06/17

Deputy Prime Minister Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani received today a delegation from the Staff Committee of Bouar Governmental Hospital that brought the financial, administrative and social problems the staff members are encountering since they are not receiving their s...

Hasbani: There is an Attempt to Streamline Capitalism so as to Become a Free Economic System with Social Responsibility

13/06/17

Deputy Prime Minister Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani held a conference in London entitled "The Middle East after Globalization" at the invitation of the "Lebanese - British Community" hosted by the Lebanese Embassy in the presence of many ambassadors, diplo...

Hasbani Closed the Meetings of Services Coordination: We will Draw up Schedules for Big and Basic Projects

14/06/17

Deputy Prime Minister Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani closed the preparatory meetings for the cooperation of services in the governorates during which all priorities of Lebanese municipalities, Federation of Municipalities and districts were brought together in preparatio...

Hasbani: We Have Set up a Scientific Mechanism for the Financial Ceilings of Hospitals

16/06/17

Deputy Prime Minister Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani revealed that the Ministry is developing a classification for hospitals in a bid to improve hospitalization status. He stated that a decision was issued by the Chamber of deputies last February on the regulation of the...

Press Release Concerning Organes Donation

16/06/17

The Information Office of Deputy Prime Minister Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani issued the following statement: Deputy Prime Minister Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani invites all citizens to donate their organs, as this step has a high humanitarian dimension. Howe...

Cornerstone Laid for the extension of Dar Al-Shifa Hospital in Abi Samra

16/06/17

Deputy Prime Minister Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani assured during the ceremony of the laying of the foundation stone for the expansion of Dar Al- Shifa Hospital in Abi Samra of the “Islamic Medical Association” that every time he visits Tripoli, he feels th...

MoPH Closes the "Specialized Clinics Center" in Bhennin and Seizes 600 Types of Smuggled Syrian Medicines

17/06/17

The Information Office of Deputy Prime Minister Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani issued the following statement: “Based on information received by Heath Ministry, the medical team of Meniyeh District had raided the specialized clinics center in Bhennin. The ...

MOPH Participation in the 70th World Health Assembly in Geneva

20/06/17

In May the world participated in the 70th session of the World Health Assembly in Geneva which took place at the Palais des Nations, between May 22 and 31. Lebanon was represented by two delegates from the Ministry of Public health this year, the Director General, Profess...

Hasbani Issues a Decision to Continue the Board of Directors of Al-Bouar Hospital until the Formation of a New Board of Directors by the Council of Ministers

21/06/17

In committing to the decisions of the Council of State and the recommendations of the Civil Service Board and the Central Inspection, and to ensure the running of the public facility and provide hospitalization services to the citizens, Deputy Prime Minister Health Minister G...

Guidelines and standards

22/06/17

Episode 1 of the “Ask the Policy Expert” Webinar Series with the head of the National Mental Health Programme

22/06/17

" Ask the Policy Expert" webinars are a series of webinars organized by the Mental Health Innovation Network to discuss each major objective of the WHO’s comprehensive mental health action plan 2013-2020, to learn more about the approaches used by policy makers to...

Recruitment criteria for professionals working in mental health in humanitarian settings

23/06/17

As part of the Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Task Force (MHPSS TF) action plan set every year to address challenges faced in MHPSS work, recruitment criteria for mental health professionals working in the humanitarian field were developed with the aim of ensuring th...

Hasbani Confirmed the Support for Governmental Hospitals by Investing in their Infrastructure . Hasbani in the Ceremony of Receiving Donation from the Italian Agency to Hariri Hospital: We are Proud of this Humanitarian Edifice that Provides Services to all Residents in Lebanese Territory

23/06/17

Deputy Prime Minister Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani stressed that Health Ministry has not spared any effort to support Rafiq El Hariri hospital and other governmental hospitals either through financial assistance or external support. Hasbani spoke during AICS honoring cere...

Hasbani Sponsors the Launch of iBloodlink Application: A National Plan for Donation and the Ministry’s Doors are Open to Innovators

24/06/17

Deputy Prime Minister Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani sponsored on Friday the ceremony organized by iBloodlink association at Phoenicia Hotel to launch iBloodlink application that will constitute an important step to benefit from technology into the promotion of health ca...

A $ 150 million package to promote health care in Lebanon is coming to light

28/06/17

حزمة بقيمة 150 مليون دولار لتعزيز خدمات الرعاية الصحية في لبنان تبصر النور حاصباني: نموذج ايجابي للتعاون بين لبنان والمجتمع الدولي وافق مجلس المديرين التنفيذيين في البنك الدولي على مشروع "دعم صمود قطاع الصحة في لبنان" وذلك خلال اجتماعه الاثنين 2...

A $ 150 million package to promote health care in Lebanon is coming to light

28/06/17

حزمة بقيمة 150 مليون دولار لتعزيز خدمات الرعاية الصحية في لبنان تبصر النور حاصباني: نموذج ايجابي للتعاون بين لبنان والمجتمع الدولي وافق مجلس المديرين التنفيذيين في البنك الدولي على مشروع "دعم صمود قطاع الصحة في لبنان" وذلك خلال اجتماعه الاثنين 2...

Press Release on 19/06/2017 Concerning the Diagnosis of Infection with the MERS Coronavirus

28/06/17

The Ministry of Public Health announces the diagnosis of one human case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus on June 16, 2017. The patient comes from KSA and suffers a few days ago from fever with no severe respiratory symptoms. He received the needed trea...

A $150 Million Package to Promote Health Care in Lebanon is Coming to Light

28/06/17

The Board of Executive Directors of the World Bank approved the project of “Supporting the steadfastness of Health sector in Lebanon” during its meeting held on 26 June 2017 at the Bank’s headquarters in Washington. This project was submitted by the Ministry o...

Vector-Borne Diseases

29/06/17

Vectors are living organisms that can transmit infectious diseases either between humans or from animals to humans. Mosquitoes are the best known disease vector; others include ticks, flies, sand flies, fleas, triatomine, bugs and some freshwater aquatic snails. ...

In-kind Saudi Arabian Aids Granted to Primary Health Care Centers and Governmental Hospitals and the Establishment of a Health Center in Beirut. Hasbani: A Step to Translate Special Relationships with Saudi Arabia and its Determination to always Stand with Lebanon

05/07/17

Deputy Prime Minister Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani received in his office at the Ministry in Bir Hassan the Chargé d’Affaires of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabi Walid Boukhari where they discussed the bilateral relationships between the two countries, in partic...

The President of the Lebanese Order of Physicians Received the Initial Report on the Death of Kassab and Reported it to Hasbani

06/07/17

NNA – The President of the Lebanese Order of Physician Raymond Sayegh received from the Commission of Inquiry the primary report on the Death of Farah kassab in Dr. Nader Saab Hospital. Sayegh reported this to Deputy Prime Minister Health Minister Ghassan H...

Hasbani Received from Antoinette Chahine her Book Entitled: "My Crime is that I was Innocent"

07/07/17

The Information Office of Deputy Prime Minister Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani issued the following statement: Deputy Prime Minister Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani received “Human Right” Ambassador Mrs. Antoinette Chahine who offered him her book entitled...

Minister Hasbani Launches the Healthcare Sector Strategy in Lebanon Monday July 10 in "Beirut International Healthcare Industry Forum"

08/07/17

Deputy Prime Minister Health Minister Ghassan hasbani launches Health Sector Strategy in Lebanon by sponsoring “Beirut International Healthcare Industry Forum” organized for the first time by the Ministry of Public Health in collaboration with “Al-Iktiss...

Hasbani and his Egyptian Counterpart Finalized the Final Version of a Cooperation Agreement within the Scope of Health and Medicine

10/07/17

The Information Office of Deputy Prime Minister Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani issued the following statement: “Deputy Prime Minister Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani held a bilateral meeting with his Egyptian Counterpart Imad Eddine Radi, during which the final ...

In the Presence of more than 500 Participants, Deputy Prime Minister Health Minister Inaugurates Beirut International Healthcare Industry Forum and Launches the Universal Healthcare Coverage for each Citizen. Hasbani: Lebanon has Sufficient Capacities to Attract investments into Health sector

10/07/17

Deputy Prime Minister Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani inaugurated this morning “Beirut International Healthcare Industry Forum” organized jointly by the Ministry of Public Health and Al-Iktisad Wal-Aamal. The opening session was attended by more than 500 part...

Hasbani Presented the Health Sector Strategy "Health 2025": "Achieving a Qualitative Leap in Ensuring Comprehensive Health Coverage and Maintaining the Dignity of the Citizen

10/07/17

Deputy Prime Minister Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani launched in details Health Sector strategy in Lebanon “Health 2025”, during Beirut International Healthcare Industry Forum organized jointly by the Ministry of Public Health and Al-Iktisal Wal-Aamal. Hasban...

The Launch of Michael Haddad's Expedition to the North Pole to Raise Awareness about Climate Issues

12/07/17

Under the patronage of Prime Minister Saad El Hariri and his attendees, the expedition of Michael Haddad to the North pole was launched at the Serail under the title: “An expedition to the North Pole, A Journey for Humanity” in the presence of Deputy Prime Min...

Hasbani Launched the 2025 Strategy during Beirut Healthcare Industry Forum: Towards a Paradigm Shift for Health Sector in Lebanon

14/07/17

وطنية - تميز "ملتقى بيروت الدولي للصناعة الصحية"، إضافة إلى الحضور النوعي للمشاركين، بأنه كان المنبر الذي اختاره نائب رئيس مجلس الوزراء وزير الصحة العامة غسان حاصباني لإطلاق "استراتيجية قطاع الصحة" الجديدة في لبنان والتي ستساهم في تأمين التغط...

Hasbani Received an in-Kind Saudi Arabia's Donation for the Health Sector and Opened a Dialysis Unit at Hariri University Hospital: the Continuing Support Enhances Humanitarian and Social Capacities

14/07/17

NNA- Deputy Prime Minister Health Minister Ghassan Hasbnai opened a rehabilitated dialysis Unit and a pediatric dialysis Unit at Rafik Hariri University Hospital. Medical equipment was handed over to him as an in-kind Saudi Arabian donation to the Lebanese Health Sector. ...

Hasbani Started his Tour in Beqaa with a Visit to Al-Azhar: I will Listen to the Concerns of People and Institutions on the Ground

15/07/17

NNA- Deputy Prime Minister Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani started his tour in the West Beqaa, where he visited in his first stop Al-Azhar in Beqaa. Hasbani was received there by Minister of Communications Jamal Jarrah, the “Future” Bloc Member Deputy Amin Weh...

Hasbani Closed his Tour in West Beqaa with a Visit to Rachaya Hospital: the Influx of Migrants Prompted us to Develop a Strategy for Lebanon and the Health Sector in it

15/07/17

NNA – The visit of Deputy Prime Minister Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani to Beqaa was concluded with his last stop in Rachaya Hospital, where he arrived with his delegation and Deputy Wael Abou Faour who held a luncheon in the honor of Minister Hasbani. Abou Faou...

The International Musculoskeletal Society I.M.S. Celebrated the Anniversary of its Foundation under the Patronage of the President Aoun. Hasbani: My priorities are to Support Medical Conferences and Medical Ethics

25/07/17

`NNA- The International Musculoskeletal Society I.M.S. held its annual conference in Beirut under the auspices of the President of the Lebanese Republic General Michel Aoun represented by Deputy Prime Minister Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani with the participation of more...

Development of Medical Specialties, Public Health and Colloquium Examinations in Lebanon

26/07/17

At the invitation of Director General of the Ministry of Public Health Dr. Walid Ammar, the committee formed by decision No. 2/612 of 14/7/2017 related to the constitution of the high committee for following up the development of medical and public health specialties and ...

Inauguration of the Diagnostic Services Division at Al-Makassed Philanthropic Islamic Association Hospital

29/07/17

Deputy Prime Minister Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani inaugurated the Diagnostic Services Division at Al-Makassed Philanthropic Islamic Association Hospital in Beirut with contributions from The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. A ceremony was hosted by Al-Makassed Hospital in the...

After the Success of the First Pediatric Heart Transplant in Lebanon. Hasbani Checks on the Patient: If There Were no Donor Child, We Wouldn't be Able to Save Another Child

08/08/17

Deputy Prime Minister Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani visited the American University of Beirut Medical Center where he checked on a four-year-old child who had successfully undergone a natural heart transplant surgery from a Lebanese child donor, the first-in-its-time pr...

Hasbani: Lebanon is Today very Immune to the Outbreak of Epidemics

10/08/17

وطنية - أكد نائب رئيس مجلس الوزراء وزير الصحة العامة غسان حاصباني ان "المراكز الحدودية تقوم بتلقيح الاطفال الذين يدخلون الى الاراضي اللبنانية"، لافتا الى ان "هناك 4 مراكز حدودية و16 مركزا نقالا على الحدود اللبنانية هدفها الحفاظ على سلامة الاطفال وعدم السم...

Hasbani Inspected a Vaccination Campaign at al Masnaa Border Crossing

11/08/17

Deputy Prime Minister Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani inspected the children’s vaccination site at the General Security’s Al Masnaa Post, in the context of the children’s immunization activities. Hasbani was accompanied by the Head of Primary Healthcare ...

Participation of MoPH in the 15th Annual Global Forum for Temperature Controlled Life Science Supply Chains

23/08/17

“Within the frame of the Quality Assurance of Pharmaceutical Products Program headed by Dr. Rita Karam, and within the framework of the Good Storage and Distribution Practices of Pharmaceutical Products Program, Dr. Rita Karam will represent the MoPH along with our ...

Fifth Annual Congress for the Lebanese Society for Quality & Safety in Healthcare

23/08/17

Under the Patronage of The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Health Mr. Ghassan Hasbani Lebanese Society for Quality & Safety in Healthcare 5th Annual Congress Bridging the Gap for a Safer Care September 8th- 9th, 2017 ESA Business School Beir...

Hasbani Announced the Holding of Beirut International Healthcare Industry Forum in March: To Implement the Recommendations of the First Session to Place Lebanon on the Middle East's Health Map

30/08/17

وطنية - أعلن نائب رئيس مجلس الوزراء وزير الصحة العامة غسان حاصباني، في مؤتمر صحافي عقده في مقر الوزارة في بئر حسن، عن الدورة الثانية ل"ملتقى بيروت للصناعات الصحية" الذي تنظمه وزارة الصحة العامة بالاشتراك مع مجموعة الاقتصاد والاعمال وبالتعاون مع مختلف الهيئات ا...

Signature of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Public Health and the Lebanese Customs to Launch the e-Signature of Customs Declaration

05/09/17

Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani signed a memorandum of understanding between the Ministry of Public Health and the Lebanese Customs during a joint press conference with the head of the Higher Council of Customs Assaad Tofaili. In parallel, Mini...

Laboratory based surveillance

09/09/17

Objectives - Monitor/measure weekly positive tests proportions to be able to detect alerts - Identify outbreaks - Early rapid response - Avoid dissemination of diseases - Assist decision makers on proper control measures Sources of data...

Hasbani from Russia: Lebanon's Interest Requires to Spare it from Tensions and Build Economic Bridges

13/09/17

أكد نائب رئيس مجلس الوزراء وزير الصحة العامة غسان حاصباني أن مصلحة لبنان تقتضي ان نبني جسورا اقتصادية لتحسين وضع الميزان التجاري وتوسيع أسواق التصدير في كافة المجالات اضافة الى تحقيق الدعم لتعزيز الاستقرار. حاصباني الذي يشارك في الوفد الذي يرافق رئيس الحكومة ...

Hasbani from Marjaayoun: This Area is at the Heart of Lebanon's History and Should not be Left Out of the Care of the State ... So We Are Here

18/09/17

في إطار الجولات التي يقوم بها نائب رئيس مجلس الوزراء وزير الصحة العامة غسان حاصباني على المناطق اللبنانية المختلفة لاكتشاف واقعها ومعرفة التحديات والاطلاع على شؤون الناس للعمل على تطويرها وتنميتها، قام اليوم الأحد بجولة في قضاء مرجعيون، رافقه فيها منسق حاصبيا ومرجعيون في "...

National Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign 2017

19/09/17

Under the Patronage of First Lady Nadia Aoun and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Health Ghassan Hasbani The Ministry of Public Health in Lebanon is planning to launch the National Awareness Campaign on Breast Cancer in October 2017 like every year and for the past 15 y...

Hasabani Discussed with Agabova the Challenges Facing Lebanon, the Region and the File of the Syrian Emigration

19/09/17

صدر عن المكتب الاعلامي لنائب رئيس مجلس الوزراء وزير الصحة العامة غسان حاصباني البيان الآتي: إستقبل نائب رئيس مجلس الوزراء وزير الصحة العامة غسان حاصباني في مكتبه في الوزارة نائب رئيس "الجمعية الامبراطورية الارثوذكسية الروسية في فلسطين ورئيسة المركز الاجتماعي لحماية...

Hasbani: "The Governorates Sessions" will Kick off... The Widest Organizational Operation in the History of Lebanon

25/09/17

أوضح نائب رئيس مجلس الوزراء وزير الصحة غسان حاصباني ، أن “فكرة إنعقاد مجلس الوزراء في المحافظات إنطلقت بقرار من رئيس الحكومة سعد الحريري ، وذلك لتكون الحكومة على تماس مباشر مع حاجات المناطق وشؤون المواطنين، وبالتالي سيناقش مجلس الوزراء شؤون كل منطقة على حدة، وهكذا...

The Ministry of Health is Proudly Announcing Its Attempt to Make a New World Record with the World Record Academy

26/09/17

تقوم وزارة الصحة العامة اللبنانية وبرعاية اللبنانية الأولى ناديا عون بالتحضير لاطلاق الحملة الوطنية السنوية للتوعية ضد سرطان الثدي 2017 . وسيتخلل حفل الاطلاق المقرر عقده الاحد 8 تشرين الأول 2017 من مدينة كميل شمعون الرياضية في بيروت مبارة ودية في كرة القدم وتشكيل أول وأكبر ش...

The Ministry of Public Health Clarifies its Position on Rumours Regarding the Spread of "Leishmania" in Akkar

27/09/17

The Information Office of Deputy Prime Minister Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani issued the following statement: “In response to the news spread by some media on the increase in cases of leishmaniasis (Aleppo button) in Lebanon, in particular in Akkar governorate,...

Minister Hasbani Issues Warnings to Three Hospitals and Refers the Files to the Public Prosecution, Syndicate of Hospitals and the Order of Physicians and Nurses

28/09/17

The Information Office of Deputy Prime Minister Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani issued the following statement: In the context of the implementation of procedures that enhance the credibility and efficiency of the health sector in Lebanon and the transparency of its wo...

National Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign 2017

29/09/17

"بلا حجّة عملي الصورة" تستمرّ الحملة من 1 تشرين الأول 2017 وحتى نهاية كانون الثاني 2018 في: المستشفيات الحكوميّة: الصورة الشعاعية مجّاناً الصورة الصوتية للثدي بكلفة 30 ألف ل.ل. (بناءً على طلب الطبيب) المستشفيات الخاصة و المر...

Lebanon: mental health system reform and the Syrian crisis

04/10/17

This article, published in the British Journal of Psychiatry, provides an overview of the mental health situation in Lebanon amidst the Syrian crisis. Research involving refugees conducted in Lebanon since the onset of the Syrian crisis points to a clear increase in mental disord...

Hasbani Addressing "Beirut Marathon" Association: Let's Run against Disease

09/10/17

Deputy Prime Minister Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani received the President of Beirut Marathon Association May Khalil accompanied by several members as they invited him to participate in the fifteenth edition of the Marathon that will be held this year on November 12. ...

New Record for Lebanon: Largest Breast Cancer Awareness Ribbon made of 8250 Footballs

09/10/17

Lebanon set a record for the largest awareness ribbon in the world during the launching of the National Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign 2017 in Camille Chamoun Sports City under the patronage and in the presence of First lady Nadia Chami Aoun . At the end o...

Developing an inter-ministerial substance use response strategy for Lebanon: process, content and lessons learned

09/10/17

This article indicates that evidence on substance use in Lebanon shows an increase in usage, limited availability and accessibility to evidence-based services, and high level of stigma and discrimination. In line with the “Mental Health and Substance Use Strategy for Lebano...

Hasbani during the Launch of the Project for the Development of the Healthcare Center in Deir El Ahmar: We are Working to Apply Technology for the Sake of Hospitalization

20/10/17

A ceremony in Al-Mahabba Hospital in Deir El-Ahmar was held on the occasion of the launch of the project for the development of a healthcare center inside the hospital in collaboration between the Lebanese Association of the Knights of Malta and the Maronite Catholic Epar...

Hasbani Visited the Chamber of Tripoli and North Lebanon: with the Public Private Partnership Law, Opportunities Can be Better Achieved

27/10/17

وطنية - طرابلس - التقى نائب رئيس مجلس الوزراء وزير الصحة غسان حاصباني اليوم، رئيس غرفة طرابلس ولبنان الشمالي توفيق دبوسي، بحضور مستشار رئيس حزب القوات اللبنانية الدكتور سمير جعجع للعلاقات الخارجية إيلي خوري، منسق طرابلس في القوات اللبنانية فادي محفوض، نائب منسق ...

Hasbani in Riyadh at the Invitation of his Counterpart Al-Rabiah

31/10/17

Deputy Prime Minister Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani started his visit to the kingdom of Saudi Arabia, at the invitation of his Saudi counterpart Dr. Toufic Al-Rabiah. The two Ministers held a meeting during which they discussed the status of the Health sector and exchan...

Hasbani Met in Moscow with Putin's Envoy to the Middle East and the Imperial Orthodox Society Council

17/11/17

Deputy Prime Minister Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani is visiting Moscow, where he met with the Russian Deputy Foreign Minister and Putin’s Special Presidential Envoy for the Middle East and North Africa Mikhail Bogdanov who discussed with Hasbani the situation of t...

Hasbani after Meeting Archbishop Hilarion in Russia: The Church's Support to the Social Stability and Impartiality are Essential for Lebanon

20/11/17

Deputy Prime Minister Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani pursued his visit to Russia, where he met with the head of the Moscow Patriarchate's Department for External Church Relations Archbishop Hilarion in his residence in Moscow in the presence of Lebanon’s Patria...

IBloodlink Honours Health Minister. Hasbani: the Ministry Supports the Culture of Blood Donation

20/11/17

IBloodlink that has recently launched a smart application that enables blood donation in a sophisticated way has honored Deputy Prime Minister Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani in his office at the Ministry. The President of the Association Roula El Halabi granted Hasban...

Letters to the editor- Lancet Journal - on the Syrian crisis and mental health system reform in Lebanon

24/11/17

These two letters to the Editor, published in the Lancet Journal, provide an overview of the situation in Lebanon amidst the Syrian crisis and the resilience of the health system against all odds. They particularly shed light on the establishment of a national mental health progr...

Assessment of mental health and psychosocial support services for Syrian refugees in Lebanon.

24/11/17

This report presents results, main findings and recommendations from the assessment conducted in August-September 2013 for the Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) services provided for Syrian refugees in Lebanon commissioned by UNHCR. The objectives of this assessment ...

Hasbani in a Visit to Jebbit Bsharri: We Believe in Transparency and Work to Improve the Performance of Institutions and the Role of the Private and Governmental Hospitals

27/11/17

NNA – Deputy Prime Minister Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani visited Jebbit Bsharri accompanied by the Director of his office Michel Aad, Counselors Frederic Eid and Georges Akoury. His first stop was in Al-Arz Medical Center in Qanat where he was greeted by Deputies...

Hasbani in Jbeil: The Situation is Critical and Lebanon is at a Crossroads. The Cohesion is a Must and we Have always Been Working to Preserve the Sovereignty and Independence of the State

27/11/17

وطنية - جال نائب رئيس مجلس الوزراء وزير الصحة العامة غسان حاصباني في قضاء جبيل يرافقه مدير مكتبه ميشال عاد ورئيس قسم الصحة في القضاء الدكتور شوقي الحلو ومرشح القوات اللبنانية في القضاء زياد الحواط ومنسق القضاء شربل ابي عقل، واطلع على حاجات القضاء على الصعد الصحية والاستشف...

