A-General Directorate

It has three departments directly associated with it in addition to the general administration service and the services of public health in the Mohafazat:

   a- IT department:
            -Dissemination of Ministry’s information
            -Information networking with other institutions

   b- Department of projects and programs:
           -Preparing the Ministry’s Plan of Action and related policy plans
           -Providing proposals for laws and decrees to meet the role of the MOH

   c- Department of Control on Public Hospitals:
           -Newly established, follows up on the performance indicators for public hospitals. 

General Administration Service
           -Ministry’s Post Office
           -Information Desk
           -Assigning Standards for the Bids
           -Issuing buyer’s certificates for drugs and equipments
           -Preparing the Budget
           -Expense Allocation
           -Employee’s transactions
           -Legal consultations for health related matters
           -communication with international organizations
       -Issuing and renewing employees’ contracts and other certificates, includes HRH of the Ministry of health various departments and peripheral units.

Services of Public Health at the Mohafazats
           -Responsible of the administrative health services of the districts under their supervision 


   B- Directorate of Preventive Medicine:

Includes 4 services in addition to the department of statistics:

Department of Statistics
           -Gathering health information from various stakeholders
           -Information sharing inside and outside of the ministry
           -Gathering statistical data and preparing statistical reports

Service of Sanitary Engineering
           -Setting up food and nutrition strategies for food hygiene and food born diseases and malnutrition
           -Conducting studies on children’s nutritional status based on the Health file information
           -Initiating health inspection activities and water safety studies
           -Insects control
           -Food safety 
           -Classification of the production industry
           -Setting water safety standards

Service of preventive medicine:
           -Gathering information on mandatory reported diseases
           -Epidemiological surveillance and control
           -Setting communicable disease programs
           -Performing health inspection on passengers (In and out of Lebanon)
           -Vaccinating Lebanese people traveling to high risk areas
           -food inspection and sanitation on airplanes
           -Initiating Epidemiologic Surveillance and assuring Primary Health care
           -Training medical doctors on the principles of preventive medicine

Service of Social Health
           -Setting and implementing health education programs 
           -initiating school health programs in collaboration with the Ministry of Education
           -training health workers in public and private sectors
           -preparing health education and promotion materials
           -Responsible for Safe motherhood and child health programs
           -Responsible for conducting studies and follow-ups in schools
           -Responsible for performance of midwives ongoing training
           -Training of Human Resources for Health in general
           -Issuing and distributing the health file for children and reviewing its content

The Department of Health of the Disabled is under the service of social health but is not an active department

Service of Occupational Health 
           -Deals with diseases and risks of the job and job-related activities


   C- Directorate of Medical Care: 

Includes two services: 

Service of hospitals, dispensaries, and medical professions
           -Handling records of patients treated at the expense of MOH
           -Setting and controlling contracts of the MOH with Health service providers
           -Performing medical audits on hospital bills
           -issuing certificates of practice for medical professions
           -issuing certificates for health facilities
           -quality control on medical facilities

Service of Pharmacy
           -Issuing certificates related to pharmacies and pharmacists’ practice
           -Drug pricing
           -Drug industry management and control
           -Narcotic drugs’ imports, distribution, and statistics
           -Medicinal imports/exports
           -Drug registration and control
           -Registration of non-medicinal health-related items 
           -Pharmacies’ and drugstores’ inspection
           -Controlling fraud in the pharmaceutical industry
 
It is worth noting that some of the before mentioned departments are almost dormant, and very few, if any, activities are performed, either due to the lack of personnel or motivation, and the lack of funding. In addition, in 1996, a decree was issued to stop employment in the public sector, which resulted in overloaded personnel, with high average age structure and many neglected essential activities. 
A new organizational structure of the MOPH is proposed, and is currently waiting for legislative measures to take effect.

In addition to these departments, there are various committees that were established according to their specialized roles, these are the following:
           -Medical audit committee
           -Prosthetic committee
           -Committee of control of communicable diseases
           -Open heart committee
           -Tobacco control committee
           -Drug committees
           -Permanent Medical Committee
           -Official Medical committees (1 for each Mohafazat)


The Joint Programs between the MOPH, WHO and YMCA

Currently, there are 5 programs running, namely the National AIDS Program (NAP), the Tuberculosis Program (TB), Non-Communicable Disease Program (NCPD), Injuries and Accidents Program, Drugs registration and control program.

In addition to these programs, there is the YMCA contract with the MOPH to deliver drugs for chronic diseases all over Lebanon. 
    The Ministers of Health since the time of the Prime Minister Riad Solh in 1944 until today.
 

