WHO Lebanon

Through this collaboration with @WHO, critical financial barriers to urgent care are reduced, essential medical equipment is provided, and access to quality, safe healthcare is improved for those who need it most. Your solidarity is helping save lives and restore hope.

With sincere gratitude to @GreeceinLebanon for its generous support in strengthening life-saving and limb-saving hospitalization services in Lebanon.

WHO continues to work with partners to address public health issues through supporting continuity of care, specifically access to medications and hospitalization, health education, hygiene promotion, and coordination with other sectors. #HealthForAll

A WHO Lebanon team visited the Jdeideh School for Girls shelter yesterday, where 377 people (90 families) are currently residing, to understand their living conditions and identify priority public health concerns.

Safe blood saves lives. With the generous support of the @JapanEmbLebanon @MofaJapan_en, WHO is strengthening 16 public hospitals across Lebanon with blood bank equipment to ensure safe blood transfusions and reinforce emergency response during times of conflict.

Check out WHO Lebanon Health Emergency Sitrep #21 emro.who.int/lbn/informatio…

With support from @ECHO_MiddleEast, WHO, in collaboration with the @mophleb, is delivering 30 trauma emergency surgical kits to strengthen frontline emergency response—each kit supporting up to 100 life-saving trauma interventions across Lebanon. @EUinLebanon @WHOEMRO

At Dar Al Ajaza and Deir El Salib hospitals, WHO is providing technical support to enhance multidisciplinary discharge planning, strengthen community linkages, and improve continuity of mental health care across Lebanon—ensuring patients receive support beyond hospitalization.

Strengthening continuity of care after hospital discharge, WHO visited 2 hospitals providing mental health services under the WHO lifesaving hospitalization programme, financed by @ECHO_MiddleEast. Supporting stronger discharge planning means better recovery & reintegration.

A critical boost to Lebanon’s health system 🇱🇧 With support from the Central Emergency Response Fund @OCHAFunds, @ECHO_MiddleEast & the @EUinLebanon: 20 ventilators, 30 trauma kits & 30,000 insulin vials are reaching those who need them most. #Lebanon #HealthForAll

Deeply saddened by the killing of journalist Amal Khalil in south #Lebanon Journalists are civilians & must be protected. Targeting civilians & obstructing aid are grave IHL violations. This must stop. Sincere condolences to her family & wishing the injured a speedy recovery

Ensuring access to essential medicines for persons with disabilities is not optional—it’s a right that must be protected, even in times of crisis. Grateful for the support of the @EUinLebanon. @mophleb @WHOEMRO

A decisive act of solidarity from 🇬🇷 Through its partnership with WHO, this contribution will unlock access to life-saving and limb-saving care for the most vulnerable, while strengthening critical hospital capacity in 🇱🇧 Lives will be saved. This is impact where it matters most!

Check out WHO Lebanon Health Emergency Sitrep #20 emro.who.int/lbn/informatio…

Today, April 18, WHO delivered critical trauma supplies and essential medicines to Nabatieh in south Lebanon, reinforcing hospitals’ capacity to save lives. This was made possible with support from @eu_echo. Amid a fragile ceasefire, @WHO remains steadfast, supporting frontline health workers and communities in the south as displaced families begin returning, and helping hospitals continue to function under immense pressure. Since 2 March, 100 health workers have been killed and 233 injured in Lebanon, an unacceptable toll. Six hospitals in the south and southern Beirut suburbs are now fully closed, with 15 more partially damaged. Our work does not pause. From sustaining emergency care to delivering essential medicines where they are needed most, WHO continues to support the response on the ground. The situation in #Lebanon remains extremely volatile. Access to health care must be ensured, and health workers, patients and facilities must be protected at all times. @ECHO_MiddleEast @EUinLebanon

I welcome news of the 10-day ceasefire in Lebanon, an important step to protect lives and ease pressure on the health system. But this week’s regional situation report shows how strained the country’s health system remains: hospitals are at near full capacity, and shortages of essential medicines are affecting patient care. We thank Member States for their continued support, including @qatar_fund and @MOI_QatarEn who recently delivered urgently needed health supplies to #Lebanon. As @WHO continues to support the response in the most affected countries, we have also deployed emergency expertise to support GCC countries in strengthening coordination and readiness. People in our region need peace. And even in war, health care must be protected, and access to care must be sustained. Read the latest situation report: 🔗 emro.who.int/images/stories…

At its peak, the shelter hosted 338 people—now fewer than 100 remain, with many preparing to return home. Conditions have been generally adequate, though some challenges persist. For many, going home is not the end of displacement—just the next step. @WHOEMRO

A WHO team visited a shelter in Chhim hosting families displaced by recent violence—just as many begin returning home following the ceasefire. They shared appreciation for the support received, including health care, food & water. Free weekly clinics have been a key lifeline.

🚨‼️تبقى الذخائر غير المنفجرة خطراً حقيقياً حتى بعد انتهاء النزاع . قد تكون مخفية تحت الأنقاض، على الطرقات، أو بين الأراضي الزراعية. عند مشاهدة أي جسم مشبوه: ❌ لا تقترب ❌ لا تلمس ❌ لا تحرّك ✔️ ابتعد فوراً ✔️ حذّر الآخرين ✔️ أبلِغ الجهات المختصة ☎️ 05/956143 سلامتك وسلامة من حولك تبدأ بالوعي.

#Lebanon’s Tebnine Government Hospital, one of the busiest trauma management hospitals in the south, was damaged due to two consecutive strikes closeby on 12 and 14 April. 11 workers were injured and the emergency department, including critical equipment such as ventilators, monitors, stretchers and trolleys, were damaged. The pharmacy and out-patient clinics were also damaged. @WHO is supporting urgent emergency maintenance based on priority needs, while hospital services continue to function despite the strain. Since the start of the war, @WHO has recorded 133 attacks on health care with 88 deaths and 206 injuries. Fifteen hospitals and 7 primary healthcare centres have been damaged, and 5 hospitals and 56 primary health care centres have closed.   Humanitarian access to southern Lebanon has been severely constrained, hindering support to health facilities and limiting people’s access to essential care. I reiterate the call for the immediate protection of health care facilities, health workers, ambulances, and patients. There must be safe, sustained, and unhindered humanitarian access across Lebanon, so that life-saving services can be delivered without delay and without risk to those providing or receiving care.