Hasbani Pursues his Visit to Jbeil: the Healthcare System is in a Perfect Condition in Spite of the Modest Means

27/11/17

NNA – During his tour in Jbeil, Deputy Prime Minister Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani visited the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Notre Dame de Secours where he was received by Deputy Walid El Khoury, the Lebanese Forces candidate in the district Ziad Hawat, the Le...

Hasbani from Jbeil: The Region has Faced a Significant Shortage in the Healthcare Services and we Work Hard today to Improve its Healthcare Centers

27/11/17

NNA- Deputy Prime Minister Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani pursues his visit to Jbeil, where he was greeted in Qartaba governmental Hospital by Former Deputy Fares Souaid, the President of Jbeil Municipality Federation and Qartaba Municipality President Fadi Martinos, the...

Fouad Maksoud Greeted by Hasbani at the Airport: Lebanon is a Main Source of Innovation

27/11/17

NNA – the airport. The Lebanese engineer Fouad Maksoud arrived at Beirut Rafiq Hariri International Airport after winning the Qatar Foundation-initiated TV show “Stars of Science” in its ninth season. The Lebanese engineer got the highest percentage of v...

Hasbani: We have Taken Several Steps to Control the Healthcare Bill and We have Asked for Additional Funding to Cover the Chronic Diseases

01/12/17

Deputy Prime Minister Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani noted that there is no doubt that the healthcare sector is facing challenges such as the multiple insurers in the State. Speaking to “the Voice of Lebanon” radio station in Achrafieh, Hasbani said:...

Hasbani Participated in the Conference of Health Ministers of the Organization of the Islamic Cooperation in Jeddah

07/12/17

Deputy Prime Minister Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani paid a visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, where he participated in the Conference of Health Ministers of the Organization of the Islamic Cooperation held on two days in Jeddah. He was received at the airport by the ...

MediTrack Project - Track & Trace System for Pharmaceuticals

12/12/17

Project Definition Strategic Framework This project comes within the plan to reform and develop the pharmaceutical sector in Lebanon by reviewing legislation, regulating the process of drug registration and pricing, and formulating quality assurance standards...

Hasbani: Lebanon is a Fountain of Thought and Language, and we Hope that it Will be Poured out and Will not be Left Behind

14/12/17

Hasbani greeted in the VIP lounge at Rafik Hariri airport the Lebanese mathematicians who participated in the UCMAS competition held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and competed against students from 72 states, where 12 Lebanese contestants ranked high. The Lebanese c...

Lauching of the Guideline for Good Storage & Distribution Practices of Food Supplements in Lebanon

18/12/17

In line with the Good Storage & Distribution Practices of Pharmaceutical Products project that has brought core improvements at the level of the Lebanese pharmaceutical warehouses, the MoPH launches today through its Quality Assurance of Pharmaceutical Products progra...

Consultative Meeting on Reducing the Consumption of Table Salt in Lebanon

04/01/18

Within the framework of the national plan for the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases, in particular the healthcare policies to reduce the consumption of table salt and sodium, the Director General of the Ministry of Public Health held a meeting on Wednesd...

Hasbani: What we Need is Partnership not Allocation of Benefits, and Bringing the Foreign Conflicts to Lebanon is Unacceptable

09/01/18

مشاكل وزارة الصحة وكل موازنتها توازي 10 الى 15 يوم دعم للكهرباء ملف النفايات وصل الى ذروته بيئياً وصحياً حاصباني: المطلوب الشراكة لا المحاصصة وجلب الصراعات الخارجية الى الساحة اللبنانية أمر مرفوض إعتبر نائب رئيس مجلس الوزراء وزير الصحة غسان حاصباني أن منسوب ا...

Hasbani Launched the National Awareness Campaign on Congenital Malformations of the Oral Cavity

09/01/18

Deputy Prime Minister Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani launched the national awareness campaign on the congenital malformation of the oral cavity, i.e. cleft lip, during a ceremony held at the premises of the Ministry in the presence of the President of the Syndicate of Pr...

Dr. Ghassan Issa Honoured

10/01/18

The Ministry of Public Health represented by its Director General Professor Walid Ammar and the National Certification Committee on Poliomyelitis Eradication honored the Chairperson of the Committee Dr. Ghasssan Issa for the efforts he exerted for many years to support th...

School based surveillance

15/01/18

Objectives - Monitor/measure weekly absenteeism proportions to be able to detect alerts and outbreaks - Assist decision makers on proper control measures, such as school closure Sources of data - Both public and private schools across Lebanon ...

Hasbani: I will Remain Committed to the Humanitarian, National and Legal Standards

16/01/18

The Information Office of Deputy Prime Minister Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani issued the following statement: Minister Hasbani thanked the ones who call themselves “ex-Lebanese Forces members” for the statement they delivered as it enabled him to clarify ...

Hasbani during the Inauguration of a Center for the National Organization for Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation

17/01/18

Under the patronage and in the presence of Deputy Prime Minster Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani, the National Organization for Organ & Tissue Transplantation opened its center in the previous headquarters of the Lebanese order of physicians in Baabda, in the presence ...

Launching of the National Campaign for Early Detection of Primary Immune Deficiency

22/01/18

Under the auspices and in the presence of Deputy Prime Minister Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani, “The National Campaign for Early Detection of Primary Immune Deficiency” was launched at the Ministry in collaboration between the Ministry and ifight pid associat...

Health Ministry Launched a Workshop to Introduce the European Standards for the Pharmaceutical Industry in Collaboration with the EU

23/01/18

Under the auspices of Deputy Prime Minister Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani, the Ministry of Public Health launched a workshop in collaboration between MoPH and the European Union to provide guidance on pharmaceutical industry and introduce the international standards, wh...

Hasbani from Davos: The Stability and Institution-Building are Key to Investment in Reconstruction

26/01/18

Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani delivered statements in open dialogue sessions attended by a number of leaders from many states from the private and public sectors, including the Executive Director of the World Bank during the World Economic Foru...

Meeting to Discuss the Principles of Governance for the Pharmaceutical Profession in Lebanon

26/01/18

The Director General of the Ministry of Public Health Dr. Walid Ammar held a long meeting with the President of the Lebanese Order of Pharmacists Dr. Georges Sili in the presence of a working group from the Ministry and a delegation from the Order of Pharmacists. Durin...

Lebanon Ranking First in the Arab World and We Encourage Investment in the Healthcare Sector

31/01/18

Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani participated in the “Arab Health” Exhibition and Congress in Dubai where he met with his Saudi counterpart H.E. Minister Toufic Rabiha, the UAE Health Minister H.E. Abdul Rahman Owais, the Chairman of t...

Hasbani and the UNICEF Launched the National Breastfeeding Campaign

05/02/18

The Ministry of Public Health launched the National Breastfeeding Campaign in collaboration with the UNICEF and the International Orthodox Christian Charities during a special event held at Linda Sursock Villa, Achrafieh under the title: “Breastfeeding is important; the mis...

Hasbani Launched the Cancer Treatment Guidelines

05/02/18

Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani launched the Cancer Treatment Guidelines at Beit El Tabib in collaboration with the UNDP. The ceremony started with a statement delivered by Mrs. Arian Almas from the UNDP followed by that of the President of the AUB Dr...

Hasbani Presents Shocking Figures and Rings the Alarm Bell: Stop Waste Burning

05/02/18

Deputy Prime Minister Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani sounded the alarm bell in terms of the risks and impacts of waste burning during a joint conference held with the Deputy Director at Human Rights Watch in Beirut Lama Fakih. Hasbani called on the Cabinet to take immedi...

Hasbani during the Workshop on Genetic Testing: the Country Cannot Continue without the Rule of Law

07/02/18

The Ministry of Public Health and the Lebanese Foundation for Permanent Civil Peace” organized a workshop titled “Genetic testing, Human Health in Lebanon and the related laws”, under the patronage and in the presence of Deputy Prime Minister and Health ...

Hasbani Launched the National Campaign for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases: No.1 Cause of Hasbani Launched the National Campaign for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases: No.1 Cause of Death in Lebanon

07/02/18

The Ministry of Public Health launched in collaboration with the national committee for the prevention of cardiovascular diseases and Yaduna -Women Heart Health Center the National campaign for the early detection and prevention of cardiovascular diseases under the title ...

The Ministry of Public Health Pursues its Efforts to Include the Governmental Hospitals Employees in Salary Hike

13/02/18

The Information office of Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani issued the following statement: In the context of the Ministry of Public Health’s pursued efforts to include the governmental hospitals employees in salary hike, a meeting was hel...

Representatives of the Governmental Hospital Employees Met with Director General Dr. Walid Ammar and Officials in Health Ministry

15/02/18

NNA- A delegation of the Governmental hospital employees who held a strike in front of the Ministry of Public Health, met with the Director General of the Ministry Dr Walid Ammar, in the presence of the Director of Medical Care Directorate Dr. Joseph El Helou, Head of Med...

Hasbani's Office: "The Supreme Council of Health has been Established since October and Said is four Months Late"

19/02/18

The Information Office of Deputy Prime Minister Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani issued the following statement: We would like to thank Dr. Fares Said for his continuous interest in healthcare matters and his saying that health Minister is genuinely seeking to ach...

Ceremony in Support of Children with Cancer at the MoPH with the Participation of the Voice Kids Stars

19/02/18

A ceremony for the support of children with cancer was held at the conference room of the Ministry of Public Health on the International Childhood Cancer Day under the patronage and in the presence of Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani. Nor...

Japanese Medical Equipment Delivered to Hariri Hospital. The Japanese Ambassador Affirmed his Country's Continued Support to Lebanon

22/02/18

NNA- An ceremony was held at Rafik Hariri University Hospital to honor the Japanese Embassy for the in-kind donation it granted to the hospital under the patronage of Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani represented by Director General of the Ministry...

Press Conference on Stray Dogs Phenomenon that Threatens the Health and Safety of the Citizens

23/02/18

Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Ghassan Hasabani held a press conference in his office at the Ministry on stray dogs that threaten the safety and health of the citizens. “The phenomenon of stray dogs is growing in Lebanon, which resulted in the increase...

Hasbani Meets with a Delegation of the Order of Pharmacists. "Reforms Should be Immediately Implemented"

26/02/18

Deputy Prime Minister Health Minister Ghassan meets with the board of directors of the pharmacists’ syndicate presided by Georges Sili, following the decision of lowering the prices of more than 900 kinds of medicines, and restructuring royalty payment of pharmacist...

Hasbani Launches the Supreme Health Council

06/03/18

Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani launched the work of the Supreme Health Council, where he presided over the first meeting held today at the premises of the Ministry in Bir Hassan. During the meeting, minister Hasbani stated that this is ...

Launching of Citizens Right Project

09/03/18

Under the patronage and in the presence of Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani, the Ministry of Public Health and Loubnaniyoun association launched the Citizen’s Rights project during a ceremony held at Phoenicia Hotel with the support of the U...

Issuance of Director General Circular Number 22 Date 9/3/2018 Related to the Regulation of Studies and Research in the Field of Mental Health and Psychosocial Support

12/03/18

Circular number 22 Date 9/3/2018 Related to the regulation of studies and research in the field of mental health and psychosocial support Based on the decision number 141/4 related to the establishment of a mechanism for the accreditation of ethics...

Hasbani Visited the Sextuplets and their Mother at St. George's Hospital

16/03/18

Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani visited Saint George Hospital University Medical Center, where he met with Mrs. Muna who gave birth to sextuplets. The Minister was received by the sextuplets’ father Youssef Fadlallah, the Director General o...

MOPH Warns Against Measles Outbreak in Lebanon and Assures It will Secure Vaccines Free of Charge

20/03/18

The Information office of the Ministry of Public Health issued the following statement: Lebanon is currently witnessing an outbreak of measles cases among unvaccinated children, in particular in the districts of Baabda, Zahleh and some north districts, threatening the ...

Lebanon Officially Nominates Dr. Rana Hajjeh for the Post of WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean

21/03/18

Dr. Hajjeh, an outstanding figure, is well-known for her tireless work, expertise and humanitarian action in all the positions she held. As a Medical doctor, Dr. Hajjeh worked with dedication in the service of humanity, to protect human health against the infectious di...

Helou Representing Hasbani on World Tuberculosis Day: We Commit to end this Epidemic by 2030

26/03/18

NNA- The Ministry of Public Health and the National Tuberculosis Program commemorated World Tuberculosis Day in collaboration with the World Health Organization and the International Organization for Migration during a ceremony held at the premises of the Ministry under t...

Health Minister Launches the Second Session of the Future Health Forum with the Participation of IDAL and Libanpost

04/04/18

Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani announced the launch of the second session of Future Health Forum organized by the Ministry of Public Health in collaboration with Al-Iktissad Wal Aamal Group, the different health care entities, IDAL and Libanpost...

Vaccination and Awareness Campaigns Conducted by the Ministry of Health against Measles

05/04/18

The information office of the Ministry of Public Health issued the following statement: With reference to the previous statement that reported that “Lebanon is currently witnessing an outbreak of measles cases among unvaccinated children, in particular in the distr...

Cost of Oncology Drugs in the Middle-Eastern Country of Lebanon: An Update (2014-2016)

10/04/18

Purpose This study aims to evaluate trends in the increasing costs of oncology drugs procured by the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) between 2014 and 2016 and to assess the impact of the introduction in mid-2015 of new immunotherapy drugs for the treatment of lung ca...

MoPH Warns against the Increasing Number of Dogs' Bites Victims and the Severe Global Shortage in Vaccines

10/04/18

The Information office of the Ministry of Public Health issued the following statement: After the repeated warnings issued by the MoPH regarding the unvaccinated domestic or stray dogs and the cases of scratches and bites, and following the statements and the preventiv...

Additional Vaccines Requested as a Precautionary Step. Hasbani: "We have Conducted the Necessary Campaigns with the UNICEF to Control Measles"

11/04/18

Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani received the UNICEF Lebanon Representative Ms. Tania Chapuisa in the presence of the Director General Dr. walid Ammar. The meeting discussed the collaboration between the two parties in general and the recent outbr...

A Company in Aley Closed and Sealed after the MoPH Took Action following a Complaint from Qatar

12/04/18

The Information Office of the Ministry of Public Health issued the following statement: A shipment of fresh eggs produced in Lebanon arrived to Qatar on 29/03/2018 and was detained since the date of production is 01/04/2018, which follows the date of arrival, as report...

Arwan National Biotechnology Product Launched under the Patronage of Hasbani

16/04/18

NNA- Iqlim El Kharroub – Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani sponsored the inauguration ceremony of the national biotechnology product organized by Arwan Pharmaceutical Industries in Lebanon, in its plant in Jadra. Youssef The compa...

Launching of the Policy Support Observatory at the MoPH in Partnership with the WHO and AUB

17/04/18

Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani launched the Policy Support Observatory (PSO), the product of collaboration between the Ministry of Public Health, WHO and the AUB – the Faculty of Health Sciences. Hasbani signed the ag...

Hasbani Calls on the Cabinet to Adopt a Mechanism for Determining the Financial Ceilings of Hospitals

23/04/18

Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani held a press conference in his office at the Ministry in Bir Hassan during which he called on the cabinet to endorse a mechanism of setting financial ceilings for the hospitals in the different Lebanese regions dur...

On World Immunization Week 2018 MoPH: We are all Responsible for Protecting our Children through Vaccination

24/04/18

The Information office of the Ministry of Public Health issued the following statement: On World Immunization Week, the Ministry of Public Health Stressed on the importance of involving all the members of the society – municipalities, civil communities, religious...

The MoPH Calls on the Public Prosecution in Mount-Lebanon to Permanently Close Samih Al-Natour's Warehouse

27/04/18

The Information Office of the Ministry of Public Health issued the following statement: According to what has been briefed by Ghobeiry Police Station to the Ministry on rotten meat found in Samih Al-Natour’s warehouse in Ghobeiry following an inspection conducted...

Ammar Representing Hasbani during The launching of the National Plan for Awareness and Early Detection of Colon Cancer

02/05/18

NNA- The Ministry of Public Health, the Order of physicians in Beirut, the Lebanese Society for Gastroenterology and the Lebanese society of Medical Oncology launched the National Plan on awareness and early detection of colon cancer in collaboration with the World Health...

Hasbani and Dabbousi Signed a Memorandum of Understanding between the MoPH and the Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture - Tripoli

03/05/18

NNA- Tripoli – Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani and the Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture of Tripoli & North Lebanon represented by its Chairman of the board of directors Toufic Dabbousi signed a “memorandum of understa...

The MoPH Won the 2018 Award for Excellence and Distinction in PHC

08/05/18

The information office of the Ministry of Public Health issued the following statement: In the context of the 19th annual forum of the Arab Hospitals Federation that took place on 29-30 April 2018 at the Oman Convention and was attended by Health ministers or their rep...

Hasbani and Audi Brought up the File of Saint George University and the Need to Endorse it

08/05/18

The Metropolitan bishop of the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch for the Archdiocese of Beirut in Lebanon, His Eminence, the Most Reverend Elias Audi received Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani who said after the visit: “I am happy to meet toda...

Hasbani Sponsors a Conference on Skin Diseases and Emphasizes the Need to Maintain Ethics

08/05/18

NNA- The Lebanese society for dermatology opened its thirteenth conference for skin diseases with a forum entitled “the role and risks of media in medicine” at Phoenicia hotel under the patronage and in the presence of Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister...

Hasbani Representing Aoun on the Opening of the Order of Nurses Conference

11/05/18

NNA- The Order of Nurses in Lebanon opened its second international conference on the International Nurses Day on May 12, in collaboration with the International Council of Nursing ICN for the first time in Lebanon under the title “Nurses leading the vision of Globa...

Hasbani after Meeting Audi: the License Approved to Establish Saint George University in Beirut is a Major Step and Adds Great Value to Education

18/05/18

The Metropolitan bishop of the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch for the Archdiocese of Beirut in Lebanon, His Eminence, the Most Reverend Elias Audi received Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani who said after the visit: “My visit to HE...

Hasbani Informs the Governmental Hospital Employees of the Cabinet's Decision on their Inclusion in the Salary Scale and the Delegation Apologizes for Abuses

23/05/18

Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani received in his office at the Ministry the delegation of the constituent body of the syndicate of the gov. hospital employees in Lebanon and the Head of the General Confederation of Lebanese Workers Dr. Bechara el-...

The 71th World Health Assembly

24/05/18

Dr Tedros announced his decision to keep the Independent Oversight and Advisory Committee for the WHO Health Emergency programme (IOAC) and the composition of the membership for 2018-2020. The IOAC 2018-2020 will start its term of office from 27 May 2018, immedia...

Saint George Hospital University Medical Center Opened the New Nuclear Medicine Center

28/05/18

Saint George University Hospital in Achrafieh opened this afternoon the new nuclear medicine center with the blessing of Metropolitan of the Archdiocese of Beirut in Lebanon, His Eminence, the Most Reverend Elias Audi and in the presence of the Minister of Public Health Ghassan H...

Rabies Prevention and Control

31/05/18

Rabies Control in Lebanon- Dr. Atika Berry- Service of Prevention Medicine ...

MoPH Participation in the 71th World Health Assembly in Geneva

06/06/18

The world just concluded the 71st session of the World Health Assembly in Geneva which took place at the Palais des Nations, between May 21 and 26. Lebanon was represented by two delegates from the Ministry of Public health this year, the Director General, Professor Walid...

The Minister of Public Health Responds in a Press Conference to the False Accusations Regarding Drugs' Pricing in Lebanon

11/06/18

Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani held a press conference on drugs and their pricing mechanism. “It seems that there is someone who is fabricating false facts regarding drugs’ prices by misrepresenting them and misleading citizens throu...

Those Claiming the Increase of the Governmental Hospitals Ceiling are Secretly Demanding the Increase of their Private Hospital’s Ceiling. We will Continue to Reduce Drugs’ Prices

11/06/18

Caretaker Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani stated that the parties publicly engaged in the campaigns concerning government hospitals had secret demands for hospitals they consider belonging to them. “We are not surprised at the camp...

On the Launching of the Pilot Phase for the New Emergency Plan within 2025 Strategy Hasbani: The financial Ceilings were Set for the First Time according to a Scientific and Practical Mechanism

13/06/18

Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani launched the pilot phase for the new emergency plan within 2025 strategy, which is implemented in cooperation between the Ministry of Public Health, hospitals and the Lebanese Red Cross. Minister Hasbani tackled th...

Hasbani during the EU's Launching of Two Health Care Projects that Constitute a First Line of Defense for Public Health and the Prevention of Epidemics

14/06/18

The European Union launched two first projects for health care in Karaghuesian medico social care center in Borj Hammoud under the patronage of caretaker Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani and in the context of a package worth Euro 70 million from t...

Al-Jeser Visited Hasbani: The Financial Ceiling for Tripoli's Hospitals Should be Increased and the Slaughterhouse's Functioning Should Abide by its Specific System

18/06/18

NNA- Deputy Samir AL-Jeser visited Caretaker Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani, accompanied by the general coordinator of the future movement in Tripoli Naser Adra. The two visitors discussed with Hasbani the need to raise the financial ceiling for...

Hasbani from Rmeish: We Demand the Return of the Syrian Refugees to their Country and the Repatriation of the Lebanese Deportees from the Occupied Territories

18/06/18

Caretaker Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani visited Lady of the Annunciation Monastery, Bint-Jbeil District accompanied by the Lebanese forces Gulf region coordinator Fadi Salameh where they met the residents of the villages of Rmeich, Ain Ebel, De...

Hasbani Presided over the First Meeting of the Policy Support Observatory Guiding Committee to Discuss Priority Areas for the PSO Work Plan

19/06/18

Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani chaired the first meeting of the PSO’s guiding committee that was launched last April. PSO is the product of collaboration between the Ministry of Public Health, WHO and the AUB. The Observatory aims at contribu...

Hasbani Presided over the Meeting of the National Committee for Sustainable Development at the Grand Serail

20/06/18

Caretaker Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani chaired at the Grand Serail the meeting of the National Committee for sustainable development that includes all the line ministries, after finalizing the first Voluntary National Review report for Lebanon...

Hasbani during the Inauguration of an Advanced Division at the Radiotherapy Department of Mount-Lebanon Hospital

21/06/18

Caretaker Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani inaugurated the Advanced Division at the Radiotherapy Department of Mount-Lebanon Hospital where the modern TRUEBEAM machine will operate. TRUEBEAM performs high-precision radiation treatment acc...

"3a Stouh Beirut Association" Briefed on How Donations will be Allocated

26/06/18

NNA- Caretaker Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Ghassa Hasbani took part in a press conference organized by “3a Stouh Beirut” Association, at the invitation of TV host Dalia Dagher to announce how the donations collected during “3a Stouh Beirut&...

Audi Commended Hasbani's Fair and non-Politicized Approach to Financial Ceilings

28/06/18

NNA- The Metropolitan bishop of the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch for the Archdiocese of Beirut in Lebanon, HE Elias Audi received caretaker Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani who said after the visit: “my meeting with HE was friendly as us...

Hasbani and Adwan Laid the Foundation Stone for Damour Medical Center

02/07/18

NNA- Caretaker Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani, the member of the “Strong Republic” coalition MP Georges Adwan and the president of Damour Municipality Charles Ghafri laid this afternoon the foundation stone for Damour Medical Center ...

Hasbani Launched "Lebanon without Drugs or Addition" campaign

02/07/18

Caretaker Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani launched this evening an awareness campaign entitled “Lebanon without drugs or addiction” in a bid to encourage all those suffering from the impact of drugs and addiction to overcome them and seek t...

Hasbani Sponsored a Competition for Outstanding Students

02/07/18

UCMAS’s exclusive agent PLC organized the fifth national competition for the students enrolled in UCMAS educational program designed to develop the mental power of children under the patronage and in the presence of Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Ghassan ...