NB	From	To	Minister of Health	Prime Minister
70	15/02/2014		Abou Faour Waël	Salam Tammam
69	13/06/2011	15/02/2014	Khalil Ali Hassan	Mikati Mohamad Najib
68	9/11/2009	13/01/2011	Dr. Khalifeh Mhammad Jawad	Hariri Cheikh Saad
67	19/07/2005	9/11/2009	Dr. Khalifeh Mhammad Jawad	Al Sanioura Fouad
66	19/04/2005	19/07/2005	Dr. Khalifeh Mhammad Jawad	Mikati Najib
65	26/10/2004	19/04/2005	Dr. Khalifeh Mhammad Jawad	Karameh Omar
64	26/10/2000	26/10/2004	Franjieh Suleiman	Hariri Rafic
63	04/12/1998	26/10/2000	Karam Karam	Hoss Selim
62	07/11/1996	04/12/1998	Franjieh Suleiman	Hariri Rafic
61	25/05/1995	07/11/1996	Hamadeh Marwan	Hariri Rafic
60	31/10/1992	25/05/1995	Hamadeh Marwan	Hariri Rafic
59	16/05/1992	30/10/1992	Hamadeh Marwan	Solh Rachid
58	24/12/1990	15/05/1992	Kebbeh Jamil	Karameh Rachid
57	25/11/1989	23/12/1990	Rassi Abdallah	Hoss Selim
56	22/09/1988	25/11/1989	Maalouf Edgard	Aoun Michel
55	30/04/1984	22/09/1988	Gemayel Pierre	Karameh Rachid
Nomination of Hashem Joseph after the death of Gemayel Pierre
54	08/10/1982	29/04/1984	Mroueh Adnan	Wazzan Chafic
53	25/10/1980	08/10/1982	Bizri Nazih	Wazzan Chafic
52	16/07/1979	25/10/1980	Merhebi Talal	Hoss Selim
51	09/12/1976	16/07/1979	Cheaito Ibrahim	Hoss Selim
50	01/07/1975	09/12/1976	Irslan Majid	Karameh Rachid
49	23/05/1975	01/07/1975	Rifaii Noureddine	Rifaii Noureddine
Did not submit the ministerial declaration to the Parlement
48	31/10/1974	23/05/1975	Irslan Majid	Solh Rachid
47	08/07/1973	30/10/1974	Dana Ousman	Solh Takieddine
46	25/04/1973	08/07/1973	Hafez Amin	Hafez Amin
Resigned in 14/06/1973 and the resignation has been approved in 08/07/1973
45	27/05/1972	25/04/1973	Bizri Nazih	Salam Saeb
44	13/10/1970	27/05/1972	Bitar Emile	Salam Saeb
Nomination of Torbey Henri after the resignation of Bitar Emile
43	25/11/1969	13/10/1970	Moutran Habib	Karameh Rachid
42	15/01/1969	25/11/1969	Babikian Khatchik	Karameh Rachid
41	20/10/1968	15/01/1969	Gemayel Pierre	Yafi Abdallah
40	12/10/1968	20/10/1968	Gemayel Pierre	Yafi Abdallah
Resigned in 20/10/1968
39	08/02/1968	12/10/1968	Joumblat Khaled	Yafi Abdallah
38	06/12/1966	08/02/1968	Barbir Nassib	Karameh Rachid
37	09/04/1966	06/12/1966	Assaad Kamel	Yafi Abdallah
36	25/07/1965	09/04/0966	Knio Mohamed	Karameh Rachid
35	18/11/1964	25/07/1965	Sarraf Yacoub	Ouwaini Hussein
34	25/09/1964	18/11/1964	Knio Mohamed	Ouwaini Hussein
33	20/02/1964	25/09/1964	Knio Mohamed	Ouwaini Hussein
32	31/10/1961	20/02/1964	Bazze Ali	Karameh Rachid
31	20/05/1961	31/10/1961	Gemayel Pierre	Salam Saeb
30	01/08/1960	20/05/1961	Khoury Elias	Salam Saeb
29	14/05/1960	01/08/1960	Mikdad Hassan Awad	Daouk Ahmad
28	14/10/1958	14/05/1960	Gemayel Pierre	Karameh Rachid
27	24/09/1958	14/10/1958	Safieddine Mohamed	Karameh Rachid
Did not submit the ministerial declaration to the Parlement
26	14/03/1958	24/09/1958	Mokhaiber Albert	Solh Sami
25	18/08/1957	14/03/1958	Skaff Joseph	Solh Sami
24	18/11/1956	18/08/1957	Irslan Majid	Solh Sami
23	08/06/1956	18/11/1956	Bizri Nazih	Yafi Abdallah
22	19/03/1956	08/06/1956	Bizri Nazih	Yafi Abdallah
21	19/09/1955	19/03/1956	Bizri Nazih	Karameh Rachid
20	09/07/1955	19/09/1955	Murr Jibrael	Solh Sami
19	16/09/1954	09/07/1955	Helou Charles	Solh Sami
Nomination of Hraoui Georges After the resignation of Helou Charles
18	01/03/1954	16/09/1954	Khalil Kazem	Yafi Abdallah
17	16/08/1953	01/03/1954	Khalil Kazem	Yafi Abdallah
16	30/04/1953	16/08/1953	Baydoun Rashid	Salam Saeb
15	20/09/1952	30/04/1953	Haidar Selim	Chehab Khaled
14	18/09/1952	30/09/1952	Akkari Nazem	Chehab Fouad
Did not submit the ministerial declaration to the Parlement
13	09/09/1952	14/09/1952	Trad Bassil	Akkari Nazem
Did not submit the ministerial declaration to the Parlement
	14/09/1952	18/09/1952	Trad Bassil	Salam Saeb
12	11/02/1952	09/09/1952	Irslan Majid	Solh Sami
11	07/06/1951	11/02/1952	Takieddine Bahij	Yafi Abdallah
10	14/02/1951	07/06/1951	Fayad Boulos	Ouwaini Hussein
09	01/10/1949	14/02/1951	Abillamah Raiif	Solh Riad
08	26/07/1948	01/10/1949	Khoury Elias	Solh Riad
07	07/06/1947	26/07/1948	Chamoun Kamil	Solh Riad
06	14/12/1946	07/06/1947	Khoury Elias	Solh Riad
05	22/05/1946	14/12/1946	Irslan Majid	Mounla Sa"di
04	22/08/1945	22/05/1946	Talhouk Jamil	Solh Sami
03	09/01/1945	22/08/1945	Assaad Ahmad	Karameh AbdelHamid
02	03/07/1944	09/01/1945	Irslan Majid	Solh Riad
01	25/09/1943	02/07/1944	Irslan Majid	Solh Riad