Meningitis Surveillance Report
Report of “2025-03-07”

During the 2025, 49 meningitis patients were reported. Following investigation, 34 were bacterial and 14 were viral, while 1 was unspecified. The incidence for the past 52 weeks reached 5.4 per 100,000.
Among the bacterial meningitis, 0 were due to Neisseria meningitidis, 0 due to Haemophilus influenza, 16 due to Streptococcus pneumoniae, 0 due to other pathogens and 18 due to bacterial with unspecified pathogens.
As per the age groups, the highest rates were observed in: 00-04y (1.8/100000), 65+y (1.2/100000) and 15-24y (0.7/100000). On the other hand, 55.6% were male. As per nationality, 78.9% were Lebanese, and 15.7% were Syrian.
Across the mohafazas, the highest rates were observed in: Nabatieh (1.3/100000), Beirut (1/100000) and Bekaa (1/100000).
Figure 1: Reported Meningitis by profile cases by week
Figure 2: Reported Bacterial Meningitis cases by week
Figure 3: Incidence rate per mohafaza	Figure 4: Distribution by month
Figure 5: Incidence rate per age group	Figure 6: Distribution by sex
Figure 7: Distribution by nationality	Figure 8: Distribution by outcome