Lebanon Clinical Trials Registry Training

04/07/18

The Lebanese Ministry of Public Health in collaboration with WHO-Lebanon office conducted a one day training over 3 days on June 27, 28 and 29 2018 on the new Lebanon Clinical Trials Registry (LBCTR). The training was given by experts from WHO-Head Quarter- Geneva, WHO...

National Report on Drug Situation in Lebanon – 2017

05/07/18

This is the first report of the National Observatory on Drugs and Drug Addiction on the drug situation in Lebanon The report focuses on drug prevalence, market, policy, treatment and prevention in Lebanon. The reporting period extends between 2000 and 2016 inclusive. To view t...

The Minister of Public Health Discussed with a Delegation from North Lebanon the Health Impacts Caused by Neglect of Pollution Treatment

06/07/18

Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani received in his office at the Ministry MP Dr. Fadi Saad and the secretary of “the strong republic” coalition Dr. Fadi Karam who presided over a delegation of environmental activists and municipality cou...

MoPH: Toxins in Breastfeeding Milk in Lebanon are within WHO Normal Rates

12/07/18

The Information office of the Ministry of Public Health issued the following statement: Annahar newspaper published on 6 July 2018 an article entitled: “Is breast milk contaminated in Lebanon? Two studies show the toxins rates”. This article misrepresents f...

Map of substance use and rehabilitation services in Lebanon

13/07/18

Map of organizations providing substance use and rehabilitation services in Lebanon Substance use and rehabilitation services map- Lebanon ...

Hasbani to Head a High-Level Lebanese Delegation to the UN Political Forum

16/07/18

Caretaker Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani headed today to New York where he will chair the official delegation and present the first report on Lebanon status as to Sustainable development goals for 2030 before the UN high-level political Forum. O...

Lebanon among the World Countries that have Made the Most Progress in PHC

17/07/18

Lebanon is considered among the world countries that have made the most significant progress in PHC delivery and quality. This was shown by the global study published last May in the medical journal “The lancet” under the title: “Measuring performance on...

Publications of the National Observatory on Drugs and Drug Addiction (NODDA)

17/07/18

The National Observatry on Drugs and Drug Addiction (NODDA) was launched by the Ministry of Public Health in 2016 in line with the implementation of a strategic objective of the “Inter-ministerial Substance Use Response Strategy for Lebanon 2016-2021”. The NODDA pla...

Hasbani Delivered the ESCWA Statement at the UN Political Forum the Sustainable Management of Natural Resources is a Must

17/07/18

Caretaker Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani delivered the ESCWA statement at the UN high-level political forum held in New York on 2030 Sustainable Development Goals SDGs. The statement noted the findings of the Arab Forum for Sustainable Developme...

Hasbani Presented Lebanon First Report on UN Development Goals

19/07/18

Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani presented the voluntary national report on sustainable development, as he led the Lebanese delegation after coordinating the efforts of ministries, the civil society and the private sector to end up with an integra...

The MOPH Condemns the Attack on the Chief of ER at Hotel Dieu Hospital and Calls on the Public Prosecution Service to Take Action

20/07/18

The Information Office of the Ministry of Public issued the following statement: The Ministry of Public Health condemns the attack on the Chief of ER at Hotel Dieu Hospital Dr. Chady Sabbagh and considers the assault on the medical personnel and human facility as an of...

Hasbani Concluded his Visit to New York with Meetings with UN Officials and Ambassadors

23/07/18

After he presented the two reports of ESCWA and Lebanon on the SDGs, Caretaker Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani held meetings with UN officials, foremost among them Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations Amina Mohammed on the margins of the High...

Hasbani Announced the First Successful Uterus Transplant in Lebanon and the Middle East at Bellevue Hospital

24/07/18

Under the patronage and in the presence of Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani, Bellevue Medical Center held a press conference to announce the first successful uterus transplant in Lebanon, the Middle East and North Africa. The conference was attend...

MoPH: "It is not True that Tetanus Injections are not available in the Lebanese Markets"

26/07/18

The Information Office of the Ministry of Public Health issued the following statement: Some media and politicians have been circulating false information concerning the shortage of tetanus injections. The Ministry of Public Health confirms that this is not true; th...

Minister Hasbani’s Visit to Bkerki

30/07/18

The Maronite Patriarch Beshara Rai received today at Bkerki caretaker Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani who discussed with Rai the current developments in the country. “I came to brief H.B. on the current situation of the health care...

Hasbani Launched Hearing Screening National Awareness Campaign

31/07/18

Under the patronage of Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani, the Ministry of Public Health launched “Hearing Screening National Awareness Campaign” under which hearing screening will be provided in six government hospitals for free for one...

Chemical Surveillance

03/08/18

Objectives - To determine types of chemical incidents in Lebanon - To describe exposures by time, place and person - To determine the health risk of and the need for further investigation - To establish a comprehensive national ...

Reception and Implementation of the Japanese Grant of over USD 4 million to 14 Governmental Hospitals

08/08/18

Caretaker Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani met this morning at his office in Bir Hassan with the Japanese Ambassador H.E. Matahiro Yamaguchi to celebrate the completion of the project of USD 4.289.000 Japanese grant aimed at improving 14 governmen...

MoPH: There is no Carcinogenic "Rice" in Lebanon as Claimed by some Syrian Media

20/08/18

The Information Office of the Ministry of Public Health issued the following statement: Some Syrian media outlets have circulated false news claiming that Moph food safety inspection teams headed to different shops across Lebanon and took samples of imported and locall...

MoPH Calls on the Energy and Water Ministry to Identify Polluted Sea Areas and Take Measures according to Law No. 77/2018

27/08/18

The Information Office of the Ministry of Public Health issued the following statement: There have been lately conflicting reports issued by official and unofficial sources concerning the polluted beaches in Lebanon, knowing that Law No. 77/2018, in particular articles...

Hasbani: We have Asked to Transfer Funds Amounting to 10 Billion Pounds for the Completion of Deir El Qamar Hospital, but it wasn’t Placed on the Cabinet’s ِAgenda

27/08/18

The Information Office of Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani issued the following statement: Some current MPs are making the matter of the government hospitals’ support an object of political speculation, such as MP Farid Boustany&rsq...

MoPH: The Social Media’s Misreporting of Deaths Tarnishes Lebanon’s Image

27/08/18

The Information Office of the Ministry of Public Health issued the following statement: Cases of patients and news are being circulated on social media without verifying whether they are true. Such cases are usually followed up on by the Ministry before they are ...

MoPH Warns again against the Exposure to Dogs' Bites and Calls on the Concerned Parties to Meet their Responsibilities and Take Precautionary Measures

28/08/18

The Information office of the Ministry of Public Health issued the following statement: Following up its previous statements on the growing number of dog bites incidents, the Ministry of Public Health warns again against the stray dog’s bites and asks the concern...

Hasbani Discusses with the Parliament's Finance and Budget Committee the Medical Card Draft Law

12/09/18

Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani participated in the second meeting of the Committee of Finance and Budget headed by MP Ibrahim Kanaan. The meeting aimed at discussing the Universal Health Coverage draft law after this it was approved by the Parli...

Hasbani Presented the International Funding for Health Project, the Foreign Affairs and Emigrants Committee Endorses the Law

12/09/18

Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani participated in the meeting of the Foreign Affairs and Emigrants Committee headed by MP Yassine Jaber. Hasbani introduced the law aiming at approving the funding of the World Bank and the Islamic Development Bank f...

The Director General of Health Heads Lebanon's Delegation to the Ministerial Conference on the Road to Achieving Universal Health Coverage in the Eastern Mediterranean Region

12/09/18

At the invitation of WHO Regional Office and the Ministry of Health in the Sultanate of Oman, the MOPH Director General headed Lebanon’s delegation of the Ministry of Public Health and the Ministry of Finance to attend the ministerial conference on the road to ach...

Hasbani Launched the Mental Health Awareness Campaign

17/09/18

The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH), launched the third National Awareness Campaign on Mental Health “Time_To_Talk”, under the sponsorship of the World Health Organization (WHO), ABAAD, International Medical Corps (IMC), and Medecins du Monde, through an offi...

The Collaborative Governance of Lebanon’s Health Sector

17/09/18

This essay on “The collaborative governance of Lebanon’s health sector” is a well-documented, easily read, review of the transformation of Lebanon’s health care system, over the past two decades. I would like to commend Dr. Wim Vanlerbergh, Dr. Abdel Hay M...

Mental Health: Call for Public Hospitals-Academia-Civil Society Organizations Partnerships

26/09/18

The Ministry of Public Health’s Vision is that of “An equitable health system that identifies and addresses the key determinants of physical and mental health and promotes, develops and sustains the highest attainable physical and mental health status of all Lebanes...

Hasbani to “Al Iktissad wal Aamal”: The Crises Besiege Lebanon and Require Difficult Decisions and the Economic Situation cannot Wait for Oil and Gas Revenues

01/10/18

يجب التخلّـــي عـــن الفكــر "الريعــي" فــي إدارة الدولـــة وقبـــل فـــرض ضـــرائـــب جديـــدة علينا التصدي للتهرب الضريبي حــاصبــانــي لـ"الاقتصاد والأعمال": الأزمـات تحـاصـر لبـنـان وتتطلّب قرارات صعبة والوضـــع الاقتصــادي لا يحتمل انتظا...

"Participatory Governance of Solidarity with the Public Sector" a New Article on "An-Nahar"- Dr. Walid Ammar

05/10/18

تقدم وزارة الصحة العامة دليلاً واضحاً لغياب الإرادة السياسية لتطوير القطاع العام في لبنان. خير مثال على ذلك هو تراجع عدد العاملين في الوزارة خلال عقدين من الزمن، من 2600 موظف إلى اقل من الف معظمهم من المتعاقدين والاجراء. لإدراك فداحة الخلل نشير إلى ان عدد العاملين في ا...

The Collaborative Governance of Lebanon’s Health Sector

12/10/18

(Review of the transformation of the Lebanese health care system conducted in preparation for the establishment of the PSO) This essay on “The collaborative governance of Lebanon’s health sector” is a well-documented, easily read, review of the transformat...

Launching Event

12/10/18

Launching Event 16-4-2018 Launching of the PSO at the MoPH in Partnership with the WHO and AUB PSO In "Health FOR All" 1Issue 83, 1 January – 30 june 2018 published by the WHO- Lebanon Office Words Spoken: Minister of Public Health, Mr. Ghassan Hasb...

The Policy Support Observatory Holds its Second Guiding Committee Meeting to Discuss the Work-Program

12/10/18

The Policy Support Observatory (PSO) held its second Guiding Committee meeting on October 4, 2018 to discuss the PSOs work-program. The meeting was chaired by the Director General of the Ministry of Health Dr. Walid Ammar, and attended by the WHO Representative in Lebanon...

EPI Techical Committee Meeting 18/10/2018

30/10/18

Purpose: The EPI technical committee convened on the 18th of October 2018, at the Director General office at the MoPH. The committee welcomed the new members who were added to the already existing experts list, based on the amendment 1/1877 to the EPI technic...

NCR graphs - Age specific incidence rates

30/10/18

- All cancer age-specific incidence rates, including non-melanoma skin cancer, males, Lebanon, 2005, 2010, 2015 - All cancer age-specific incidence rates, including non-melanoma skin cancer, females, Lebanon, 2005, 2010, 2015 - All cancer age-specific i...

Global Conference on Primary Health Care

31/10/18

On 25-26 October 2018, the world came together in Astana, Kazakhstan, at the Global Conference on Primary Health Care to renew a commitment to primary health care to achieve universal health coverage and the Sustainable Development Goals. The Conference was held at the Pa...

Hasbani Meets with a Delegation of the World Health Organization

29/11/18

In his efforts to promote the national pharmaceutical industry, Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani held a meeting in his office at the Ministry with a high-level delegation of the World Health Organization in Geneva, representatives of WHO regional ...

External mid-term evaluation of the Lebanon national Mental Health Strategy 2015-2020

03/12/18

An external independent mid-term evaluation of the “Mental Health and Substance Use Strategy for Lebanon 2015-2020” was conducted with the following objectives: To assess the level of the implementation of the strategy and the progress towards the achievement of t...

The Regional Parliamentary Working Group on Universal Health Coverage in the Eastern Mediterranean Region Started its Work in Beirut

03/12/18

The meeting of the regional parliamentary working group on universal health coverage in the Eastern Mediterranean region opened this morning in Beirut and will be held tomorrow at Movenpick Hotel. Hasbani noted the importance of this conference for the health sector an...

EPI Multi Year Plan of Action 2017-2022

12/12/18

Introduction Policies are important in organizational management and performance, but will only make a distinction if they are successfully implemented. Policies must be turned into actions and influence the practical, day-to-day operations of the system. For that, it ...

Launching of the National Awareness Campaign on the Reproductive Health

12/12/18

Caretaker Deputy Prime Minister and health Minister Ghassan Hasbani launched the national awareness campaign on the reproductive health in cooperation with UNFPA in Lebanon. The campaign highlights the positive impact of the reproductive health services on the health of e...

Hasbani Launched the National Policy on Infant and Young Child Feeding

17/12/18

Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani launched “the national policy on infant and young child feeding” during a press conference at the premises of the Ministry in collaboration with the UNICEF. “We need fewer drugs when we take go...

Hasbani Announced that Seven Factories had been Referred to the Public Prosecutor for Using the Banned Rhodamine B

18/12/18

Caretaker Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani held a press conference during which he announced the findings of the samples of pickled turnips taken by health inspectors from all the factories across Lebanon. Hasbani stated that the ministry had c...

MoPH: The Palestinian Child Wehbeh Received Treatment at the Expense of UNRWA and was Admitted to the Hospital as Required

18/12/18

The information office of the Ministry of Public Health issued the following statement: In response to the news circulated on the reasons behind the death of the Palestinian child Mohamed Majdi Wehbeh and following the immediate investigations undertaken by the M...

European Union support for the Lebanese Healthcare System reaches €173 million

20/12/18

18 December 2018 - The European Union has renewed its commitment to strengthen the Lebanese health care system and secure access to chronic medications, vaccines and essential medical commodities to the most vulnerable population in Lebanon. Through an additional contribution of ...

European Union support for the Lebanese Healthcare System reaches €173 million

20/12/18

18 December 2018 - The European Union has renewed its commitment to strengthen the Lebanese health care system and secure access to chronic medications, vaccines and essential medical commodities to the most vulnerable population in Lebanon. Through an additional contribution of ...

Moph: Prevention Guidance following the Storm Repercussions

11/01/19

The Information office of the Ministry of Public Health issued the following statement: In anticipation of the upcoming storms that will hit Lebanon, and in the light of its awareness-raising tasks, the Ministry of Public Health issued the following guidelines to ensur...

Hasbani Meets Representatives of the International Organizations and the Donor Countries

15/01/19

Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani held an emergency consultative meeting with the representatives of the international organizations and the donor countries at a time when not enough funds are provided to Lebanon. Part of funding the country has re...

Hasbani Visits the Patient who Underwent the First Lung Transplant Surgery in Lebanon at AUBMC

16/01/19

زار المريضة التي خضعت لاول زراعة رئتة في لبنان في الجامعة الأميركية لبيروت وأكد أن الإنجازات مستمرة في لبنان وقطاعه الصحي رغم كل المصاعب حاصباني: لعدم التردد والخوف بل التقدم لوهب الأعضاء وإعطاء الحياة لمن هو بحاجة زار نائب رئيس مجلس الوزراء وزير الصحة العامة غسا...

Drugs Public Price List 2018

17/01/19

Drugs Prices According to the Exchange Rate Issued on 21/12/2018 Drugs Public Price List according to the resolution 51/1 and based on the exchange rate number 18/2/52021 issued on 21/12/2018 Non Marketed Drugs Public Price List according to the memorandum number 68 issue...

Drugs Public Price List 2017

17/01/19

Drugs Prices According to the Exchange Rate Issued on 11/12/2017 Drugs Public Price List according to the resolution 51/1 and based on the exchange rate number 17/2/47162 issued on 11/12/2017 Non Marketed Drugs Public Price List according to the memorandum number 68...

Drugs Public Price List 2016

17/01/19

Drugs Prices According to the Exchange Rate Issued on 9/12/2016 Drugs Public Price List according to the resolution 51/1 and based on the exchange rate number 16/2/38812 issued on 9/12/2016 Non Marketed Drugs Public Price List according to the memorandum number 68 issued...

MoPH: the Sweden's Offer to Sell Lebanon Cancer Drugs, a Lie

22/01/19

The Information Office of the Ministry of Public Health issued the following statement: Unfounded allegations and rumors against the Ministry of Public Health and Deputy Prime Minister Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani continue to circulate. In this context, a fabricate...

Lebanon Ranks First in the Arab World as to its Performance in Health Sector

22/01/19

لبنان في المرتبة الاولى عربيا في اداء القطاع الصحي... حاصباني من دبي: قطاع الصحة اللبناني يتطور ويصمد امام التحديات اكد نائب رئيس مجلس الوزراء وزير الصحة غسان حاصباني ان قطاع الصحة اللبناني يتطور ويصمد امام التحديات الكبيرة التي يواجهها جراء النزوح السوري والشح في المو...

Hasbani Meets with his Saudi Counterpart and the Lebanese Taking Part in the Arab Health Exhibition in Dubai

30/01/19

Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani received from his Saudi counterpart, Health Minister Dr. Toufic Bin Fawzan Al-Rabiah a plaque of appreciation during a meeting held in parallel to Dubai health exhibition. The ministers discussed the situation of H...

Hospital-based Cause Of Death Notification System

31/01/19

A National Hospital Based Mortality Notification system (HMS) was established at the beginning of 2017 in collaboration with the World Health Organization and in cooperation with the Syndicate of hospitals as an expansion of the maternal and neonatal death reporting system establ...

Lebanon Ranked 23rd in the World for Healthcare Efficiency

05/02/19

According to Bloomberg's Healthcare Efficiency Index, Lebanon has reached the top 25 in the world health-care efficiency. Ranked 23rd, Lebanon has proved once again its ability to accomplish great achievements in the medical field. With an effic...

Children's Cancer Center of Lebanon Launched "I Am And I Will" Campaign

05/02/19

وطنية - أطلق مركز سرطان الاطفال في لبنان CCCL اليوم، لمناسبة اليوم العالمي للسرطان، حملة بعنوان #IAmAndIWill، تتمثل في "تصريح مصور أو مكتوب يتم نشره عبر شبكات التواصل الإجتماعي"، يعلن من خلاله صاحبه "عن التزام بسيط، معنوي أو مادي، دعما لمرضى السرطان"...

Revised Hospital Accreditation Standards in Lebanon- December 2022

05/02/19

The health care system has been adversely impacted by multi-dimensional crisis, including the economic collapse, COVID-19 pandemic, Beirut Port explosion, and socio-political unrest. The unavailability and increased cost of basic commodities such as fuel and electricity h...

Handover Process at the Ministry of Public Health

06/02/19

Former Minister of Public Health Ghassan Hasbani handed over today his post to his successor Minister Jamil Jabak at the Ministy of Public Health. During a meeting, the new Minister was briefed on the files former minister was working on. Both ministers then held a press ...

Jabak Toured Al-Fanar Hospital and Promised to Transfer the Patients to other Hospitals

18/02/19

Minister of Public Health Dr. Jamil Jabak toured today Al-Fanar hospital’s facilities in Msaileh with the head of health Service of South Lebanon Dr. Jalal Haydar, the hospital’s physicians Dr. Hasan Toufaily and Dr. Majed Kinj, Head of Health Department in th...

Jabak Discussed with the Syndicate of Hospitals Owners the Health Sector Issues and Received an Invitation to Attend the Arab Hospitals Forum in Cairo

20/02/19

The Minister of Public Health Jamil Jabak received a delegation from the private hospitals owners syndicate headed by Sleiman Haroun, in the presence of MP Fadi Alama. During a meeting, hospitals matters and the ways to find solutions for the problems of the citizens and ...

Jabak and Najjari Discussed the Cooperation between Lebanon and Egypt in the Exchange of Medicines

21/02/19

Minister of Public Health Jamil Jabak received UN Special coordinator for Lebanon Philippe Lazzarini. Both discussed the collaboration between the Ministry of Public Health and all the UN organizations working in Lebanon, such as UNIFIL, UNRWA or UNESCO. Lazzarini reitera...

Jabak Met with a Delegation from the Alliance of Palestinian Forces and Promised to Reduce the Prices of Medicines by 80%

25/02/19

Minister of Public Health Jamil Jabak met this afternoon with a delegation from the Alliance of the Palestinian Forces at the premises of the Ministry. The delegation congratulated him for taking office at the Ministry of Public Health. The meeting discussed the medical c...

Jabak Toured Nabih Berri Hospital and Praised its Equipment. We will Cancel Contracts with Hospitals that Refuse Emergency Patients

25/02/19

Minister of Public Health Dr. Jamil Jabak visited Nabih Berri Governmental University Hospital in Nabatieh and inspected the departments of the hospital, accompanied by the chairman of the board of directors, the Director General of the hospital Dr. Hasan Wazni who briefed him ...

Jabak from Halba Hospital: We will Increase its Budget to LL 7 billion and we won't Let any Hospital Deny a Patient's Admission

25/02/19

Minister of Public Health Dr. Jamil Jabak announced from Dr. Abdallah Al Rassi Governmental Hospital in Halba – Akkar that he will increase the budget of the hospital to LL 7 billion and completely eliminate the financial ceiling in it. “We will not let any ho...

Jabak Excluded the Possibility of the U.K. 's Decision having Implications on the Ministry of Public Health

26/02/19

Minister of Public Health Jamil Jabak was quoted as saying to “the Voice of Lebanon 93.3” radio station that the impacts of the U.K.’s decision on Hezbollah will apply to the system of the national unity government that deals with the internal matt...

Jabak Visited the Mais al-Jabal Governmental Hospital

04/03/19

Minister of Public Health Dr. Jamil Jabak arrived to Mais al-Jabal governmental hospital as part of his tour of governmental hospitals in Lebanon. He visited today districts of Marjayoun and Bint Jbeil, where he was received by the president of the Council for South Leban...

Jabak: We will Maintain the Financial Ceilings of the Private Hospitals and Make them Unlimited for the Governmental Ones

08/03/19

Minister of Public Health Jamil Jabak held an open meeting with the owners and directors of the private hospitals and the directors of the governmental hospitals in the presence of the Ministry Director of Medical Care Dr. Jospeh El-Helou and Head of the Office of the Min...

Jabak Toured West Bekaa Hospitals: I Apologize on behalf of the Lebanese State for Failing to Fulfill its Responsibilities towards the Region's Residents

11/03/19

Minister of Public Health Dr. Jamil Jabak visited the governmental hospitals located in West Bekaa as part of his tour of the governmental health facilities in Lebanon, starting with Kherbet Kanafar hospital. “We will not accept to see any hospital suffer f...

Jabak Visits "Al Bouar" Governmental Hospital and Primary Health Care Center

14/03/19

Minister of Public Health Dr. Jamil Jabak visited Bouar Governmental Hospital as part of his tour of governmental hospitals. “I would like to thank you for your warm welcome at your hospital. Every citizen in Lebanon has rights and duties. Our duty as a Leb...

Minister of Public Health Launched the National Colon Cancer Awareness Campaign

18/03/19

Minister of Public Health Dr. Jamil Jabak launched the National Colon Cancer Awareness Campaign to address the growing number of patients with this type of cancer and reduce delays in early detection. During a conference held at the Ministry of Public Health, Min...

Jabak Receives the New Ambassador of the Order of Malta

18/03/19

Minister of Public Health Dr. Jamil Jabak received the new ambassador of the Order of Malta in Lebanon Bertrand Besancenot accompanied by the first advisor to the Embassy François Abi Saab, and the Advisor to Malta Knights Association Khaled Kaskas. The projects be...

