BEIRUT, June 2( Xinhua)--Caretaker Lebanese Health Minister Firas Abiad has been infected with the

Health Minister Firas Abiad told a press conference that the WHO has signed a funding agreement with

medicines.... Health Minister Firass Abiad told Reuters a range of subsidies remained in place for many

ministry. Many members of the new Cabinet are experts in their fields.... Firas Abiad, director

BEIRUT, April 7( Xinhua)--The World Health Organization( WHO) Lebanon Office launched the national Environment and Health Strategy 2021-2026 on Thursday, reaffirming nine priorities for the Arab region, the UN mission said in a press release. Thursday is also the World Health Day which falls on April 7 every year. The nine environmental health priorities, first adopted in the Arab Health and Environment Strategy 2017-2030 developed by the WHO, are water sanitation, air pollution, food safety, ch

Crippling fuel, medical and staff shortages are pushing Lebanon’s healthcare system to the brink of collapse, officials have warned, as the United Nations says 4 million people could lose access to safe water in the next few days.... Making matters worse is the fact that the hospital – like other hospitals – has had no mains power for the entirety of the past week, meaning it has had to run entirely on diesel generators.... Diesel, sold on the black market at five times the official price, is

24, 2021, file photo, women wearing face masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus walk by an electronic billboard showing China's Gross Domestic Product( GDP) index on a commercial office building in Shanghai, China.... The Manila, Philippines-based ADB expects 7.1% growth in 2021, falling to 5.4% in 2022.... Most regional economies will remain below their pre-pandemic levels into 2022, and some of the losses from the crisis will be permanent, ADB economists said....

BEIRUT — Lebanon finally got a new government Friday, after 13 months of tortuous negotiations that left the country leaderless and paralyzed during the worst economic and financial collapse in its history. Support our journalism.... Subscribe today.... ChevronRight The formation of the new cabinet, headed by billionaire tycoon Najib Mikati and seemingly supported by almost all factions, means the country will be able to get down to the business of steering its way out of the crisis, which has

Open this photo in gallery An employee organizes pharmacy supplies at Beirut's Rafik Hariri University Hospital, where Lebanon's overlapping economic and social crises have made medicines hard to come by. Photography by Rafael Yaghobzadeh/ The Globe and MailBonus podcast？... Antibiotics have disappeared from the shelves of not just the hospital pharmacy but pharmacies across Lebanon.... Medications that help control chronic conditions such as diabetes or high blood pressure have also become sc

Urges Lebanese govt to provide ICC with jurisdiction to prosecute crimes？... South Africa accuses Israel of using ‘starvation’ in Gaza as weapon of warBEIRUT: Amnesty International said on Wednesday that Israel’s attacks on ambulances, paramedics and health facilities during its recent war with Hezbollah should be investigated as war crimes.... During the conflict, the Israeli military accused Hezbollah of using ambulances belonging to the Islamic Health Committee for transporting fighters and