The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region faces some of the world’s longest and most complex crises. From Palestine to Sudan, Syria, Yemen and Lebanon, people have endured wars, occupation, economic collapse and forced displacement. Entire communities have lived under chronic pressure and uncertainty for decades. These conditions can have a profound impact on […]
Read More… from Middle East and North Africa: Behind the armour, men’s mental health
Since the ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel first came into effect on Nov. 27, Israeli forces have continued to engage in military operations in southern Lebanon. Hundreds of thousands of people have returned to their homes and villages in the area. Many of them saw their homes destroyed by the Israeli bombardment and remain displaced. […]
As the war in Lebanon casts a shadow of devastation for millions of people across the country, community-led initiatives and local efforts are testament to the surviving solidarity and hope among Lebanese society. […]
Read More… from Lebanon: Surviving war with community-led care
Following the large-scale Israeli bombardment in Lebanon over the past week, hundreds of thousands of Lebanese families including MSF staff, have been forced out of their houses and pushed on the roads, in a desperate search of a safe place. MSF is providing support to displaced people in shelters, like schools, in the south of […]
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is contributing to the national vaccination campaign against cholera launched by the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health’s by vaccinating people in Arsal, Akkar, Tripoli and Baalbak – Hermel in the north and northeast of Lebanon where most cholera cases are registered in the country. 600,000 cholera vaccine doses received by […]
Lebanon’s crisis exacerbates the hardships of a neglected community.
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Dwindling supplies of fuel and medicine mean that Lebanon’s healthcare system is rapidly disintegrating as the country – which has been without a government for a year now – grapples with one of the worst economic crises in the world. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams are directly experiencing the consequences of the system’s […]
Read More… from Lebanon: Healthcare System disintegrates as political vacuum persist
MSF started vaccinating elderly people and medical personnel in nursing homes against COVID-19 in March 2021.
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Since late 2019, Lebanon has been grappling with its worst economic crisis in decades, social unrest and political turmoil. On top of that, and following the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic at the start of 2020, a major explosion tore through the capital, Beirut, in August. These overlapping crises have exacerbated people’s vulnerability and pushed […]
Read More… from Lebanon: Overlapping crises increase needs and worsen access to care
Two in three people seeking mental health support from MSF have symptoms of anxiety and depression.
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Read More… from Lebanon: Mental health needs support post-Beirut explosion