Work Program

18/03/19

PSO Work Program document- English - October 2018 In the run-up to the establishment of the PSO, issues where policy action is required and possible have been pre-identified and configured as “PSO Projects”. Each “PSO Project” is a concrete and ...

Functions

18/03/19

The PSO has three functions: The PSO provides direct policy support inputs, to MOH and other health sector stakeholders, in terms of policy formation and translation into implementation. In doing so, the PSO: analyses the potential, limitations and implications of e...

Background and Rationale

18/03/19

The Lebanese health sector has shown remarkable resilience and progress, despite an adverse geopolitical context. To a large extent this has been made possible by the performance of MoPH in its capacity of steward of the health sector A review of achievements and the critical ...

Jabak and the Ambassador of Cuba Looked into Ways of Collaboration in the Pharmaceutical Field

15/04/19

Minister of Public health Dr. Jamil Jabak received the Cuban Ambassador to Lebanon Alexander Moraga who said that the discussion tackled potential cooperation between the two countries in the medical field in the light of the progress Cuba made in the pharmaceutical indus...

Jabak Visiting Tripoli: the Situation is Difficult in Northern Lebanon and I am Seeking to Raise the Financial Ceilings for the Private Hospitals Despite Austerity

23/04/19

أعلن وزير الصحة الدكتور جميل جبق، خلال جولة قام بها لمستشفى الشفاء ومركز جهاز الطوارئ والاغاثة في طرابلس، أنه سيطلق خلال هذا الأسبوع مناقصات المستشفيات الحكومية، وسيرفع السقوف المالية لعدد من المستشفيات الخاصة "بالرغم من ظروف التقشف المالية الراهنة"، مشيرا إلى...

Jabak Discussed with MP Sami Fatfat the Health Needs in Northern Lebanon

25/04/19

Minister of Public Health Dr. Jamil Jabak received at his office at the Ministry MP Sami Fatfat with whom he discussed the health care services in Northern Lebanon. Fatfat mentioned the attention given by Minister Jabak to the region during his repeated field tours. In...

Accreditation standards for residential substance use rehabilitation programmes - 2019

08/05/19

The aim of these Accreditation Standards is to improve the quality of care and to ensure the protection of Human Rights for persons in Residential Substance Use Rehabilitation facilities in Lebanon. They have been developed in line with strategic objective 2.3.2 of the “Int...

Mapping of services for response to substance use disorders report- 2017

08/05/19

The mapping of services report provides a snapshot of existing services for substance use disorders in Lebanon in 2017, from prevention to treatment, rehabilitation, harm reduction and social re-integration. This is a descriptive report on the geographical distribution, target po...

Needs of women with substance use disorders in Lebanon - 2019

08/05/19

In line with objective 6.1.2 of the “Inter-ministerial Substance Use Response Strategy for Lebanon 2016-2021”, a qualitative assessment of the needs of women with substance use disorders was conducted to explore their perceived needs and experiences while receivi...

Practical Guide for Media Professionals on the Coverage of Mental Health and Substance Use

13/05/19

The National Mental Health Programme in the Ministry of Public Health with the support of the World Health Organization developed a Practical Guide for Media Professionals on the Coverage of Mental Health and Substance Use. The guide is designed to be used by journalists, news re...

Regulation of research

20/05/19

In line with MOPH Director General Circular 22 issued on 9/3/2018 related to the regulation of research in the field of mental health and psychosocial support and substance use in Lebanon, all organizations intending to conduct a study in this field involving displaced/refug...

Minister Jabak's Second Day in Geneva; Bilateral Meetings Held and Lebanon's Statement to be Delivered in the afternoon

21/05/19

إلتقى وزيري الصحة الفرنسي والبيلاروسي واللجنة الدولية للصليب الأحمر ويلقي بعد الظهر كلمة لبنان جبق: نسعى لتطوير الشراكة الدولية مع وزارة الصحة وتخفيف العبء عن موازنتها يواصل وزير الصحة العامة د. جميل جبق مشاركته في الجمعية العامة السنوية الثانية والسبعين لمنظمة ا...

Minister Jabak Delivered Lebanon's Statement at the 72nd Session of the World Health Assembly

23/05/19

تابع زيارته لجنيف والتقى مفوض الصحة في الاتحاد الأوروبي ومدير عام منظمة الصحة العالمية وزير الصحة العامة ألقى كلمة لبنان في الجمعية العامة لمنظمة الصحة العالمية وأبدى المخاوف من عدم قدرة لبنان على الإستمرار في ضمان الخدمات الصحية للنازحين جبق: للإسراع في العودة...

Lebanon Health Resilience Project in Collaboration with the World Bank

11/06/19

Background Achieving Universal Health Coverage is a main goal of the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) National Health Strategy, and is based on the principles of justice, equity, poverty reduction and the rational use of resources. It requires providing quality healt...

PSO Projects

13/06/19

I: Building MoPH & PSO readiness (2 PSO Projects) II: Modernising health care provision for Universal Health Coverage with People-centred care (11 PSO Projects) Project 4- EHR: Generalising the use of State-of-the-Art Electronic Health Records ...

National Awareness Campaign on the Reproductive Health 2018

14/06/19

Caretaker Deputy Prime Minister and health Minister Ghassan Hasbani launched the national awareness campaign on the reproductive health in cooperation with UNFPA in Lebanon. The campaign highlights the positive impact of the reproductive health services on the health of e...

Improving humanitarian crisis response policy and practice: mental health and psychosocial support coordination in Lebanon

17/06/19

This article, published in the Humanitarian exchange, shares Lebanon’s experience and lessons learned in mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) response coordination following the Syrian crisis. Lessons learned and key considerations for MHPSS coordination are put f...

Jabak Received a Delegation of Muslim Scholars Gathering

18/06/19

Minister of Public Health Dr. Jamil Jabak received a delegation of the Muslim Scholars Gathering headed by the head of the administrative body Sheikh Dr. Hassan Abdallah who noted the meeting discussed the steps taken by the Minister to maximize the benefits through the a...

Jabak at Dar El Fatwa: Consensus in Lebanon is a must

19/06/19

استقبل مفتي الجمهورية اللبنانية الشيخ عبد اللطيف دريان في دار الفتوى، وزير الصحة العامة الدكتور جميل جبق على رأس وفد من الوزارة، في حضور عضو المجلس الشرعي الإسلامي الأعلى رئيس جمعية المقاصد الدكتور فيصل سنو. جبق وبعد اللقاء، قال الوزير جبق: "اليوم تشرفنا بزيارة س...

Improving mental health care in humanitarian crises

28/06/19

What progress has been made in strengthening the evidence base on effective mental health and psychosocial support approaches in humanitarian contexts and translating this into good practice? What are the barriers to implementing MHPSS interventions for people affected by humanit...

Jabak Signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Red Cross Concerning the Prosthetics and Orthotics

02/07/19

The Minister of Public Health Dr. Jamil Jabak signed a memorandum of understanding and collaboration with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) represented by Pablo Percelsi, the ICRC’s deputy head of delegation in Lebanon. The memorandum aims at impro...

High-level meeting on the mental health reform in Lebanon- midterm evaluation results and priority-setting

05/07/19

The Ministry of Public Health-National Mental Health Programme held in February 2019 a high-level national stakeholder meeting to present the results and recommendations of the midterm evaluation of the National Mental Health Strategy for Lebanon (2015-2020) c...

Minister Jabak Presided over a Coordination Meeting at the Ministry before Heading to Iraq

11/07/19

Minister of Public Health Dr. Jamil Jabak held a coordination meeting today at his office at the Ministry in preparation for his visit to Iraq that will begin today at the head of a delegation that includes representatives of the syndicate of pharmaceutical manufacturers,...

Jabak Toured Nabatieh and Visited Raad and Sadek: Austerity Measures do not Apply to Health Care and South Hospitals are not Rejecting any Patient

22/07/19

Minister of Public Health Dr. Jamil Jabak toured Nabatieh where he visited the leader of Hezbollah’s loyalty to the resistance bloc MP Mohammad Raad at his office in Nabatieh. “Minister Jabak took the initiative to visit Nabatieh in the context of his...

Minister of Public Health Chairs a Preparatory Meeting for Beirut Forum of Arab Hospital Federation

23/07/19

Minister of Public Health Dr. Jamil Jabak held an expanded meeting in preparation for the annual forum of the Arab Hospital Federation, entitled “Beirut’s goals” that selected the capital of Lebanon Beirut to host it next February. Beirut Forum of Ara...

Jabak and the International Red Cross Launched a Project to Standardize the Prosthetic and Orthotic Services

23/07/19

Minister of Public Health Dr. Jamil Jabak launched a project to standardize the prosthetic and orthotic services in Lebanon in partnership with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the syndicate of Prosthetics and Orthotics professionals as well as stakeho...

Brigadier Hamdan Meets Minister Jabak: A Breakthrough in Health Security will be Achieved

29/07/19

Minister of Public health Dr. Jamil Jabak received the head of the Independent Nasserite Movement Brigadier Mostafa Hamdan who noted in a statement after the meeting that Minister Jabak bears responsibility for the health care situation, which is considered as a burden an...

Jabak Received Delegations from Akkar and North Lebanon

07/08/19

Minister of Public Health Dr. Jamil Jabak received a delegation from al-Hanan Hospital in Tripoli headed by the hospital’s director Haytham Sultan. The meeting was attended by the director of al-Zakat House Karameh Chalak, Fouad Hossein Agha and the members of the b...

Second Training Session of Proficiency Testing in Microbiological Laboratories in Active Hospitals in Lebanon

08/08/19

استكمالا لنشاط وزارة الصحة العامة في مكافحة مقاومة الميكروبات للمضادات الحيوية وإطلاق وزير الصحة العامة الدكتور جميل جبق مشروع التدريب على جودة الفحص الميكروبيولوجي بتاريخ 18/3/2019 https://bit.ly/2ZGPyRR وبالتعاون مع منظمة الصحة العالمية قامت اللجنة ا...

Jabak and the WHO Launched the Lebanon Clinical Trials Registry (LBCTR), the First of its Kind in the Arab Countries

21/08/19

Minister of Public Health Dr. Jamil Jabak launched in conjunction with the World Health Organization the Lebanon Clinical Trials Registry (LCTR), which is considered as the first in its kind in the Arab World and a national and regional accomplishment to enhance transparency an...

Documentary on Poliovirus and Acute Flaccid Paralysis Surveillance in Lebanon

29/08/19

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Jabak Discussed with his Belarusian Counterpart Ways to Develop Cooperation in the Field of Medicines and Medical Equipment

29/08/19

Minister of Public Health Dr. Jamil Jabak received his Belarusian counterpart Vladimir Karanik during his visit to Lebanon at the head of a delegation comprising representatives of private and governmental pharmaceutical and medical equipment factories in Belarus. In a...

Jabak Meets al-Alwan at the Start of his Visit to Beirut

29/08/19

Iraq’s Minister of Health Dr. Ali al-Alwan started his visit to Lebanon with a meeting with the Minister of Public Health Dr. Jamil Jabak who received him at the Ministry. During the meeting, they both discussed the different topics listed in the agenda that are mai...

The International Day for the Prevention of Over Dose

03/09/19

في اليوم العالمي للتوعية من الجرعة الزائدة: التذكير انه لا يقتضي اعلام قوى الامن الداخلي بشأن هذه الحالة الصحية 31 اب 2019 , بيروت- بمناسبة اليوم العالمي للتوعية من جرعة الزائدة، أصدر وزير الصحة العامة الدكتور جميل جبق التعميم رقم 76 تاريخ 22/8/2019 يحث بموجبه إدارات...

Hariri was Briefed by al-Alwan and Jabak on the items of the memorandum of Understanding Signed by Lebanon and Iraq

03/09/19

استقبل رئيس مجلس الوزراء سعد الحريري عصر اليوم، في "بيت الوسط" وزير الصحة العراقي علاء العلوان والوفد المرافق في حضور وزير الصحة جميل جبق والسفير العراقي في لبنان علي عباس العامري، وجرى خلال اللقاء عرض لسبل التعاون بين البلدين ولا سيما في القطاع الصحي، واطلع ا...

Assessment of the Quality of Services at the Primary Health Care Centers

20/09/19

Aiming for the continuous endeavor to guarantee the provision of high quality of health care services in our primary health care centers. The PHC team has assessed the quality of these services through field visits during the first half of 2019. Accordingly, you can f...

National Initiative for Mental Health in the Workplace

23/09/19

The National Initiative for Mental health in the workplace was launched on September 18, 2019 by the Ministry of Public Health. Why? Several factors affect our mental health, be it personal, social or professional with impacts which can be both positive or negative. T...

National Mental Health Awareness Campaign 2019

23/09/19

The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH), launched the fourth National Awareness Campaign on Mental Health “Mental Health in the Workplace” with the slogan “Don’t miss the opportunity” “ما تضيعوا الفرصة”, in collaboration with the World Healt...

Maneuver in Kfar Falous Attended by more than 932 Medical Professionals Jabak: the First of its Kind in Lebanon

09/10/19

نفذت اليوم في كفرفالوس مناورة للاستجابة لعمل حربي يتخلله استخدام مواد كيميائية، شارك فيها اكثر من 932 شخصا، برعاية وزير الصحة العامة الدكتور جميل جبق وحضوره وممثلين لقادة الاجهزة الامنية والمدير العام للدفاع المدني العميد ريمون خطار وممثلة منظمة الصحة العالمية ايمان الشنقي...

National Immunization Strategy 2017-2022

08/11/19

Foreword There have been many transformations to the NIP inthe recent years. New vaccines wereadded to the vaccination schedule, the cohorts served by the public sector kepton expandingsince the onset of the Syrian crisis, measures to consolidatethe vaccine purchasing ...

Drugs Public Price List 2019

09/01/20

Drugs Public Price List according to exchange rate No.19/2/31119 issued on 30/7/2019 based on Minister's Decision No. 1558/1 issued on 2/8/2019 and published in the official gazette on 8/8/2019 Drugs Prices According to the Exchange Rate Issued on 17/12/2019 ...

Feeding Infants and Young Children in Exceptional and Difficult Circumstances

13/01/20

In view of the economic crisis Lebanon is facing and the different initiatives to provide the individuals with assistance as to infant and young child feeding, the Ministry of Public Health and its partners recall the importance of following: promoting and supporting breast...

Minister Hassan was Briefed on Precautions to Prevent Corona Transmission at Rafic Hariri International Airport

27/01/20

The Minister of Public Health Dr. Hamad Hasan visited Rafic Hariri International Airport where he met the quarantine personnel and was briefed on the measures taken to prevent the transmission of the coronavirus. Dr. Hasan was received by the vice president of the airport...

Unexpected Visit of the Minister of Public Health to the Airport

28/01/20

Minister of Public Health Dr. Hamad Hasan paid an unexpected visit to Rafic Hariri International Airport at dawn. Minister Hasan expressed his relief at the readiness of the medical team and controllers at the airport who are checking the passengers entering the countr...

Novel Coronavirus 2019

28/01/20

Procedures for Incoming Passengers to Lebanon COVID-19 Vaccine List of the Laboratories Authorized by the Ministry of Public Health to Perform PCR Tests- 7/6/2021 Travel Procedures and Informations Procedures for All Incoming Passenge...

Statement Issued by the MoPH on the nCov-2019 in Lebanon

30/01/20

With reference to the reported 2019-nCoV cases of Lebanese or foreigners who entered the Lebanese territories, the Ministry of Public Health clarifies the following: This circulated news is completely baseless and only aims at raising concerns among the citi...

The Ministry of Public Health Reaffirms that there are NO Coronavirus Cases in Lebanon

30/01/20

The media Office of the Minister of Public Health Dr. Hamad Hasan issued the following statement: The Ministry of Public Health reaffirms that there are NO 2019-nCoV cases in Lebanon and reiterates that all that has been circulated on social media in this regard is fak...

No Cases of Coronavirus Infection among the Lebanese in Wuhan

03/02/20

The media office of the Minister of Public Health Dr. Hamad Hasan noted that his office contacted the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to check on the Lebanese in Wuhan, China where the coronavirus outbreak started and the preventive measures they are taking. He was informed that...

Minister Hasan Met with a Delegation from the World Bank and the Inspection Doctors and Reiterates the Absence of any Case of Coronavirus in Lebanon

03/02/20

كرر التأكيد أن لا إصابات بفيروس كورونا في لبنان والتقى وفدًا من البنك الدولي وزير الصحة العامة عقد لقاء موسعًا مع الأطباء المراقبين وحدد ضوابط العمل "لن أتردد في فتح ملفات تثير شبهات هدر وفساد" ترأس وزير الصحة العامة د. حمد حسن إجتماعًا موسعًا مع ...

The Health Situation on Board the Ship Coming from the Far East to Lebanon

03/02/20

يهم المكتب الإعلامي لوزير الصحة العامة توضيح التالي بشأن الباخرة القادمة من الشرق الاقصى والتي سترسو في مرفأي طرابلس وبيروت مطلع الأسبوع المقبل: أولا: إن الباخرة المذكورة قد انطلقت في رحلتها منذ اكثر من ١٥ يوما وهي فترة تتجاوز فترة حضانة مرض الكورونا المستجد ...

Hasan Calls on to Seek Information on Coronavirus from the Competent Authorities at the MoPH

04/02/20

A workshop for media professionals was launched by the Minister of Public Health in a bid to help collaborate with the Ministry of Public Health to disseminate information and guidance on the coronavirus. During the workshop, it was stressed on the need to collect informa...

The Ministry of Public Health and the Lebanese Pediatric Society urge parents to get their Children Vaccinated against Measles

18/02/20

WHO and UNICEF call for collective actions to fight measles during outbreak February 17, 2020 – The recent measles vaccination campaign launched back in December following the outbreak that has spread across Lebanon have many parents concerned. The ...

Minister Hasan and the Chinese Ambassador Followed up on the Developments Regarding the Control of Coronavirus Spread

20/02/20

The Minister of Public Health Dr. Hamad Hasan held a meeting with the Chinese ambassador in Lebanon Wang Kejian during which they discussed the latest developments on the preventive measures against the Coronavirus and ways to develop them. Minister Hasan reassured tha...

Minister Hasan Announces First Coronavirus Case in Lebanon

24/02/20

The Minister of Public Health Dr. Hamad Hasan confirmed the first case of coronavirus in Lebanon after a patient was tested positive for the virus. The 45-year-old infected woman was on board the flight from Qom, Iran. During a press conference held in the presence of ...

Protective Measures against the Coronavirus

24/02/20

Questions and Answers: What is coronavirus (COVID-2019)? What is the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV)? What can you do if you are traveling from China to Lebanon? Do you have to travel to China after the outbreak of the 2019-nCoV? Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Ho...

Provision of TPA Services in Primary Healthcare Centers (Invitation of Expression of Interest EOI for Specialised Companies)

26/02/20

The Lebanese Ministry of Public Health invites specialized consulting firms to express their interest to provide TPA services through the Ministry of Public Health project (World Bank loan - Project No. P163476 - Lebanon Health Resilience Project). The required service...

Statement Issued by the Ministry of Public Health

27/02/20

The Ministry of Public Health issued the following statement: The Ministry of Public Health confirms the second case of coronavirus in Lebanon. The patient was on board the same flight as the first patient with coronavirus. She returned to Lebanon on the 20th of ...

Press Release Concerning Coronavirus Situation in Lebanon

02/03/20

بتاريخ 2/3/2020 الساعة 8:00 صباحاً بتاريخ 29 شباط 2020، اجرى مختبر مستشفى الحريري الجامعي 57 تحليلاً مخبرياً لعينات من اشخاص مشتبه بإصابتهم بفيروس الكورونا وكانت النتيجة 54 سلبي وثلاثة ايجابي. بذلك يكون قد تم تشخيص ثلاث حالات إضافية مصابة بفيروس الكورون...

COVID-19 Outbreak Level in Lebanon Compared to Other Countries

02/03/20

سجلت مصادر إعلامية مقارنة بين مستوى تفشي كورونا في لبنان وكل من فرنسا وإيطاليا بالقياس لطريقة التعامل الإعلامي مع الجهود الحكومية الوقائية ودرجة التفشي للفيروس، ولاحظت حملات تشكيك لبنانية قاسية ونشر للهلع مقابل حملات تضامن أوروبيّة ونشر للثقة، رغم فوارق النمو للفيروس لحساب نج...

The Ministry of Public Health Confirms That the Epidemiological Situation in Lebanon is Still in the Phase of Containment

02/03/20

صدر عن وزارة الصحة العامة البيان التالي: في إطار مراقبة فيروس كورونا 2019 (Covid 2019)، ووفقًا لتوصيات منظمة الصحة العالمية، تقوم وزارة الصحة العامة منذ تفشي المرض، بمتابعة الوافدين من البلدان التي سجل فيها انتشار محلي. ولتاريخه، تم تشخيص أربع (4) حالات مخبرية...

Minister Hasan Postponed His Visit to North-Lebanon Hospitals

02/03/20

أرجأ وزير الصحة العامة الدكتور حمد حسن زيارة كانت مقررة اليوم لمستشفيات الشمال، نتيجة انشغاله بالمتابعة الميدانية للاجراءات المتخذة في نقطة المصنع الحدودية، كما في مطار رفيق الحريري الدولي. ...

Agence France-Presse Report on the Ministry of Public Health

04/03/20

جهّزت السلطات اللبنانية مستشفيات حكومية في ثماني مناطق على الأقل في إطار خطة استباقية لمواجهة فيروس كورونا المستجد بعد تسجيل 13 إصابة في نحو أسبوعين، وفق ما أعلن وزير الصحة حمد حسن لوكالة فرانس برس الثلاثاء. ويظهر تحليل الإصابات المسجلة لغير الوافدين من الخارج، وفق حسن، أنها...

A New Confirmed Coronavirus Case In Lebanon

05/03/20

The Ministry of Public Health issued the following statement: The Ministry of Public Health announces that a new confirmed case of coronavirus was registered in Lebanon, bringing the total to 16. The infected person is a Lebanese woman who has just arrived from the United Ki...

Rafik Hariri University Hospital Report: The Total Number of Infections in Lebanon Increased to 16

06/03/20

According to the latest daily report of Rafik Hariri University Hospital regarding the COVID-19, the hospital admitted within the last 24 hours 74 cases in the emergency bay that is especially dedicated for the reception of suspected cases of coronavirus. All of them were...

The Daily Report on the Latest COVID-19 updates at Rafik Hariri University Hospital

09/03/20

Rafik Hariri University Hospital admitted within the last 24 hours 156 cases in the emergency bay that is especially dedicated for the reception of suspected cases of coronavirus. All of them were examined, and 13 were quarantined based on the assessment of the inspect...

The Daily Report on the Latest COVID-19 updates at Rafik Hariri University Hospital

09/03/20

Rafik Hariri University Hospital admitted within the last 24 hours 100 cases in the emergency bay that is especially dedicated for the reception of suspected cases of coronavirus. All of them were examined, and 19 were quarantined based on the assessment of the inspect...

The First Coronavirus Death Confirmed in Lebanon

10/03/20

تعلن وزارة الصحة العامة عن وفاة مواطن لبناني (56 عاما) أصيب بفيروس كورونا المستجد، كان قد أعلن سابقا انه في وضع حرج وغير مستقر. وكان المتوفى قد أتى إلى لبنان من مصر بتاريخ الحادي والعشرين من شباط الماضي. ...

Issuance of the Daily Report on COVID-19 of 11/3/2020

11/03/20

Up to this date, the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Lebanon is 61. 52 of all cases were diagnosed at Rafik Hariri University Hospital, while 9 people were diagnosed at University hospitals. 37% of all cases involve patients travelling from outside Lebanon ...

Issuance of the Daily Report on COVID-19 of 12/3/2020

12/03/20

Since February 21 to March 12, 2020 at noon, the total number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Lebanon has reached 66, including the cases that were diagnosed at Rafik Hariri University Hospital and the other University hospitals. A new death was registered this morning, br...

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-2019) National Health Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan

13/03/20

This document has been developed to establish a national plan of action to scale up preparedness and response capacities in Lebanon for prevention, early detection, and rapid response to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-2019) as required under the International Health Regulation...

Daily Report on Covid-19 of 13/3/2020

13/03/20

Since February 21 to March 13, 2020 at noon, the total number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Lebanon has reached 77, including the cases that were diagnosed at Rafik Hariri University Hospital and the cases reported by other University hospitals. The Ministry of Pub...

The Daily Report on the Latest COVID-19 Updates at Rafik Hariri University Hospital

13/03/20

This report shows the number of tests performed in the Hospital’s laboratories, without mentioning those carried out at other laboratories. It sets out number of cases in the isolation and quarantine units at the hospital. The Ministry shall report all the cases di...

Daily Report on Covid-19 of 14/3/2020

14/03/20

Since February 21 to March 14, 2020, the total number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Lebanon rose to 93, including the cases that were diagnosed at Rafik Hariri University Hospital and the other cases reported by the listed University hospitals. The Ministry of Publ...

Daily Report on Covid-19 of 15/3/2020

15/03/20

Since February 21 to March 15, 2020, the total number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Lebanon rose to 99, including the cases that were diagnosed at Rafik Hariri University Hospital and the other cases reported by the listed University hospitals. The Ministry of Publ...

Issuance of Memorandum No. 53 of 17/3/2020 on filling out the traveller's form on board all the planes flying to Lebanon

17/03/20

Memorandum No. 53 of 17/3/2020 Issued By the Minister on filling out the traveller's form on board all the planes flying to Lebanon ...

Daily Report on Covid-19 of 17/3/2020

17/03/20

Since February 21 to March 17, 2020, the total number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Lebanon rose to 120, including the cases that were diagnosed at Rafik Hariri University Hospital and the other cases reported by the listed University hospitals. (An additional 11 case...

Daily Report on Covid-19 of 18/3/2020

18/03/20

Since February 21 to March 18, 2020, the total number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Lebanon has reached 133, including the cases that were diagnosed at Rafik Hariri University Hospital and the other cases reported by the listed University hospitals. (An additional 13 ...

COVID-19 Confirmed Cases by Casa, Lebanon,21 Feb-16 March 2020

18/03/20

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Minister Hasan's Statement Denies the Current News About the Existence of A Decision to Isolate Some Areas of Lebanon

20/03/20

صدر عن المكتب الاعلامي لوزير الصحَّة العامة الدكتور حمد حسن بياناً نفى فيه الأخبار المتداولة عن وجود قرار بعزل بعض المناطق اللبنانيَّة اليوم، مؤكداً على ما تقرر في جلسة مجلس الوزراء لناحية التشدّد في تنفيذ الإجراءات ذات الصلة لا سيما في الشقّ المتعلق بمنع التجمعات والحدّ من الت...

Daily Report on Covid-19 of 20/3/2020

20/03/20

Since February 21 to March 20, 2020, the total number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Lebanon has reached 163, including the cases that were diagnosed at Rafik Hariri University Hospital and the other cases reported by the listed University hospitals. (An additional 14 cases ...

New Website Launched by the Ministry of Information Regarding Coronavirus Latest News in Lebanon

20/03/20

The Ministry of Information launched a website to follow up on the latest developments on Corona virus in Lebanon: https://corona.ministryinfo.gov.lb...

Minister Hasan Presented to the Health Committee the National Plan and Revealed the Problems That Hindered the Implementation of the World Bank Loan

20/03/20

Minister Hasan's Presentation Regarding the Readiness of the Health Sector in Lebanon in Response to COVID-19 الوزير حسن: نسعى لتمديد المرحلة الثالثة الحالية ونتهيأ لمرحلة الإستنفار إذا حلّت النائب عراجي: تجهيز كافة المستشفيات الحكومية وعدد أجهزة التنفس 1185 عرض ...

Are we Ready for the Outbreak of the Epidemic Locally? Minister of Public Health Dr. Hamad Hassan Explains the Readiness of the Health Sector in Lebanon to Respond to the Corona Virus

21/03/20

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Coronavirus COVID-19 Lebanon Cases

21/03/20

Follow up with the numbers, data and the latest updates regarding the epidemiological surveillance of the Corona epidemic in Lebanon, through the ministry's "Coronavirus COVID-19 Lebanon Cases" ...

Minister Hasan Requests to Impose the Severest Penalties on anyone who Neglected the Case of the Syrian Patient

30/03/20

The Minister of Public Health Dr. Hamad Hasan referred to the Public Prosecutor the case of the deceased Syrian patient Magida Zoueir. The forty-year-old patient was suffering serious illness and had presented on March 17 to many hospitals in North-Lebanon, including Al-M...

What Corona Numbers in Lebanon Actually Mean

03/04/20

What Corona Numbers in Lebanon Actually Mean: The Director General of the Ministry of Health, Dr. Walid Ammar, explains and analyzes the current situation of Corona in Lebanon. ...

List of Hospitals Eligible for SARS-CoV-2 Testing Using RT-PCR

03/04/20

Beirut: April 8, 2020 List of Hospitals Eligible for SARS-CoV-2 Testing Using RT-PCR: Rafik Hariri University Hospital (Free Examination) American University Hospital in Beirut Hôtel-Dieu de France Hospital LAU Medical Center-Rizk Hospital Sai...

Laws and Regulations

04/04/20

Type Signature Number Date Topic Document Circular Minister of Public Health 9 9-3-2022 Related to providing specialized mental health medications in primary health care centers Circular Number ...

Form to be Filled out by the Lebanese Expats

04/04/20

The Ministry of Public Health would like to inform all the Lebanese expats wishing to return to Lebanon on board the flights scheduled to start tomorrow Sunday that they must fill out a special form and answer all the questions it includes. The form is avaiable at:&nbs...

National Action Plan for the MHPSS Response to COVID-19

06/04/20

This action plan was developed as part of the national response to the COVID-19 outbreak. It aims at comprehensively addressing the MHPSS aspects of the COVID-19 outbreak in Lebanon for all persons living in the country. It was developed by the MOPH-National Mental Health Program...

Minister Hasan Concludes His Tour of North Lebanon with A Visit To Batroun Hospital

09/04/20

وزير الصحة اختتم جولته الشمالية بتفقد مستشفى البترون :لا يزال امامنا اسبوعان لمواجهة الوباء ومحاصرته اختتم وزير الصحة العامة الدكتور حمد حسن جولته الشمالية في مستشفى البترون حيث تفقد التحضيرات الجارية لتأمين وتجهيز قسم للحجر الصحي فيه . وكان في استقباله عضو تكتل ا...

Mininster Hasan Considers the Measures Taken in Jezzine against Coronavirus

13/04/20

During a meeting that gathered the Minister of Public Health Dr. Hamad Hasan and MPs Ziad Al Aswad and Salim Khoury, the measures taken against the coronavirus in South-Lebanon, in particular Jezzine were discussed. It was also stressed on the importance to enhance t...

The Lab Results of the Passengers on the Planes from Kuwait, Dubai, Luanda and Rome are Negative

13/04/20

The Ministry of Public Health announces that the tests done on the 123 passengers who flew in to the country yesterday from Kuwait came back negative for COVID-19. One passenger will be retested within the coming two days to confirm whether the result is positive or negat...

Minister Hassan at Saint George Hospital: We're Looking Forward With Hope to Lebanon's Bright Future

14/04/20

جال وزير الصحة العامة الدكتور حمد حسن في مستشفى سان جورج، يرافقه وزير الصناعة عماد حب الله، النواب فادي علام، علي عمار، أمين شري وحكمت ديب، النائب السابق ناجي غاريوس، رئيس مجلس إدارة سان جورج الدكتور محمد بشير، مدير سان جورج الدكتور حسن عليق، رئيس اتحاد بلديات الضاحية محمد در...

The Lab Results of the Passengers on the Plane from London

14/04/20

The Ministry of Public Health announces that two passengers who flew in to Lebanon yesterday April 13, 2020 on board the plane from London tested positive for COVID-19. The two passengers whose test results returned positive will be transferred to the hospital. Those w...

Quality Assurance of Pharmaceutical Products Program: The Way forward

15/04/20

Quality Assurance of Pharmaceutical Products Program: The Way forward This monograph reviews the history and development of promoting a sound policy in public health in Lebanon, with particular reference to the efforts that lead to the establishment of the Quality Assu...

Health Minister: No Community Spread of Coronavirus In Lebanon

15/04/20

حضر وزير الصحة العامة الدكتور حمد حسن صباح اليوم إلى المجلس الدستوري حيث صرح عن أمواله وممتلكاته. ورد على أسئلة الصحافيين قبل دخوله فقال: " إنها خطوة نمارسها بالتطبيق العملي لا بالشعار، ومثلما نصرح اليوم عن ممتلكاتنا، كذلك سنفعل عند خروجنا من العمل في الشأن العام،...

Minister Hasan Launches MoPH Chatbot on WhatsApp

16/04/20

Today the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health has launched the MoPH chatbot on WhatsApp. The new service, which is free-to-use, provides a central source of accurate, trustworthy and up-to-date information about Coronavirus (COVID-19) for everyone in Lebanon. The MoPH c...

A Series of Meetings Held By The Minister of Health Prior to the Phase of Increasing the Number of Tests

17/04/20

The Minister of Public Health Dr. Hamad Hasan held a series of meetings with the teams of the Ministry to proceed with the distribution of the medical supplies Lebanon has received from China and Qatar that include 3000 PCR exams and 200 thermometers, in addition to 11 to...

Hasan From Zahleh: The Results Today Are Good And We Are Working According to the Plan Put In Place

18/04/20

During the inauguration of a laboratory for coronavirus testing, offered by MP Michel Daher and a coronavirus department that was equipped by the administration of Elias Hrawi Governmental hospital in Zahleh and a group of donors, Minister Hasan stated that the results were goo...

Additional PCR Tests To Be Performed At Random To Decide On The Next Steps

18/04/20

The Ministry of Public Health announced in a statement that Minister Hasan’s tour of healthcare centers in Akkar and Beqaa came at a time when the Ministry proceeds with preparations for the next stage. Medical teams from the ministry performed random PCR tests in Baalbec...

The Results of Tests Performed on 20/04/2020

20/04/20

Teams from the Ministry of Public Health proceeded today with the random PCR tests in the following five regions: Hermel and the Lebanese-Syrian borders: 74 tests Hasbaya and Rashaya hospitals: 85 tests Burj Hammoud and Mansourieh in North-Metn: 71 tests Tabarja in Kesrou...

Coordination Meeting between Minister Hasan and WHO Representative

21/04/20

Dr. Shankiti: the decrease in the number of COVID-19 cases in Lebanon is a good sign at the geographic level and as to the transmission of the virus The Minister of Public Health Dr. Hamad Hasan held today a meeting in his office with WHO representative to Lebanon Dr. ...

Minister Hasan Follows up on the Second Phase of Random Test Examination

21/04/20

The medical teams perform further random PCR tests in different regions across Lebanon Minister Hasan commends the efforts of the volunteers The Minister of Public Health Dr. Hamad Hasan oversaw the medical teams of the Ministry while carrying out random tests as pa...

Minister Hasan Meets with the Syndicate of the Private Hospitals Owners

22/04/20

The Minister of Public Dr. Hamad Hasan received in his office a delegation of the Private Hospitals Syndicate led by its president Suleiman Haroun to discuss the financial situation of the private hospitals. During the meeting, Minister Hasan stressed on the role of th...

The Minister of Public Health Discusses with the WHO Ways of Strengthening the Efforts Aimed at Fighting the Coronavirus

22/04/20

Dr. Rana Hajjeh: the lockdown measures should not be reduced The Minister of Public Health Dr. Hamad Hasan received in his office at the Ministry WHO Deputy Regional Director Dr. Rana Hajjeh and WHO representative to Lebanon Dr. Iman Shankiti. The meeting discussed w...

Minister Hasan and Representatives of International Organizations Agreed on a Joint Working Strategy

23/04/20

The Minister of Public Health Dr. Hamad Hasan received in his office a delegation of International organizations working in Lebanon that included the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Lebanon, the acting Humanitarian Coordinator, UNRWA Director in Lebanon, WHO repres...

Suppressing COVID-19 Transmission 19/7/2020

24/04/20

Measures Taken by MoPH to Suppress COVID-19 Measures Taken by the Government and Other Ministries &n...

The Lab Results of the Passengers Returning to Lebanon on April 30

01/05/20

The Ministry of Public Health announces that one of the 155 passengers who flew in to the country yesterday from London tested positive for COVID-19. Of the 149 passengers who returned yesterday from Qatar, two people tested positive for COVID-19. The passengers whose tes...

Lab Results of the Passengers Returning to Lebanon on May 3- 4

06/05/20

The Ministry of Public Health announces that six of the passengers who flew in to the country on Monday, May 4 from Sierra Leone tested positive for COVID-19. The passengers whose test results returned positive will be transferred to the hospital. Those who teste...

Lab Results of Expats Returning across Masnaa and Abboudieh Border Crossings

07/05/20

The Ministry of Public Health announces that the results of all the PCR tests performed for the Lebanese expats returning to Lebanon across Masnaa (91 tests) and Abboudieh (102 tests) border crossings returned negative. All these expats are urged to strictly comply wit...

The Latest Lab Results for the Lebanese Expats

08/05/20

The Ministry of Public Health announces the following results of the tests performed for the passengers on board the flights to Lebanon as part of the second phase of Lebanese repatriation: One confirmed COVID-19 case among the Lebanese on board the plane fr...

PCR tests conducted by Teams From the Ministry in Metn District

09/05/20

A team from the Ministry of Public Health headed by Dr. Ali Karout conducted PCR tests in many towns and villages in Metn District. People who came into contact with positive cases, those who suffer from respiratory disorders, sinusitis or allergies, or workers with direc...

Lab Results of Passengers Returning From Moscow, Minsk, Kuwait, Douala, Bahrain, Dubai, London and Ukraine

10/05/20

The Ministry of Public Health announces the following results of the tests performed for the passengers on board the flights to Lebanon as part of the second phase of Lebanese repatriation: Ten confirmed COVID-19 cases among the Lebanese on board the plane f...

Lebanon Clinical Trials Registry (LBCTR)

14/05/20

Nine Positive Cases among the Passengers Returning from Accra, Kinshasa, Frankfurt and South Sudan

18/05/20

The Ministry of Public Health announces the following results of the tests that were administered to 760 passengers on board the flights to Lebanon and 11 passengers on board private jets, as part of the third phase of expat returns: Four confirmed COVID-19 ...

10 Confirmed Cases Among the Passengers Returning From Lagos, and 2 Among the Expats From Paris and Pointe-Noire

19/05/20

The Ministry of Public Health announces the following results of the tests performed for the passengers on board the flights to Lebanon as part of the third phase of Lebanese repatriation: Ten confirmed COVID-19 cases among the Lebanese on board the plane from Lagos. One ...

Minister Hasan Followed Up Importing Medical Devices and Equipment Issue

20/05/20

The Minister of Public Health Dr. Hamad Hasan met with Salma Assi, the spokeswoman for medical equipment importers in Lebanon to bring up the issues and challenges the sector is facing. Minister Hasan communicated with the Minister of Finance Dr. Ghazi Wazni to help remove t...

PCR Tests Administered at the Justice Palace in Zahleh and the Different Governmental Hospitals

26/05/20

A team from the Epidemiological Surveillance Unit of the Ministry of Public Health administered PCR tests at the Justice Palace in Zahleh on judges, workers and soldiers who came into contact with the soldier who works in the palace and found to have caught COVID-19. These test...

National Tuberculosis Program

08/06/20

About the National Tuberculosis Program-Lebanon NTP Centers and Services The National Tuberculosis Program (NTP), under the Ministry of Public Health of Lebanon, operates through the Tuberculosis (TB) central unit at Karantina and 9 TB control centers ...

Dr. Walid Ammar Honoured by the Order of Nurses in Lebanon

11/06/20

بيروت في 10/06/2020 كلمة نقيبة الممرضات والممرضين في لبنان بمناسبة تكريم مدير عام وزارة الصحة د. وليد عمار سبعة وعشرون عُمر الامانة التي تحمّل مسؤوليتها واعطاها من قلبه ووجدانه وخبرته في تجربة قلّ نظيرها لانها تميّزت بالاستقرار والاستمرار والنجاح. &nbs...

Minister Hasan Chairs a Workshop for Inspection Doctors Working in Nabatieh and South Lebanon Governorates

16/06/20

ترأس وزير الصحة العامة الدكتور حمد حسن الورشة التدريبية التي نظمتها وزارة الصحة العامة للأطباء المراقبين في محافظتي الجنوب والنبطية بحضور رئيس مصلحة المستشفيات والمستوصفات الدكتور جهاد مكوك، ومدير العناية الطبية الدكتور جوزف حلو. وهذه الورشة هي الرابعة بعد ورشتين تدريبي...

Minister Hasan Concludes his Tour in South Lebanon with a Visit to Tibnine Hospital

22/06/20

وصل وزير الصحة العامة الدكتور حمد حسن إلى "مستشفى تبنين الحكومي"، محطته الأخيرة في جولته الجنوبية على مستشفيات شبعا، مرجعيون وميس الجبل الحكومية، قرابة الثالثة بعد ظهر اليوم. وكان في إستقباله رئيس مجلس إدارة المستشفى الدكتور محمد حمادة وأعضاء من الجسم الطبي...

New Procedures For All Incoming Passengers to Lebanon

29/06/20

Item number 4 of circular No. 7/2 dated 27/01/2021 is canceled, all passengers arriving to Lebanon are no longer required to complete the Medical form issued by Lebanese Ministry of Public Health, which was available electronically through the Link: http://maps.moph.go...

Issuance of Circular No. 99 About Travelers Coming To Lebanon

30/06/20

Memo No. 99 About Travelers Coming To Lebanon ...

The Ministry Performed PCR Tests in many Regions as Lebanon Reopens

02/07/20

تابعت اليوم فرق وزارة الصحة العامة إجراء فحوصات PCR لمخالطين لحالات مصابة ولفئات معرضة للاصابة، في المناطق والأماكن التالية: طرابلس الميناء، مخيم البداوي، مجدل عنجر، مخيم برج البراجنة ورأس النبع - بيروت، وذلك في إطار استراتيجية التتبع والترصد التي تعتمدها وزارة الصحة ال...

Strengthening Lebanon's COVID-19 Response Project in Collaboration with the World Bank

14/07/20

Due to the unmet need for vaccines and the financial limitation of the GOL to meet the increasing health care needs, the “Strengthening Lebanon’s COVID-19 Response Project” will finance further purchase and deployment of equitable COVID-19 vaccines and needed ...

Lebanon Health Resilience Project in Collaboration with the World Bank

14/07/20

"Ma3an" Together Against Corona

21/07/20

Mobile App. Description Ma3an is the official contact tracing and exposure notification app for Lebanon, conceived and developed by the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH), in collaboration with a team of experts from the American University of Beirut (Faculty of Health S...

Meeting Between Minister Hasan and Head of UNFPA Office In Lebanon on the Framework of Cooperation

23/07/20

وزير الصحة بحث في إطار التعاون مع صندوق الأمم المتحدة للسكان قرداحي: الاجتماع مثمر ومميز عرض وزير الصحة العامة الدكتور حمد حسن إطار التعاون بين وزارة الصحة العامة وصندوق الأمم المتحدة للسكان في لبنان في اجتماع عقده في مكتبه في الوزارة مع مديرة الصندوق في لبنان أسمى قرد...

New Procedures for Incoming Passengers starting 27/9/2022

23/07/20

Procedures for All Incoming Passengers to Lebanon Minister's Decision No. 904/1 of 27/9/2022 on the Exemption From COVID-19 Testing For Passengers at All Crossing Points Privacy Policy The data on this platform is processed...

Cooperation Agreement Between Mount Lebanon Hospital and University of Balamand

23/07/20

اتفاق تعاون بين مستشفى جبل لبنان وجامعة البلمند وزير الصحة: نحاول ان نقدم الى الناس ما نطمح اليه من حماية ورعاية وقع "مستشفى جبل لبنان" وجامعة البلمند اتفاق تعاون للتطوير والتحسين ليصبح مركزا طبيا، في حرم المستشفى، في حضور وزير الصحة العامة حمد حسن، نقي...

Distribution of Aid and Medical Assistance to the Hospitals following Beirut Blast on 4/8/2020

11/08/20

رقم كتاب وزارة الصحة التاريخ الجهة المستقيدة لائحة المساعدات 21/1/1452 14/1/2021 المستشفيات: بهمن، حداد الوردبة، الساحل، الزهراء، الأرز، مركز العائلة الطبي، المركزي،الشرق الأوسط، سرحال، سيدة مارتين، الططري لائحة المساع...

Minister Hasan, Nahas and Darwish Discussed the measures to be taken to face the growing number of infections in North Lebanon

01/09/20

استقبل وزير الصحة العامة في حكومة تصريف الاعمال الدكتور حمد حسن وفدا من كتلة "الوسط المستقل" ضم النائبين نقولا نحاس وعلي درويش وخلدون الشريف، وتناول البحث الإجراءات التي تتخذها وزارة الصحة في ضوء التزايد الكبير للاصابات بوباء كورونا في الشمال. وأعلن نحاس أن...

Hemodialysis Patients with COVID-19 in Lebanon

09/09/20

Date: 8th September 2020 Prepared by: The National Committee for Kidney Health (Dr Mabel Aoun, Dr Hussein Karnib, Dr Sahar Koubar, Dr Jihad Makkouk, Mr Ali Roumani) Background Lebanon has ~4100 patients on chronic hemodialysis, distributed as follows: Be...

Preventing suicide in Lebanon-Much can be done with whole-of-society approach

12/09/20

On the occasion of World suicide Prevention Day 2020, this policy brief was launched by the NMHP, WHO, Embrace with the support of AFD, highlighting key statistics in Lebanon, what needs to be done, and what has been done so far. Decreasing suicide is a target of the 2030 sust...

Minister Hasan and UNICEF Representative Consider Ways to Support Lebanon to Join GAVI

21/09/20

استقبل وزير الصحة العامة في حكومة تصريف الاعمال الدكتور حمد حسن في مكتبه في الوزارة، ممثلة منظمة الأمم المتحدة للطفولة في لبنان (اليونيسف ) يوكي موكو، وتناول البحث دعم طلب لبنان للانضمام إلى التحالف العالمي للقاحات (غافي GAVI) ما يتيح الحصول على اللقاحات، ولا سيما اللقا...

Statement Issued by the Ministry of Public Health Concerning the Investigation in Alleged PCR Results

30/09/20

The Ministry of Public Health announces that an investigation has been opened into complaints filed by passengers arriving in Lebanon, who have received phone messages from certain laboratories, to inform them on alleged PCR test results they took at the airport, although...

Minister Hasan Meets with the Chargé d'Affaires of the Iraqi Embassy in Lebanon

02/10/20

إستقبل وزير الصحة العامة في حكومة تصريف الأعمال الدكتور حمد حسن في مكتبه في وزارة الصحة العامة، القائم بالأعمال في سفارة جمهورية العراق في بيروت أمين النصراوي على رأس وفد من السفارة، أثار إمكان إعادة النظر في الإجراءات المقررة حيال تنظيم دخول المواطنين العراقيين إلى لبن...

Minister Hasan: Infection Rate Draws Lebanon Closer to Europe's Scenes

05/10/20

وزير الصحة : نسبة الإصابات تقرب لبنان من المشاهد الأوروبية والنجاح في الإقفال هو الفرصة الأخيرة ولمشاركة مسؤولة من المستشفيات الخاصة عدد وزير الصحة في حكومة تصريف الأعمال الدكتور حمد حسن التحديات التي يواجهها لبنان في المرحلة الراهنة بالنسبة إلى وباء كورونا، مشيرا إلى "...

List of psychologists with a license to practice in Lebanon

08/10/20

To view list, click here: Link Note: "Only psychologists who are members of the order are entitled to practice their profession on the Lebanese territories, provided they are issued a licence to practice their profession in Lebanon from the Ministry of Public Heal...

Request for Expression of Interest- 8/10/2020

08/10/20

Republic of Lebanon Ministry of Public Health Lebanon Health Resilience Project (P163476) Consultancy Services for Financial Auditor (Loan No. 87710-LB; Contract Code: LB-MOPH-197566-CS-LCS) The Lebanon Health ...

Minister Hasan: The Situation in Lebanon is Alarming

14/10/20

أعلن وزير الصحة العامة في حكومة تصريف الأعمال حمد حسن أن "أرقام الإصابات بفيروس كورونا في هذه المرحلة من الإقفال الجزئي غير مشجعة، وإذا ما فشل هذا الإقفال في السيطرة على زيادة الإصابات فإننا سنرفع الصوت وندعو إلى الإقفال العام". وأكد الوزير حسن في حديث تلفز...

Hasan Discussed with a Delegation of the Strong Lebanon Bloc the Health Implications of Beirut Blast

22/10/20

إلتقى وزير الصحة العامة في حكومة تصريف الأعمال الدكتور حمد حسن وفدا من تكتل "لبنان القوي" ضم النواب: نقولا الصحناوي، هاكوب ترزيان وألكسي ماتوسيان، لمتابعة التداعيات الصحية لكارثة مرفأ بيروت، واستمرار تغطية وزارة الصحة العامة لجرحى الإنفجار، ومتابعة من هم بحاجة...

Request for Consultancy Services for Information Technology Analyst

05/11/20

The Ministry of Public Health is seeking to recruit an Information Technology (IT) Analyst to assist in the implementation of the Lebanon Health Resilience Project (LHRP) funded by the World Bank.Click for more information... ...

Hasan Meets with the General Labor Union in Lebanon

10/11/20

حسن اجتمع مع الإتحاد العمالي :إجراءات مالية تحفز المستشفيات الخاصة والإقفال الجزئي لم يحقق النتيجة الأسمر: سنحاسب المستشفيات وشركات التأمين المتخلفة عن مواكبة المرضى ترأس وزير الصحة العامة في حكومة تصريف الأعمال الدكتور حمد حسن إجتماعا موسعا في الوزارة، حضره وفد من الإتحاد...

Two Qatari Planes Carrying Field Hospitals to be Set up in Tyre and Tripoli Arrive in Lebanon

12/11/20

وصول طائرتين قطريتين محملتين بمستشفيين ميدانيين لصور وطرابلس حسن: لا تفريط بمال او بهبة للبنان بمتابعة حثيثة من الجيش وبحرص من الحكومة وصلت ظهر اليوم الى القاعدة الجوية في مطار رفيق الحريري الدولي- بيروت طائرتان تابعتان للقوات الجوية الأميرية القطرية محملتين بمستشف...

Minister Hasan Signs an Agreement with the Syndicate of Hospitals in Lebanon

18/11/20

وزير الصحة وقع اتفاقا مع نقابة المستشفيات الخاصة يزيد تعرفات علاج الفيروس: استجبنا للمطالب وليس من ذريعة بعد الآن لعدم استقبال المرضى وقع وزير الصحة العامة في حكومة تصريف الأعمال الدكتور حمد حسن اتفاقا جديدا مع نقابة المستشفيات الخاصة ممثلة بالنقيب سليم...

Hasan: Pfizer Vaccine will Arrive in Lebanon by mid-February

23/11/20

أعلن وزير الصحة العامة في حكومة تصريف الأعمال الدكتور حمد حسن، أنه "بعد مرور تسعة أيام على الإقفال العام لا تزال نسبة الإيجابية في الفحوص مرتفعة وتبلغ خمسة عشر في المئة، إلا أن عدم ارتفاع الرقم يعطي نوعا من إشارة جيدة قد تتحقق في الأيام المقبلة، وخصوصا أن التقييم ا...

Announcement to all Importers and Distributors of Drugs in Lebanon

30/11/20

The Ministry of Public Health announces the postponement of the date set for starting to work on MediTrack system that was scheduled on 1/12/2020 according to decision No. 1476 of 3/11/2020 to 10/12/2020 for logistical reasons. The relevant pharmaceutical institutions are...

Letter No.20/1/43141 of 4/12/2020 Addressed to the Governmental and Private Hospitals in Lebanon

04/12/20

Letter No.20/1/43141 of 4/12/2020 addressed to the governmental and private hospitals in Lebanonon the factors of acceptance of COVID-19 vaccine by Healthcare workers ...

Minister Hassan Received a Delegation of the Islamic Medical Association of North Lebanon

04/12/20

إستقبل وزير الصحة العامة الدكتور حمد حسن في مكتبه في وزارة الصحة العامة وفدا من الجمعية الطبية الإسلامية التي تقدم خدمات صحية وإنسانية في الشمال وفي منطقة عرسال. واوضح بيان للمكتب الاعلامي للوزير حسن ان الوفد عرض للوزير حسن خدمات الجمعية في مجال الإسعاف والإغ...

Another Batch of Seasonal Influenza Vaccines Arrives in Lebanon

08/12/20

وصول دفعة إضافية من لقاح الإنفلونزا الموسمي ...

Monitoring of COVID-19 Infection In Lebanon - 10/1/2024

12/12/20

For more information on the previous COVID-19 reports in Lebanon, click on the following link:https://bit.ly/2zKaG1w ...

WHO Technical Delegation Provides a Positive Assessment of Lebanon's Response to the Pandemic

14/12/20

عقد وزير الصحة العامة في حكومة تصريف الأعمال الدكتور حمد حسن إجتماعا موسعا مع وفد من منظمة الصحة العالمية ضم فريقا تقنيا وفنيا زار لبنان وتفقد عددا من مؤسساته الإستشفائية، بهدف تقديم عرض تقييمي لما تم تحقيقه حتى الآن في مواجهة وباء كورونا وتحديد ما يجب إنجازه في المرحلة المقب...

Closure of all Nurseries across Lebanon for the Entire Week

04/01/21

يعلن وزير الصحة العامة في حكومة تصريف الأعمال الدكتور حمد حسن قراره إقفال جميع حضانات الأطفال طيلة الأسبوع المقبل على جميع الأراضي اللبنانية تحسبًا من الإرتفاع الحاصل في عدد الإصابات بـCovid-19، على أن يتم تقدير الموقف مستقبلا في ضوء قرارات لجنة كورونا الوزارية ومعطيات ...

Drugs Public Price List 2020

07/01/21

Drugs Prices According to the Exchange Rate Issued on 3/12/2020 Drugs Public Price List according to decision no. 119/1 published in the Official Gazette of 30/01/2020 Non Marketed Drugs Public Price List according to the memorandum number 68 issued on 4/7/2013 ...

COVID-19 Vaccine

08/01/21

Lebanon National Deployment and Vaccination Plan COVID-19 Vaccine Registration Platform: covax.moph.gov.lb Corona Virus Vaccination Dashboard – Registration COVID-19 Vaccine Platform ( Presentation) COVID-19 Vaccine Media Plan For more information visit MoI&#...

Pharmacovigilance System in Lebanon

08/01/21

Pharmacovigilance System in Lebanon One of the core functions of the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) is to safeguard the Quality, Safety and Efficacy of medical products (medicines, vaccines, biological and medical devices) at the national level. This task is carried...

Using COVID-19 Responses to Help Strengthen the Mental Health System in Lebanon

23/02/21

This paper describes national-level mental health responses to COVID-19 in Lebanon. It then notes factors that have supported the mental health response, including how COVID-19 represents a window of opportunity to help strengthen the mental health system in Lebanon. To...

Request for Quotation for Accessories for COVID-19 Vaccine

25/02/21

Country: Lebanon Name of Project: Lebanon Health Resilience Project (LHRP) Contract Title: Accessories for COVID-19 Vaccine Loan No.: P163476 RFQ Reference No.: LB-MOPH-RFQ006 The Government of Lebanon has received financing from the World Bank toward th...

The MoPh: The Third Shipment of COVID-19 Vaccines Arrives in Lebanon

01/03/21

أعلنت وزارة الصحة العامة عن وصول الشحنة الثالثة من لقاح بفايزر إلى لبنان وتحتوي على 42120 لقاحا، بحيث بلغ مجموع لقاحات فايزر التي تسلمتها الوزارة حتى الآن 101790 لقاحا. وستباشر الوزارة ابتداء من يوم غد الأحد نشر جدول أسبوعي بتفاصيل حملات التلقيح في المراكز المعتمدة ك...

Minister Hasan Announces his Iraqi Counterpart's Visit To Lebanon Next Week and a Donation from Kuwait

22/03/21

حسن أعلن عن هبة كويتية وزيارة نظيره العراقي الأسبوع المقبل: أنجزنا المعاملات اللازمة لاستقدام سبوتنيك وعقد إضافي مع فايزر أعلن وزير الصحة العامة في حكومة تصريف الأعمال الدكتور حمد حسن أن "الوزارة توصلت إلى عقد جديد مع شركة فايزر يضمن الحصول على سبعمئة وخمسين أ...

Issuance of Circular No. 14/2 on the Procedures Required by all Passengers Arriving to Lebanon

23/03/21

يلغى البند رقم 4 من التعميم رقم 2/7 تاريخ 27/01/2021, بحيث لم يعد مطلوبا" من الركاب القادمين الى لبنان تعبئة الإستمارة الصادرة عن وزارة الصحة العامة والتي كانت متوفرة إلكترونياً من خلال الرابط التالي: http://maps.moph.gov.lb/covid19/pass ...

Lebanon Received 33600 Doses of The AstraZeneca Vaccine as First Batch

25/03/21

سنان: آمن وفعال وأي لقاح أفضل من عدمه. تسلم لبنان اليوم 33600 جرعة من لقاح "أسترازينكا" كدفعة أولى وصلت، مساء اليوم، إلى مطار رفيق الحريري الدولي - بيروت على متن طائرة تابعة للامارات العربية المتحدة، بإشراف المدير العام لوزارة الصحة العامة بالإنابة فادي سنان وممثلي...

The MoPH: The Seventh Shipment of Pfizer Vaccine Arrives to Lebanon

29/03/21

The MoPH: The Seventh Shipment of Pfizer Vaccine Arrives to Lebanon ...

Hasan And Al-Tamimi Visit Al-Zahraa Hospital Within the Framework of Health Cooperation Between Lebanon and Iraq

06/04/21

تفقد وزير الصحة العراقي الدكتور حسن التميمي ووزير الصحة في حكومة تصريف الاعمال الدكتور حمد حسن "مستشفى الزهراء" الطبي الجامعي، يرافقهما القائم بالأعمال في السفارة العراقية في لبنان الوزير المفوض أمين عبد الاله النصراوي والمستشار في السفارة أحمد جمال، ومن العراق رئيس...

A Shipment of Sinopharm Vaccine Donated by the Chinese Government Arrives in Lebanon

07/04/21

وزير الصحة: آمن وفعال ويمكن للقطاع الخاص الاستثمار به السفير الصيني: تقديم 90 الف جرعة على دفعتين وصلت ظهر اليوم الى مطار رفيق الحريري الدولي، طائرة تحمل كمية من لقاحات سينوفارم ضد فيروس كورونا covid_19 مقدمة كهبة من السلطات الصينية للحكومة اللبنانية ولمصلحة الج...

Request for Quotation for Procurement of Oxygen Related Equipment

07/04/21

Request for Quotation Goods Country: Lebanon. Name of Project: Lebanon Health Resilience Project (LHRP). Contract Title: Procurement of Oxygen Related Equipment. Loan No.: P163476. RFQ Reference No.: LB-MOPH-RFQ008. The Govern...

Request for Quotation for Accessories for COVID-19 Vaccine

07/04/21

Request for Quotation Goods Country: Lebanon Name of Project: Lebanon Health Resilience Project (LHRP) Contract Title: Accessories for COVID-19 Vaccine Loan No.: P163476 RFQ Reference No.: LB-MOPH-RFQ009 The Government of Lebanon has received...

Request for Quotation for Procurement of Installation of Negative Pressure Systems

13/04/21

Request for Quotation Goods Country: Lebanon. Name of Project: Lebanon Health Resilience Project (LHRP). Contract Title: Installation of Negative Pressure Systems. Loan No.: P163476. RFQ Reference No.: LB-MOPH-RFQ010 The Government of Lebanon has rec...

The Cuban Ambassador and Minister Hasan Discussed Lebanon's Participation in Vaccine Clinical Trials

16/04/21

إستقبل وزير الصحة العامة الدكتور حمد حسن في مكتبه في وزارة الصحة العامة، السفير الكوبي في لبنان ألكسندر بيييسر موراغا Alexander Pellicer Moraga، وتناول البحث التطور الحاصل في إنتاج اللقاحات الكوبية، وإمكان مشاركة لبنان في التجارب السريرية. وقد لفت الوزير حسن في خلال ...

Minister Hasan and Musharrafieh Follow up on Lebanon's Vaccination Plan

16/04/21

عرض وزير الصحة العامة في حكومة تصريف الاعمال الدكتور حمد حسن مع وزير السياحة والشؤون الإجتماعية في حكومة تصريف الاعمال رمزي المشرفيه، الآلية التي سيتم اعتمادها لتلقيح العاملين الإجتماعيين في الوزارة، الذين يجولون على العائلات الأكثر فقرا، إضافة إلى ذوي الإحتياجات الخاصة...

Adverse Events Following Immunization Monitoring-Covid-19 Vaccines-Lebanon- 14 February 2021-31 March 2021

26/04/21

This first report provides a summary of Adverse Events Following Immunization (AEFIs) that occurred after administration of the COVID-19 Vaccines in Lebanon during the mass campaign immunization between February 14, 2021 and March 31, 2021. The full report is ava...

Lebanon to Receive Two Million Doses of Pfizer Vaccines in June and July

10/05/21

ترأس وزير الصحة العامة في حكومة تصريف الاعمال الدكتور حمد حسن إجتماعا لفريق عمل وزارة الصحة العامة خصص لمتابعة المسار التنفيذي للخطة الوطنية للتلقيح، وتم في خلاله إقرار تدابير لتفادي ما تم تسجيله من ثغرات في الفترة الماضية وتتبع بعض التجاوزات في عدد من مراكز التلقيح، وذ...

Request for Quotation of Spare Parts for CT Scan

19/05/21

Request for Quotation Goods Country: Lebanon Name of Project: Lebanon Health Resilience Project (LHRP) Contract Title: Spare Parts for CT Scan Loan No.: P163476 RFQ Reference No.: LB-MOPH-RFQ011 The Government of Lebanon has received financin...

Adverse Events Following Immunization Monitoring-Covid-19 Vaccines-Lebanon- 14 February 2021-30 April 2021

19/05/21

This report provides a summary of Adverse Events Following Immunization (AEFIs) that occurred after administration of the COVID-19 Vaccines in Lebanon during the mass campaign immunization between February 14, 2021 and April 30, 2021. The executive summar...

Time to Register

01/06/21

#TimetoRegiter For COVID 19 Vaccine Materials: The COVID-19 vaccine protects high-risk individuals from intense COVID-19 complications The COVID-19 vaccine protects the most at risk from infection and prevents complications The COVID-19 vaccine is ava...

The MoPH: Lebanon Classed as "Green" in France's New Travel Rulebook as Cases Decline

07/06/21

اعلنت وزارة الصحة العامة في بيان، أن "فرنسا أدرجت لبنان في قائمة الدول الخضراء في تصنيفها المستند إلى المؤشرات الصحية، والذي سجل التراجع الحاصل في نسبة التفشي الوبائي في لبنان وعدم تسجيل متحورات خطرة للفيروس، علما أن قائمة التصنيف الواردة على الموقع الرسمي للحكومة ...

Minister Hasan Congratulates the Lebanese on Classifying Lebanon among the EU "White List"

18/06/21

هنأ وزير الصحة العامة في حكومة تصريف الاعمال الدكتور حمد حسن "اللبنانيين على إدراج الإتحاد الأوروبي للبنان على القائمة البيضاء التي يسمح للمقيمين فيها، بالسفر غير الضروي إلى الدول الأعضاء في الإتحاد، خصوصا أن هذه القائمة تضم سبع عشرة دولة فقط، ولن يخضع القادمون منه...

The MoPH Announces the Resumption of Reception of TB Patients at the TB Center, Karantina

18/06/21

Following the inauguration of the Tuberculosis center in Karantina by His Excellency the Minister of Public Health, Dr. Hamad Hassan, which was restored and rehabilitated by UN Habitat, and after the laboratory was rehabilitated and equipped by Fondation Merieux The Na...

Minister Hasan: Turkey Will Donate to Lebanon Medicines for Chronic Diseases

30/06/21

نظم "حزب الله"، برعاية وزير الصحة العامة في حكومة تصريف الأعمال الدكتور حمد حسن، احتفالا تكريميا لرؤساء بلديات منطقة صيدا ولجان الطوارئ الصحية في مكافحة وباء كورونا. حضر الاحتفال الذي أقيم في مجمع "السيدة الزهراء" في صيدا الى الوزير حسن، عضو المجلس السي...

Minister Hasan: Lebanon Records Three Cases of the COVID-19 Delta Variant

05/07/21

أعلن وزير الصحة العامة في حكومة تصريف الاعمال الدكتور حمد حسن، وجود ثلاث حالات "دلتا" ايجابية. ودعا المواطنين في خلال حملة تلقيح في منطقة ضهور الشوير، في حضور النائب الياس بو صعب الى الاقبال على التلقيح، لانه الطريق الوحيد للحماية اضافة للاجراءات الوقائية"...

Hasan: Lebanon's Highly Skilled Healthcare Providers Protect our Society Against any Health Risks

12/07/21

افتتح وزير الصحة العامة في حكومة تصريف الأعمال الدكتور حمد حسن، قسم عناية الأطفال حديثي الولادة في مستشفى بعلبك الحكومي، في حضور مدير المستشفى الدكتور عباس شكر، رئيسة مكتب البقاع للمفوضية السامية للأمم المتحدة لشؤون اللاجئين كونديلان منسا، رئيسة قسم الصحة منى كيوان، مسؤ...

COVID-19 - Lebanon Receives another Shipment of AstraZeneca Vaccines Via Covax

23/07/21

تلقى لبنان اليوم شحنة جديدة من لقاح "أسترازينيكا" المضاد لكوفيد-19، تضم 129,600 جرعة، عبر مبادرة "كوفاكس" العالمية. وتعمل مبادرة "كوفاكس" العالمية التي يقودها "الائتلاف المعني بابتكارات التأهب لمواجهة الأوبئة" و"التحالف العالمي من...

Hasan: The High Number of COVID-19 Cases for the Last Two Weeks is a Real Threat to Lebanon

29/07/21

وزير الصحة العامة في حكومة تصريف الأعمال الدكتور حمد حسن لإذاعة النور: الإصابات المرتفعة بـ"كورونا" خلال الأسبوعين المنصرمين تشكل تهديداً حقيقياً للواقع الوبائي في لبنان. نشمل المغتربين بحملة اللقاحات التي تقوم بها وزارة الصحة...

Hasan and Hoballah Follow Up in Moscow the Preparations for the Agreement on the Production of Sputnik in Lebanon

05/08/21

إستهل وزير الصحة العامة في حكومة تصريف الاعمال لالدكتور حمد حسن ووزير الصناعة في حكومة تصريف الاعمال الدكتور عماد حب الله زيارتهما لموسكو بلقاء عقداه اليوم في صندوق الإستثمار الروسي مع مسؤولي الصندوق، في حضور رئيس مجلس إدارة شركة أروان للصناعات الدوائية - لبنان الدكتور عب...

Minister Hasan's Syrian Counterpart Says Syria is Ready to Supply Lebanon with the Medicines Needed

10/08/21

وزير الصحة تبلغ من نظيره السوري جهوزية بلاده لإمداد لبنان باحتياجاته من الدواء والوزيران حسن وحب الله إختتما زيارتهما إلى روسيا تلقى وزير الصحة في حكومة تصريف الاعمال الدكتور حمد حسن رسالة من نظيره السوري الدكتور حسن محمد الغباش يبدي فيها جهوزية بلاده ل"إمداد ...

Hasan: An Egyptian Plane Lands in Lebanon for Medical Assistance

17/08/21

أكد وزير الصحة العامة الدكتور حمد حسن "أنه تم تأمين علاج كل الحالات الحرجة نتيجة كارثة التليل في المستشفيات اللبنانية والإجراءات متواصلة لنقل ما أمكن منها للعلاج في الخارج"، لافتا إلى وجود عدد من الجرحى إصاباتهم بليغة، أحدهم من الجنسية السورية وأربعة موضوعون ع...

Hasan: An Egyptian Plane Lands in Lebanon for Medical Assistance

17/08/21

المطار - وصلت فجر اليوم إلى مطار رفيق الحريري الدولي في بيروت، طائرة مساعدات مصرية على متنها طاقم طبي تطوع لمساعدة الجرحى ودعمهم والإطلاع على أوضاعهم، إضافة الى مستلزمات وأدوية طبية تقدر ب طن وخمسمائة كيلو من المساعدات الطبية. وتسلم الشحنة في المطار، حسين محيدلي مستش...

Benchmark Statement Prosthetics and Orthotics Services in Lebanon

20/08/21

Lebanese, Syrian and Palestinian people with physical disabilities living in Lebanon are confronted with a variety of barriers that hinder their access to healthcare services especially, rehabilitation services, which include prosthetic and orthotic devices. Furthermore, the ...

Executive Summary of the COVID 19 AEFI Report No.4

08/09/21

This report provides a summary of Adverse Events Following Immunization (AEFIs) that occurred after administration of the COVID-19 Vaccines in Lebanon during the mass campaign immunization between February 14, 2021 and August 1th, 2021. The executive summary and the fu...

Minister Hasan Issues a Decision to Set the Dollar Exchange Rate for Unsubsidized Medicines

10/09/21

وزير الصحة أصدر قرارا حدد سعر صرف الدولار للأدوية غير المدعومة استثنائيا بنسبة 80% من سعر الصرف: صيغة عادلة تؤمن الدواء المفقود عقد وزير الصحة العامة في حكومة تصريف الأعمال الدكتور حمد حسن، بعد ظهر اليوم، في الوزارة اجتماعا تم خلاله حسم صيغة نهائية تحدد آلية صرف الدوا...

Request for Quotation- Procurement of an Accounting Software

22/09/21

Request for Quotation Goods Country: Lebanon Name of Project: Lebanon Health Resilience Project (LHRP) Contract Title: Procurement of an Accounting Software Loan No.: P 163476 RFQ Reference No.: LB-MOPH-RFQ012 1. The Government of Lebanon has received financi...

Maternal Mental Health Guidelines for Healthcare Providers

29/10/21

In line with the national mental health strategy for Lebanon, the National Mental Health Programme Lebanon - at the Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) has jointly developed with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Lebanon the Maternal Mental Health Guidelines through the ...

Executive Summary of the COVID 19 AEFI Report No.6

09/11/21

This report provides a summary of Adverse Events Following Immunization (AEFIs) that occurred after administration of the COVID-19 Vaccines in Lebanon during the mass campaign immunization between February 14, 2021 and October 19th, 2021. The executive summary and th...

Request for Quotation for the Procurement of Vaccine Accessories

19/11/21

Country: Lebanon Name of Project: Lebanon Health Resilience Project (LHRP) Contract Title: Procurement of Vaccine Accessories Loan No.: P 163476 RFQ Reference No.: LB-MOPH-RFQ013 The Government of Lebanon has received financing from the World Bank toward...

The Medical Equipment and Devices Importers Syndicate in Lebanon Put Forward a Code of Conduct to Prevent Patient Rights Abuse

26/11/21

الأبيض: سنسعى لإقرارها بقانون وملاحقة من يتصرفون بطريقة لا أخلاقية عقد وزير الصحة العامة الدكتور فراس الأبيض مؤتمرا صحافيا مشتركا مع نقابة مستوردي الأجهزة والمستلزمات الطبية في لبنان أعلنت في خلاله رئيسة النقابة سلمى سابا عاصي عن إطلاق مدونة السلوك ومحاربة الأرباح ...

New Shipments of Medicines Delivered by the Embassy of Lebanon in South Africa Arrive in Lebanon

27/11/21

تصل اليوم إلى مطار بيروت الدولي الشحنة الأولى من سلسلة شحنات مرسلة من قبل سفارة لبنان في جنوب أفريقيا وتحتوي على حوالي 33 ألف جرعة أدوية بنج وتخدير، على أن تصل الشحنة الثانية إلى مرفأ بيروت في الأسابيع القليلة المقبلة وتحتوي على حوالي 65 ألف جرعة أدوية بنج وتخدير و63 أل...

Abiad Says no Cases of Omicron Reported in Lebanon

06/12/21

الابيض لاذاعة لبنان: لا وجود للمتحور اوميكرون في لبنان وسنستخدم جزءا من قرض البنك الدولي لدعم حالات الاستشفاء اعتبر وزير الصحة العامة الدكتور فراس الابيض، في حديث الى "اذاعة لبنان" مع الزميلة أنجليك مونس، "أن الوضع في لبنان بالغ الصعوبة، ولدينا مشاكل م...

Abiad: Two Suspected Omicron Cases in Lebanon

10/12/21

الأبيض أعلن عن حالتين مشتبه في إصابتهما بمتحور "أوميكرون" وحفز اللبنانيين والمقيمين على تلقي اللقاح لحماية أنفسهم من كل المتحورات عقد وزير الصحة العامة الدكتور فراس الأبيض مؤتمرا صحافيا مشتركا مع رئيس الجامعة اللبنانية الدكتور بسام بدران تم خلاله الإعلان ...

Procedures For Incoming Passengers

14/12/21

Circular No. 52/2 To all Airlines and Ground Handling Companies operating at BRHIA Required procedure for the passengers arriving to Lebanon starting December 25, 2021 With reference to the relevant decisions and recommendations, All air...

Adverse Events Following Immunization Monitoring-Covid-19 Vaccines-Lebanon

14/12/21

This report provides a summary of Adverse Events Following Immunization (AEFIs) that occurred after administration of the COVID-19 Vaccines in Lebanon during the mass campaign immunization between February 14, 2021 and November 19th, 2021. The executive s...

Procedures for All Incoming Passengers to Lebanon

15/12/21

To ensure the safety of residents and travelers coming to Lebanon, the Ministry of Public Health has set a series of new procedures for all travelers starting 15/12/2021. What are these procedures? Register on the MOPH PASS platform of the Minis...

Drugs Public Price List 2021

05/01/22

Drugs Prices According to the Exchange Rate Issued on 7/12/2021 Drugs Public Price List Modified on 13/12/2021 according to the US Dollar Rates 1507.5 L.L. and 21200 L.L. and 26500 L.L. according to all decisions. Drugs Public Price List according ...

Adverse Events Following Immunization Monitoring-Covid-19 Vaccines-Lebanon

07/01/22

This report provides a summary of Adverse Events Following Immunization (AEFIs) that occurred after administration of the COVID-19 Vaccines in Lebanon during the mass campaign immunization between February 14, 2021 and January 19th, 2022. The executive summary ...

Procedures for All Incoming Passengers to Lebanon starting 10/1/2022

07/01/22

To ensure the safety of residents and travelers coming to Lebanon, the Ministry of Public Health has set a series of new procedures for all travelers starting 10/1/2022. What are these procedures? The Privacy Policy The QR code will be used to verify the information of...

Resolution No. 68/1 of 19/1/2022 on Cooperation Between the Ministry of Public Health and the Order of Pharmacist of Lebanon

20/01/22

صدر عن وزير الصحة العامة الدكتور فراس الأبيض قرار يتعلق بالتعاون بين وزارة الصحة العامة ونقابة الصيادلة لجهة تفعيل التفتيش لضبط سوق الدواء وسعره. وجاء فيه "أن صلاحيات المفتشين التابعين للنقابة تشمل كل المخالفات المتعلقة بقانون مزاولة مهنة الصيدلة، ومنها التقيد بالأسعار ...

MOPH PASS Down for Maintenance Today, January 21, 2022 from 5 to 6 pm, Beirut Time

21/01/22

The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) will carry out maintenance work on the MOPH PASS platform https://pass.moph.gov.lb for registering passengers coming to Lebanon today January 21, 2022 between 5:00 PM and 6:00 PM, Beirut time. We apologize for any inconvenience caused to ...

The MoPH's Procedure to Gather the Vaccine Doses Administered Inside and Outside Lebanon in the Lebanese Certificate Exclusively

31/01/22

صدر عن وزارة الصحة العامة البيان التالي: يتلقى عدد من الاشخاص الوافدين الجرعة الثانية او الثالثة من اللقاح المضاد لفيروس كورونا في لبنان، بعد تلقيهم الجرعة الأولى أو الجرعتين الأوليين خارج لبنان. تعلن وزارة الصحة العامة أنها استحدثت آلية جديدة تسمح للمستشفيا...

Accepted Applications Nominated for Positions of Head and Member of Syndiacte of Psychologists

04/02/22

تدعو وزارة الصحة العامة النفسانيين(عيادي-تربوي) المسجلين في الوزارة الى انتخاب مجلس للنقابة والنقيب وفقاً لأحكام المادة 29 من القانون رقم 254 تاريخ 5/1/2022 الساعة الثامنة من صباح السبت الواقع فيه 5/3/2022 وذلك في مقر نقابة الأطباء في بيروت-بيت الطبيب-فرن الشباك, وذلك للدورة ال...

MoPH Publishes List of Drugs that have Arrived and that will Arrive to Lebanon

15/02/22

الأبيض: مكننة الاستيراد حلت جزءا من الأزمة والبحث مستمر عن مصادر تمويل لتعويض نقص الموازنة صدر عن المكتب الإعلامي لوزير الصحة العامة الدكتور فراس الأبيض البيان الآتي: "يجدد وزير الصحة العامة الدكتور فراس الأبيض التأكيد أن ملف الدواء، ومنذ توليه الوزارة،...

Adverse Events Following Immunization Monitoring-Covid-19 Vaccines-Lebanon

04/03/22

This report provides a summary of Adverse Events Following Immunization (AEFIs) that occurred after administration of the COVID-19 Vaccines in Lebanon during the mass campaign immunization between February 14, 2021 and February 19th 2022. The executive summary ...

Minister Abiad: I Received Assurances of Sustained Support to Lebanon

07/03/22

إستقبل رئيس مجلس الوزراء نجيب ميقاتي وزير الصحة العامة الدكتور فراس الأبيض الذي وضعه في أجواء جولة خارجية قام بها الأسبوع الماضي، بتنظيم من مكتب "اليونيسف" في بيروت، على رأس وفد من رؤساء جمعيات طب الأطفال في لبنان، شملت جنيف والدنمارك حيث عقد الوفد اللبن...

Abiad Toured Hospitals and Medical Centers in South Lebanon: Our Aim is to Strengthen Primary Health Care

21/03/22

جال وزير الصحة العامة الدكتور فراس ألابيض في المستشفيات ومراكز الرعاية الاولية التابعة للوزارة في الجنوب، واستهل زيارته التفقدية من مركز الرعاية الاولية التابع للهيئة الصحية الاسلامية في النبطية، حيث كان في استقباله نائب رئيس الهيئة في لبنان ملك حمزة، الذي شرح له دور...

Request for Expression of Interest to hire an Environmental and Social Specialist and Grievance Mechanism Officer

22/03/22

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST Republic of Lebanon Ministry of Public Health Lebanon Health Resilience Project (P163476) and Strengthening Lebanon’s Covid-19 Response (P178587) Consultancy Services for Environmental and Social Safe...

TB Awareness Campaign 2022

28/03/22

All Tuberculosis testing and treatment services are available for FREE across all the National Tuberculosis Programme centers of the Ministry of Public Health in Lebanon. For more information, please contact the center nearest to you. ...

The World Health Organization Launched the National Health and Environment Strategy in Lebanon

07/04/22

الأبيض: بناء النظم الحديثة يحقق الأهداف ياسين: إرساء التعافي على مبادئ الإستدامة أطلق مكتب منظمة الصحة العالمية في لبنان تحت شعار "كوكبنا صحتنا" الاستراتيجية الوطنية للصحة والبيئة في حفل قام برعايته وزير الصحة العامة الدكتور فراس الأبيض بمشاركة وزير البيئة ناصر ي...

Adverse Events Following Immunization Monitoring-Covid-19 Vaccines-Lebanon- 14th February 2021- April 15th 2022

05/05/22

This report provides a summary of Adverse Events Following Immunization (AEFIs) that occurred after administration of the COVID-19 Vaccines in Lebanon during the mass campaign immunization between February 14, 2021 and April 15th, 2022. The executive summary an...

The Order of Pharmacists in Lebanon Launched a Sustainable Strategy for Medicines

09/05/22

وزير الصحة: لا بديل ولا مبرر لعدم دعم صناعة دوائية محلية أطلقت نقابة الصيادلة وثيقة تحدد استراتيجية مستدامة للدواء في لبنان، تحت عنوان "هوية لبنان الدوائية: نحو استراتيجية وطنية للقطاع الصيدلاني"، خلال أعمال الدورة الخامسة والعشرين من مؤتمرها السنوي الذي ...

International Health Regulations

09/05/22

IHR (2005) State Party Self Assesment Annual Report National Profile 2021 Lebanon ...

Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative

10/05/22

Introduction: The Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) is a global accreditation program launched in 1991 by the World health organization (WHO) and United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF). In Lebanon, the BFHI is led by the...

All Nurseries in Lebanon Will be Closed Next Monday

13/05/22

صدر عن المكتب الاعلامي لوزير الصحة العامة الدكتور فراس الابيض البيان التالي: تقفل جميع دور الحضانة الخاصة في جميع المناطق اللبنانية في اليوم الذي يلي الانتخابات، أي يوم الاثنين الموافق 16 أيار 2022، على ان يستأنف الدوام فيها الثلاثاء 17 أيار 2022. ...

The MoPH: There Is no Confirmed or Suspected Case of Monkeypox in Lebanon

23/05/22

صدرعن وزارة الصحة العامة- مصلحة الطب الوقائي البيان التالي: عطفا على ما يتم تداوله عن وجود حالات مشتبهة من مرض جدري القردة في لبنان، يهم وزارة الصحة العامة-مصلحة الطب الوقائي ان توضح ما يلي: ليس هناك اي حالة مؤكدة او مشتبه فيها من هذا المرض في لبنان حتى تا...

Abou Charaf: There Are no Confirmed Cases of Monkeypox in Lebanon So Far

24/05/22

رد نقيب أطباء لبنان في بيروت شرف أبو شرف، على "ما صرح به الدكتور محمد فهمي خروب، في مقابلة معه عبر (قناة الجديد)، في شأن وجود حالتين من جدري القرود في لبنان، وأصدر أبو شرف بيانا، أكد فيه "عدم وجود حالات جدري القرود حتى الآن في لبنان"، نافيا "...

Minister Abiad Addressing the WHO General Assembly: The International Community must Support Lebanon

25/05/22

يواصل وزير الصحة العامة الدكتور فراس الأبيض زيارته جنيف، حيث يشارك في أعمال الجمعية العامة لمنظمة الصحة العالمية التي تنعقد حضوريا للمرة الأولى منذ تفشي الجائحة، وتستمر حتى الثامن والعشرين من الشهر الحالي. وألقى الأبيض كلمة لبنان ولفت المؤتمرين إلى "معاناة...

The Student Delegation that Took Part in the World Health Assembly Stressed the Need to Provide Medical Support to Lebanon

30/05/22

أعلن الوفد الطالبي الذي شارك في تمثيل لبنان في أعمال الدورة الخامسة والسبعين لجمعية الصحة العالمية في جنيف، أن هذه المشاركة هي الأولى من نوعها للبنان، حيث كان الوفد من بين سبعة وفود أخرى تضم طلابا شبابا، وكان الوفد الوحيد من بين الدول التي تصنف من المتوسطة والمت...

Minister Abiad Heading to Washington to Participate in the World Bank Health Financing Forum

14/06/22

توجه وزير الصحة العامة في حكومة تصريف الاعمال الدكتور فراس الأبيض إلى واشنطن، اليوم، للمشاركة في منتدى التمويل الصحي السنوي السادس، الذي يعقده البنك الدولي بين الرابع عشر والسادس عشر من الشهر الحالي تحت عنوان "تمويل الرعاية الصحية الأولية"، وذلك على رأس وفد يض...

The MoPH Confirms First Case of Monkeypox in Lebanon

20/06/22

اعلنت وزارة الصحة العامة في بيان عن تسجيل اول إصابة بجدري القردة في لبنان. وقالت ان:"الحالة وافدة من الخارج وهي تتبع حاليا العزل المنزلي، ووضعها مستقر من الناحية الطبية. كما تتابع الوزارة تحديد ومتابعة المخالطين المقربين". وذكرت وزارة الصحة العامة بأن مرض جدري ا...

Hepatitis A Surveillance in Lebanon

22/06/22

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Minister Abiad Presents the Outcomes of his Visit to Washington

22/06/22

عرض وزير الصحة العامة في حكومة تصريف الاعمال الدكتور فراس الأبيض خلال مؤتمر صحافي عقده في وزارة الصحة، نتائج زيارته لواشنطن الأسبوع الماضي، حيث شارك في المنتدى السنوي السادس للتمويل الصحي الذي نظمه البنك الدولي تحت عنوان "تمويل الرعاية الصحية الأولية"...

The MoPH Instructs all the Hospitals in Northern Lebanon to Admit The Injured at Its Own Expense

26/06/22

Nutrition

07/07/22

National Nutrition Strategy and Action Plan (2021-2026) The Ministry of Public Health in collaboration with the World Health Organization launched the first National Nutrition Strategy and Action Plan (2021-2026) for Lebanon, following a multi-sectoral consultative pro...

Adverse Events Following Immunization Monitoring-Covid-19 Vaccines-Lebanon-14th February 2021-June 30th 2022

14/07/22

This report provides a summary of Adverse Events Following Immunization (AEFIs) that occurred after administration of the COVID-19 Vaccines in Lebanon during the mass campaign immunization between February 14, 2021 and June 30th, 2022. The executive summary and...

Qatar Fund for Development Funds Health Sector in the Republic of Lebanon

21/07/22

Qatar Fund for Development funds health sector in the Republic of Lebanon to cover fuel expenses in cooperation with the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) provided financial support to the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health by covering th...

Monkeypox Surveillance in Lebanon

22/07/22

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Report on the Automated Mechanism to be Followed by the MoPH for Pharmaceutical Tracking

29/08/22

The report is on the link below : https://www.lbcgroup.tv/news/LBCI-latest-news/661072/Lebanon-news-lbci/ar...

National Pharmacovigilance System Launching in Lebanon

05/09/22

For registration click on the link below: https://t.ly/99c_...

Minister Abiad and the Qatari Delegation Discussed Qatar's Initiatives to Support Lebanon's Healthcare Sector

03/10/22

اجتمع وزير الصحة العامة في حكومة تصريف الاعمال الدكتور فراس الابيض في مكتبه، مع وفد قطري ضم المدير التنفيذي للموارد البشرية في وزارة الصحة فهد علي خميس المسلماني ومدير الجوازات والإسكان في الوزارة أحمد مطر علي الهاجري ومساعدة المدير التنفيذي للتوظيف في الوزارة صبيحة أمين قاسمي ...

Minister Abiad Met with European Ambassadors, Urging them to Continue Backing Lebanon During this Situation

07/10/22

الابيض اجتمع مع سفراء وحثهم على "مواصلة دعم لبنان في هذه المرحلة بطريقة تساعده على بناء نظام صحي مستدام وعادل" عقد وزير الصحة العامة في حكومة تصريف الاعمال الدكتور فراس الابيض اجتماعا حضره كل من سفراء بريطانيا وسويسرا والدنمارك والمانيا، وممثل عن السفارة الفرنسية...

Cholera in Lebanon

12/10/22

Awareness Campaigns Awareness Campaign on Cholera 2022 Cholera Surveillance in Lebanon Cholera Surveillance in Lebanon- 2/6/2023 Cholera Surveillance in Lebanon- 1/6/2023 Cholera Surveillance in Lebanon- 31/5/2023 Cholera Surveillance in ...

Cholera Surveillance in Lebanon- 2/6/2023

19/10/22

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Memorandum No.41 Issued on 20/10/2022 on Cholera Case Management in Lebanon

24/10/22

Memorandum No.41 Issued by the Minister on 20/10/2022 on Cholera Case Management in Lebanon...

Minister Abiad Launched the Hospital Evaluation and Accreditation System in Lebanon

24/10/22

الأبيض أطلق نظام تقييم واعتماد المستشفيات في لبنان: مصرون على تقديم رعاية صحية عالية الجودة رغم ظروفنا الصعبة أطلق وزير الصحة العامة في حكومة تصريف الأعمال الدكتور فراس الأبيض نظام تقييم واعتماد المستشفيات في لبنان في لقاء استضافه المعهد العالي للأعمال ESA، بحضور ا...

Lebanon to Receive 600,000 Doses of Cholera Vaccine within the Next Two Weeks, Abiad

26/10/22

الأبيض أعلن عن تسلم 600 ألف جرعة لقاح كوليرا خلال أسبوعين وطالب بدفع حقوق العاملين في المستشفيات الحكومية والتحقق من سلامة المزروعات أعلن وزير الصحة العامة في حكومة تصريف الاعمال الدكتور فراس الأبيض أن "لبنان تلقى من مجموعة التنسيق الدولية لتوفير اللقاحات ال...

Lebanon Receives 13440 Doses of Cholera Vaccine Donated By France

01/11/22

الأبيض في تسلم هبة فرنسية من لقاح "كوليرا" مقدمة من شركة سانوفي و Foundation S المؤسسة الخيرية والاجتماعية التابعة للشركة: لبنان في مرحلة إستباقية لإمكان التفشي الواسع والوباء ناقوس خطر لمعالجة قطاعات المياه والنفايات والصرف الصحي غريو: فرنسا لبت طلب لبنان في وق...

Minister Abiad Concludes his Tour of North Lebanon

07/11/22

ختم وزير الصحة العامة في حكومة تصريف الاعمال فراس الابيض جولته الميدانية والتفقدية للوقوف على حسن سير خطط مكافحة انتشار وباء الكوليرا شمالا. رافقه في الجولة ممثل منظمة الصحة العالمية في لبنان الدكتور عبد الناصر ابو بكر، نائبة ممثل منظمة اليونيسف اتي هيجنز ونائبة ممثل المفوضي...

The MoPH Recalls the Conditions for the Import of Food Supplements to Lebanon

07/12/22

صدر عن المكتب الاعلامي في وزارة الصحة العامة البيان التالي: "تتلقى وزارة الصحة العديد من المراجعات وطلبات الاسترحام المتعلقة بادخال متممات غذائية إلى لبنان، وبخاصةً مشروبات الطاقة، بشكل استثنائي، بحيث يقوم صاحب العلاقة باستيراد البضاعة وركنها في المطا...

The UN Humanitarian Coordinator Affirms Commitment to Support Lebanon's Health Sector

20/12/22

استقبل وزير الصحة في حكومة تصريف الاعمال الدكتور فراس الابيض، في مكتبه، منسق الأمم المتحدة للشؤون الانسانية في لبنان عمران رضا. واستعرضا خلال اللقاء التحديات التي يواجهها القطاع الصحي في هذه المرحلة وانعكاساتها على الخدمات الصحية والاستشفائية وعلى الامور الحياتية للمواط...

Adverse Events Following Immunization Monitoring-Oral Cholera Vaccines-Lebanon- Phase I

27/12/22

This report provides a summary of Adverse Events Following Immunization (AEFIs) that occurred after administration of the Oral Cholera Vaccines in Lebanon during Phase I of the immunization campaign between November 12th, 2022 and December 7th, 2022 The executive ...

Abiad Tours North Lebanon with Shea: The Cholera Outbreak Is Not Yet Over

29/12/22

الأبيض جال شمالا برفقة شيا: الكوليرا لم تنته ومطالبون جميعاً بتأمين البيئة السليمة للمواطنين والنازحين واللاجئين حتى نتخطى هذه الأزمة بدأ وزير الصحة العامة في حكومة تصريف الأعمال فراس الأبيض والسفيرة الأميريكية في لبنان درورثي شيا جولة في الشمال رافقهم فيها مم...

Adverse Events Following Immunization Monitoring-Covid-19 Vaccines-Lebanon

04/01/23

This report provides a summary of Adverse Events Following Immunization (AEFIs) that occurred after administration of the COVID-19 Vaccines in Lebanon during the mass campaign immunization between February 14, 2021 and December 14th, 2022. The executive summary...

Abiad Says a new COVID-19 Wave Is Emerging in Lebanon But Is Still Under Control

05/01/23

الأبيض يشير إلى موجة جديدة من كورونا لا تزال تحت السيطرة : نشجع على اللقاح وإلتزام الوقاية والحماية الذاتية عرض وزير الصحة العامة في حكومة تصريف الاعمال الدكتور فراس الأبيض للمؤشرات الوبائية المتعلقة بوباء كورونا والمسجلة في لبنان والتي تظهر تزايدًا في عدد ال...

Drugs Public Price List 2022

10/01/23

Drugs Prices According to the Exchange Rate Issued on 12/12/2022 The list of medicines covered by Resolution 945/1 Modified on 22/12/2022 according to the US Dollar Rate 45000 L.L. Drugs Public Price List according to decision no. 119/1 published in...

Cadic Reaffirms France's Continued Support for Lebanon's Health Sector

11/01/23

استقبل وزير الصحة في حكومة تصريف الاعمال الدكتور فراس الابيض، السيناتور الفرنسي للمقيمين في الخارج اوليفييه كاديك، في حضور رئيس المجلس القنصلي للفرنسيين المقيمين في لبنان الدكتور غسان ايوب، والعضو في المجلس الدكتور زياد نصور. وتناول البحث التحديات التي يواجهها القطاع الصحي ف...

Lebanon National Health Strategy-Vision 2030

25/01/23

Lebanon National Health Strategy – Vision 2030- Two Year Review Lebanon National Health Strategy – Vision 2030- One Year Review Introduction In January 2023, the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) launched its National Health Strategy: Vision 2030. Vision 203...

Lebanon National Health Strategy-Vision 2030

01/02/23

الدكتور فراس الابيض وزير الصحة العامة يمر لبنان حاليا بواحدة من اشد الأزمات وأكثرها تعقيدا في تاريخه الحديث. وأدى تزامن الاضطرابات السياسية والانهيار المالي واستمرار تدفق النازحين ووباء كوفيد 19- الى إرهاق شديد لنظام الرعاية الصحية. وفاقم ذلك هجرة الموارد البشرية، ولا سيم...

Opening of the Tuberculosis Center at Tripoli Governmental Hospital

01/02/23

تماشياً مع توصيات منظمة الصحة العالمية والخطة الاستراتيجية الوطنية للقضاء على مرض السل في لبنان، تم إفتتاح مركز مكافحة السّل في موقعه الجديد في مستشفى طرابلس الحكومي في بعد نقله من موقعه القديم في منطقة الزاهرية. تم تنفيذ مشروع تحديث الموقع الجد...

Request for Quotation: Procurement of IT Hardware

10/02/23

Request for Quotation Goods Country: Lebanon Name of Project: Lebanon Health Resilience Project Contract Title: Procurement of IT Hardware Loan No.: P163476 RFQ Reference No.: LB-MOPH-RFQ016 The Government of Lebanon has recei...

Request for Quotation: Procurement of Helium Tanks

10/02/23

Request for Quotation Goods Country: Lebanon Name of Project: Lebanon Health Resilience Project Contract Title: Procurement of Helium Tanks Loan No.: P163476 RFQ Reference No.: LB-MOPH-RFQ017 The Government of Lebanon has rece...

Adverse Events Following Immunization Monitoring-Oral Cholera Vaccines-Lebanon-Phase I - II

16/02/23

This report provides a summary of Adverse Events Following Immunization (AEFIs) that occurred after administration of the Oral Cholera Vaccines in Lebanon during Phase I and II of the immunization campaign between November 12th, 2022 and January 22n , 2023 Th...

Minister Abiad Held Meetings with the World Health Organization in Lyon

27/02/23

توجه وزير الصحة في حكومة تصريف الاعمال الدكتور فراس الابيض، في اليوم الرابع من زيارته الى فرنسا، الى مقاطعة ليون، لإبرام اتفاقيات تفاهم وبحث مشاريع تعاون للنهوض بالقطاع الصحي في لبنان. وعقد وزير الصحة اجتماعات في مقر منظمة الصحة العالمية في ليون، شارك فيها ...

The Order of Nurses in Lebanon Marks the Twentieth Anniversary of its Foundation

02/03/23

الابيض: نعمل بجدية وبالشراكة مع الجميع للمحافظة على من تبقى من الطواقم التمريضية واسترجاع من هاجروا أحيت نقابة الممرضات والممرضين الذكرى السنوية العشرين لتأسيسها، بحفل تحت عنوان "المطالبة بحقوق القطاع التمريضي" في هذه الظروف الصّحية والإقتصادية الصعبة، برعاي...

Request for Quotation: Procurement of Spare Parts for the Elevators at Al Nabatieh Public Hospital

27/03/23

Request for Quotation Goods Country: Lebanon Name of Project: Lebanon Health Resilience Project Contract Title: Procurement of Spare Parts for the Elevators at Al Nabatieh Public Hospital Loan No.: P163476 RFQ Reference No.: LB-MOPH-RFQ018 ...

Excipients with Known Action

04/04/23

Announcement: List of Excipients with Known effect available in the medicines authorized for use in Lebanon Date March 5th, 2024 The Lebanese National Pharmacovigilance Program (LNPVP) at the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) has undertaken a comprehensive review of the av...

Look Alike Sound Alike Medicines

04/04/23

Announcement: Public Consultation: Revision of National LASA List - Your Input Needed! Date: February 21st, 2024 Background: In 2023, the initiative to create a National LASA (Look-Alike Sound-Alike) list was set into motion. The primary goal of this project was to ide...

Minister Abiad Met with the President of the Order of Nurses in Lebanon

11/04/23

الابيض إستقبل نقيبة الممرضات والممرضين: وزارة الصحة داعمة لحقوق العاملين في القطاع التمريضي استقبل وزير الصحة في حكومة تصريف الاعمال الدكتور فراس الابيض في مكتبه نقيبة الممرضات والممرضين، الدكتورة ريما ساسين قازان مع وفد من اعضاء مجلس النقابة. وتنا...

Request for Quotation: Procurement of an Antivirus Software

12/04/23

Request for Quotation Goods Country: Lebanon Name of Project: Lebanon Health Resilience Project Contract Title: Procurement of an Antivirus Software Loan No.: P163476 RFQ Reference No.: LB-MOPH-RFQ019 The Government of Lebanon has rec...

The WHO Provides Lebanon with the First Batch of Insulin

13/04/23

صدر عن المكتب الاعلامي في وزارة الصحة العامة البيان: " تسلمت وزارة الصحة العامة، وبدعم من منظمة الصحة العالمية، دفعة من الانسولين تضمنت 60 ألف قارورة، و300 الف حقنة (اللازمة لأخذه). وستصل كميات اكبر من الانسولين، بأنواعه الثلاثة، خلال الاسابيع القليلة المقبلة، ل...

Issuance of Memorandum No.8 on Measles Case Management in Lebanon

18/04/23

Memorandum No.8 issued by the Minister on 18/4/2023 on Measles Case Management in Lebanon ...

Adverse Events Following Immunization Monitoring-Oral Cholera Vaccines-Lebanon-Phase I - II- III

26/04/23

This report provides a summary of Adverse Events Following Immunization (AEFIs) that occurred after administration of the Oral Cholera Vaccines in Lebanon during Phase I and II of the immunization campaign between November 12th, 2022 and February 19th , 2023 ...

Abiad Kicks off his Tour of North Lebanon with a Visit to the Twins Rahaf and Riham

15/05/23

استهل وزير الصحة في حكومة تصريف الاعمال الدكتور فراس الابيض جولته الشمالية في المنية بزيارة عائلة الطفلتين التوأم رهف وريهام اللتين اجريت لهما عملية فصل جراحية في المركز الطبي في الجامعة الاميركية في بيروت، رافقه النائب أحمد الخير ورئيس اتحاد بلديات المنية خالد الدهيبي....

The Second Session of the Digital Transformation Forum in the Health Sector

19/05/23

The second session of the Digital Transformation Forum in the Health Sector entitled "....." was attended by the Minister of the Administrative Reform HE Najla Al-Riyashi Assaker, HE Ghassan Hasbani, the President of the Central Inspection Judge George Attieh an...

Request for Quotation: Maintenance, Support and Update of the Ministry’s Application

06/06/23

Request for Quotation Goods Country: Lebanon Name of Project: Lebanon Health Resilience Project Contract Title: Maintenance, support and update of the Ministry’s Application Loan No.: P163476 RFQ Reference No.: LB-MOPH-RFQ020 The Govern...

The Order of Nurses in Lebanon Calls for Better Wages for the Nursing Sector

07/06/23

نقابة الممرضات طالبت بتحسين أجورالقطاع التمريضي والأبيض أكد دعمه الكامل لتصحيح الرواتب: للتوافق مع المستشفيات اختتمت نقابة الممرضات والممرضين في لبنان، أنشطة يوم "الممرض/ة العالمي"، التي أقامتها في كل المناطق اللبنانية، في احتفال حضره وزير الصحة العامة في...

Measles Surveillance in Lebanon- 19/6/2023

07/06/23

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Acute Watery Diarrhea Surveillance in Lebanon- 19/6/2023

07/06/23

Minister Abiad Presents the Outcomes of Lebanon's Participation in the World Health Assembly in Geneva

07/06/23

عرض وزير الصحة العامة في حكومة تصريف الاعمال الدكتور فراس الأبيض خلاصة مشاركته في الجمعية السنوية لمنظمة الصحة العالمية في جنيف في خلال لقاء عقد في الوزارة حضره ممثل المنظمة في لبنان الدكتور عبد الناصر أبو بكر وتخلله تكريم الدكتورة عبلة السباعي بعدما سلمها في جنيف المدي...

Minister Abiad Met with a Delegation From North Lebanon

09/06/23

استقبل وزير الصحة العامة في حكومة تصريف الأعمال الدكتور فراس الأبيض في مكتبه بالوزارة، وفداً شمالياً ضمّ رئيس قسم محافظة عكار لقمان الكردي، رئيس صندوق الزكاة في المنية عبدالغفور علم الدين، عضو مجلس صندوق الزكاة في عكار ورئيس جمعية الحداثة زاهر عبيد، رئيس جمعية تنمية وسل...

The MoPH Declares End of Cholera Outbreak in Lebanon

12/06/23

أعلن برنامج الطوارئ الصحية في وزارة الصحة العامة، "انتهاء فاشية الكوليرا في لبنان"، في بيان تفصيلي عرض تفاصيل الإجراءات التي تم اتخاذها لمكافحة الوباء وأثمرت عدم تسجيل أي حالة مؤكدة بالمرض منذ نهاية شباط الماضي". وفي ما يلي نص البيان: "لما ك...

Request for Quotation: Provision of SMS Service

13/06/23

Request for Quotation Country: Lebanon Name of Project: Lebanon Health Resilience Project Contract Title: Provision of SMS Service Loan No.: P163476 RFQ Reference No.: LB-MOPH-RFQ021 The Government of Lebanon has received financing fro...

National Cancer Plan 2023-2028

23/06/23

Introduction: As Lebanon faces challenges deeply impacting its health system, it's with a sense of resolve and hope that I write this introduction to Lebanon’s inaugural National Cancer Plan. Born out of an earnest collaboration with national and internati...

A Delegation from the General Labor Union in Lebanon Visited the Minister of Public Health

21/07/23

زار وفد من الإتحاد العمالي العام برئاسة الدكتور بشارة الأسمر وعضوية الأمين العام سعد الدين حميدي صقر وزير الصحة العامة في حكومة تصريف الأعمال الدكتور فراس الأبيض. ولفت الاتحاد العمالي في بيان، الى أن الوفد استعرض "الواقع الصحي الصعب الذي يعيشه العمال والمواطنو...

Medicines Safety Takes Root in Lebanon

24/07/23

Lebanon's exceptional achievements in medication safety are highlighted in Uppsala Reports No. 87 Lebanon has achieved exceptional success in medication safety through the establishment of the Lebanese National Pharmacovigilance Program (LNPVP) under the guidance a...

Vision for Digital Health Transformation

25/07/23

Foreword by the Minister of Health In the following pages, we reveal a compelling vision for the future of digital health in Lebanon—an innovative blueprint developed through collaborative, forward-thinking, and inclusive efforts. With the recognition of digital t...

Case Study on the Digital Transformation of Health Systems in Lebanon

22/08/23

Under the supervision of the Program’s Director Ms. Lina Abou Mrad, and as part of a full-time specialized internship, Ms. Karen Rizkallah and Mr. Hussein AlShamali from the MPH Program at American University of Beirut and with the support o...

Minister Abiad is Discussing with the Australian Ambassador in Lebanon Projects to Support the Health Sector

26/08/23

استقبل وزير الصحة العامة في حكومة تصريف الاعمال الدكتور فراس الأبيض السفير الاوسترالي في لبنان السيد أندرو بارنز ، يرافقه نائبة رئيس البعثة كلير موراي وتناول البحث المشاريع المشتركة لدعم القطاع الصحي. وأطلع السفير بارنز وزير الصحة العامة على مشروع جديد ممول من ...

Lebanese Guideline on Good Pharmacovigilance Practices (LGVP)

29/08/23

Lebanese Good Pharmacovigilance Practices (LGVP) Guideline - Invite for Public Consultation Announcement – Date: January 31th, 2023 We are pleased to announce the extension to LGVP public consultation deadlines. Phase II (Modules II, V, and XVI): Exte...

Minister Abiad Toured Four Governmental Hospitals in the North

08/09/23

الابيض جال في 4 مستشفيات حكومية في الشمال: المرضى خط أحمر وسنستمر في توفير العناية الكاملة لهم ورغم كل الانهيارات القطاع الاستشفائي ما زال يقاوم أكد وزير الصحة العامة في حكومة تصريف الاعمال الدكتور فراس الابيض أن "المرضى وبخاصة مرضى غسيل الكلى ومرضى الس...

Al Abiad at the United Nations Meeting on Epidemics: Lebanon Deserves Special Attention

21/09/23

الأبيض في اجتماع الأمم المتحدة حول الأوبئة: لبنان المضيف لأكبر نسبة عدد نازحين على مستوى العالم، يستحق اهتمامًا خاصًا شارك وزير الصحة العامة في حكومة تصريف الأعمال الدكتور فراس الابيض في الاجتماع الرفيع المستوى للجمعية العامة للأمم المتحدة بشأن الوقاية من الأوب...

Al Abiad: Financing is the Greatest Challenge and International Solidarity with Lebanon is Necessary

25/09/23

وزير الصحة اختتم لقاءاته في نيويورك بمداولات عن التغطية الصحية الشاملة: التمويل هو التحدي الأكبر ولا بد من التضامن الدولي مع لبنان اختتم وزير الصحة العامة في حكومة تصريف الأعمال الدكتور فراس الأبيض مشاركته في الاجتماعات المخصصة للصحة في الجمعية العمومية للأمم المتحد...

Request for Quotation:Procurement of Maintenance of Generators for the Ministry of Public Health

26/09/23

Country: Lebanon Name of Project: Lebanon Health Resilience Project Contract Title: Procurement of Maintenance of Generators for the Ministry of Public Health Contract Title: Procurement of Maintenance of Generators for the Ministry of Public Health Loan No.: P16...

Al Abiad Visits Al Zarif Medical Center with the Danish Ambassador

04/10/23

Al Abiad Visits Al Zarif Medical Center with the Danish Ambassador: Developing Primary Health Care Centers is a Priority His Excellency the Minister of Public Health, Dr. Firass Al-Abiad, and the Danish Ambassador to Lebanon, Mr. Kristoffer Vivike, visited Al-Zari...

Insights from the First Annual Pharmacovigilance Conference in Lebanon - 2023

10/10/23

On September 30th, 2023, the Lebanese National Pharmacovigilance Program, in collaboration with the Lebanese University and the Lebanese American University, held its first annual conference titled "Exploring Pharmacovigilance in the Middle East and North Africa"...

National Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign 2023

16/10/23

The Ministry of Public Health, in cooperation with MSD Lebanon, the Barbara Nassar Association, and the Lebanese Society of Medical Oncology (LSMO), launched the national Breast Cancer awareness campaign. (Read more...) Materials: What are the Signs and...

The Qatari Ambassador Visits Minister Abiad and Discusses Qatari Support for Lebanon

19/10/23

اجتمع وزير الصحة العامة الدكتور فراس الابيض مع السفير القطري في لبنان سعادة الشيخ سعود بن عبد الرحمن آل ثاني في زيارة تعارفية. وناقش الطرفان التطورات الحالية في لبنان ووضع القطاع الصحي وسبل التعاون بين دولتي قطر و لبنان لدعم برامج وزارة الصحة العامة في مجال الرعاية الصحية...

Where Can you Find Affordable / Free Mental Health Services in Lebanon?

20/10/23

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Where Can You Report your Adverse Drug Reactions or Adverse Events Following Immunization

24/10/23

Where Can You Report your Adverse Drug Reactions or Adverse Events Following Immunization This section provides a comprehensive overview of the procedures and tools available to Healthcare Professionals, Market Authorization Holders and the General Public to ...

Call for volunteers in the health fields

25/10/23

تعلن وزارة الصحة عن حاجتها لمتطوعين في مجالات الصحة (طب، تمريض، صيدلة، صحة عامة،...) او الادارة، و ذلك للمشاركة في تطبيق خطة الجهوزية و الاستجابة للطوارئ الصحية. لمن يهمه الأمر، الرجاء ارسال السيرة الذاتية على العنوان الإلكتروني: pheoc.moph.lebanon@gmail.com...

Abiad Meets with the Ambassadors of Bangladesh and India and Discusses Supporting the Health Sector

26/10/23

اجتمع وزير الصحة العامة الدكتور فراس الابيض مع سفير دولة بنغلاديش في لبنان جهنغير المستهيدور رحمان. وناقش الطرفان وضع القطاع الصحي وسبل التعاون بين دولتي بنغلاديش و لبنان لدعم وزارة الصحة العامة. كما التقى الابيض سفير دولة الهند في لبنان محمد نور الرحمن الشيخ، وبحثا ...

Collaboration between the MoPH, UNICEF and Korea to Support Life-Saving Care for Newborns

06/11/23

The Ministry of Public Health partners with UNICEF and the Republic of Korea to sustain Lifesaving Support for Mothers and Children in Lebanon The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) launched the expansion of its intervention to deliver lifesaving care to ...

Accreditation Certification ISQua EEA

09/11/23

The Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) is proud to announce the reception of the prestigious Award by the International Society for Quality in Health Care – External Evaluation Association (ISQua EEA) for the Accreditation Standards of Hospitals in Lebanon 2022 Editio...

Cumulative Emergency Report-13-8-2024

10/11/23

In follow-up to the Israeli aggression against southern Lebanon, the Ministry of Public Health publishes the cumulative health emergency report for August 13, 2024. For more information on the previous Cumulative Emergency Report, click on the following link:...

Measles Surveillance in Lebanon

15/11/23

Measles Surveillance in Lebanon- 19/6/2023 Measles Surveillance in Lebanon- 12/6/2023 Measles Surveillance in Lebanon- 5/6/2023 ...

Acute Watery Diarrhea Surveillance in Lebanon

15/11/23

Acute Watery Diarrhea Surveillance in Lebanon- 19/6/2023 Acute Watery Diarrhea Surveillance in Lebanon- 12/6/2023 Acute Watery Diarrhea Surveillance in Lebanon- 5/6/2023 ...

The Minister of Public Health Dr. Firass Abiad at COP28 in UAE

01/12/23

The Minister of Public Health (MoPH), Dr. Firass Abiad, will be participating in the COP28 held in UAE from November 30 to December 12, where leaders from around the world convene annually to address the dangerous human interference with the climate system. The Minister&r...

Drugs Public Price List 2023

10/01/24

Drugs Prices According to the Exchange Rate Issued on 5/12/2023 Drugs Public Price List according to decision no. 119/1 published in the Official Gazette of 30/01/2020 Date Exchange Rate Drugs Public Price ...

National Intersectoral MHPSS Emergency Preparedness and Response Plan: In the Context of the Risk of War on Lebanon

18/01/24

In response to the escalating situation and war on Lebanon, the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) has developed and is currently implementing with all stakeholders the: “National Intersectoral MHPSS Emergency Preparedness and Response Plan: In the Context of th...

Abiad Visits the Karantina Warehouse and Public Hospital with a Delegation from the Republic of Korea and UNICEF

26/01/24

Following the announcement of new contribution from the Republic of Korea to ensure new-borns’ lifesaving care across selected governmental hospitals and the availability of essential paediatric acute medications in primary healthcare centres, the minister of public...

Abiad Discusses with the New U.S. Ambassador the Status of the Health Sector in Lebanon

01/02/24

استقبل وزير الصحة العامة الدكتور فراس الأبيض سفيرة الولايات المتحدة الأميركية في لبنان ليزا جونسون في زيارة بروتوكولية بعد استلامها مهامها في لبنان. ورافقها وفد ضم مديرة الوكالة الأميركية للتنمية الدولية في لبنان جولي ساوثفيلد وأعضاء من السفارة. وتناول البحث الأوضاع ...

Revision of the National Guideline on Prevention and Management of Wasting in Lebanon

05/02/24

The current crisis in Lebanon has resulted in an increasing trend in prevalence of malnutrition in Lebanon. Hence the Ministry of Public Health has made several significant steps to scale up its strategic focus on nutrition, including developing the National Nutrition Str...

Request for Quotation for Services for Call Center

05/02/24

Request for Quotation – Non-Consulting Services Country: Republic of Lebanon Name of Project: Lebanon Health Resilience Project Contract Title: Services for Call Center Loan No./Credit No./ Grant No.: IBRD 87710 RFB Reference No.: LB-MoPH-401817-NC-RF...

One Year Review for Lebanon National Health Strategy:Vision 2030

07/02/24

WHO Donates Six New Vehicles to MoPH’s Epidemiological Surveillance Unit

19/02/24

MoPH and WHO organized handover event of six new Renault Express vehicles 2023 to the Ministry of Public Health’s Epidemiological Surveillance Unit today at the Ministry’s premises in the presence of Health Minister Dr Firass Abiad, ESU head Dr Nada Ghos...

Request for Quotation for Procurement of Goods Needed for the Turkish Hospital in Saida

26/03/24

Specific Procurement Notice Request for Quotation “Goods” Country: Republic of Lebanon Name of Project: Lebanon Health Resilience Project Contract Title: Procurement of Goods Needed for the Turkish Hospital in Saida Loan No./Credit No./ ...

Abiad Explains to Hospital Directors in Beirut and Mount Lebanon the Coverage Increases

27/03/24

الأبيض التقى مدراء مستشفيات بيروت وجبل لبنان مواصلا لقاءاته لشرح الزيادات على التغطية وشدد على عدم تسجيل مخالفات عقد وزير الصحة العامة الدكتور فراس الابيض اجتماعا موسعا في الوزارة اليوم مع مدراء المستشفيات الحكومية والخاصة في بيروت وجبل لبنان بحضور نقيب أصحاب المستشف...

Launching of the Arab Union for Optometry Professions Campaign “Vision for a Better Lebanon”

13/05/24

إطلاق حملة الإتحاد العربي للمهن البصرية "رؤيا للبنان أفضل" والأشقر تشدد على التوعية من مخاطر المفاهيم الخاطئة للنظر الأبيض: الحملة عينة لضرورة تغليب الروح الإيجابية رغم الظروف الصعبة برعاية وحضور وزير الصحة العامة الدكتور فراس الأبيض، أطلقت رئيسة ا...

Lebanon Elected in the Executive Council of Global Health in Geneva

06/06/24

والأبيض يحض المجتمع الدولي على حماية العاملين والمرافق الصحية من الإعتداءات الإسرائيلية شارك وزير الصحة العامة الدكتور فراس الأبيض في أعمال الجمعية السابعة والسبعين لمنظمة الصحة العالمية التي انعقدت في جنيف على رأس وفد من الوزارة وبمشاركة البعثة الدائمة للبنان إل...

Launching the National Mental Health Strategy in Lebanon 2024-2030 under the Patronage of the Minister of Health

01/07/24

أطلق البرنامج الوطني للصحة النفسية، بالتعاون مع منظمة الصحة العالمية في لبنان وبدعم من الوكالة الفرنسية للتنمية (AFD)، الاستراتيجية الوطنية للصحة النفسية للبنان (2024-2030)، برعاية وحضور وزير الصحة العامة، الدكتور فراس الأبيض والسفير هيرفي ماغرو، القائم بأعمال السفارة ا...

Bangladesh Ambassador Informs Abiad of Donation of Essential Medicines for PHCs

09/07/24

إستقبل وزير الصحة العامة الدكتور فراس الأبيض في مكتبه في الوزارة سفير بنغلادش في لبنان جافد تانفير خان الذي أبلغه تقديم بلاده هبة من الأدوية تتضمن حوالى ثمانية أطنان من الأدوية الأساسية التي تستخدم في مراكز الرعاية الصحية الأولية. وستتسلم وزارة الصحة هذه الهبة على دف...

Signing Ceremony of the "PARAMED Project"

09/07/24

Signing Ceremony of the "PARAMED Project": A Vital Reinforcement of the Public Health Sector in Lebanon Under the patronage of H.E. Dr. Firass El Abiad, Mnister of Public Health, and in the presence of a delegation from the French Ministry of Health...

Request for Quotation for Procurement of Goods for the Turkish Hospital in Saida

11/07/24

Specific Procurement Notice Request for Quotation “Goods” Country: Republic of Lebanon Name of Project: Lebanon Health Resilience Project Contract Title: Procurement of Goods for the Turkish Hospital in Saida Loan No./Credit No./ Grant ...

UNICEF Distributes 65 Tons of Medicines and Medical Equipment in Collaboration with MoPH

06/08/24

UNICEF Distributes 65 tons of emergency kits with medications, supplies, and instruments to 22 locations, including private and public hospitals in South, Nabatieh, Baalbak-Hermel, and Lebanese Ministry of Public Health warehouses, to support the health system in responding to ...

Cumulative Emergency Report-20-8-2024

26/08/24

In follow-up to the Israeli aggression against southern Lebanon, the Ministry of Public Health publishes the cumulative health emergency report for August 20, 2024. For more information on the previous Cumulative Emergency Report, click on the following link:...

Two Wounded in Series of Israeli Raids on Southern Lebanon this Morning

26/08/24

صدر عن مركز عمليات طوارئ الصحة العامة التابع لوزارة الصحة العامة بيان أعلن أن سلسلة الغارات الإسرائيلية هذا الصباح على بلدات جنوب لبنان أدت إلى إصابة شخصين: لبناني جروحه طفيفه وعولج في قسم الطوارئ سوري جروحه متوسطة ما استدعى دخوله إلى المستشفى لاستكمال الع...