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The Humanitarian Country Team in Lebanon, led by the Humanitarian Coordinator and supplementing national efforts, continues to respond to the humanitarian needs of the people affected by the increase in hostilities in Lebanon.

With the support of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Malteser International is further expanding medical care for people affected by the war in Lebanon.

Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) joins the deans of the Faculty of Health Sciences at the American University of Beirut (AUB) to call for immediate action from combatants and the international community to ensure adherence to international humanitarian law and protect health care.

Le 16 octobre, le Ministère libanais de la santé publique a confirmé un cas de choléra, insistant sur les risques sanitaires accrus dans le contexte du conflit en cours.

On 16 October, the Ministry of Public Health of Lebanon confirmed a cholera case, highlighting the escalating health risks amidst ongoing conflict.

Children in Lebanon are at growing risk of health and protection issues – including waterborne diseases like cholera, hepatitis and diarrhoea – as the continued bombardment of the country increasingly disrupts and damages essential services that families rely on.

A specialized surgical team from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) experienced in war injuries has been deployed to a hospital in southern Beirut to offer life-saving care and help relieve exhausted medical staff.

Depuis l’escalade des hostilités entre Israël et le Liban le 17 septembre 2024, l’OMS a recensé 23 attaques visant les services de santé au Liban, qui ont fait 72 morts et 43 blessés parmi les soignants et les patients.

Une équipe chirurgicale spécialisée du Comité international de la Croix-Rouge (CICR) ayant l’expérience des blessures de guerre a été déployée dans un hôpital du sud de Beyrouth afin de prodiguer des soins vitaux et de soulager le personnel médical épuisé.

Beirut (CICR) – El Comité Internacional de la Cruz Roja (CICR) envió a un equipo especializado en cirugía y con experiencia en heridas de guerra a un hospital del sur de Beirut para que preste asistencia vital y ayude a aliviar al extenuado personal de salud.

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El refuerzo sanitario se decidió ante la escalada de las hostilidades, el aumento del número de personas heridas y las dificultades del sistema de salud para atender las necesidades urgentes de la población.

El equipo, compuesto por un médico especialista en urgencias, un cirujano...

I join you here today not just as a representative of UNICEF, but as a witness to the unfolding humanitarian catastrophe in Lebanon. Earlier this week, Carl Skau and I met families who have lost everything except hope.

Highlights

• The government of Lebanon continues coordinating efforts to support over one million people affected by the escalation of hostilities on the Lebanon-Israel border. Nearly 75 percent of all casualties in the conflict took place since mid-September 2024, including reports of more than 890 children injured, and 127 children killed.
• National authorities have opened more than 1,060 collective shelters for over 188,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) – half of them women and children. Approximately 80 per cent of shelters are full.
• The Ministry of Public Health has confirmed a case of...

In cooperation with YMCA, WHO continued to monitor the distribution of NCD and mental health medications to PHCs serving host communities and displaced patients.

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The Erasmus+ project CINEMATOMEDIA: Teaching Democracy through Cinema is excited to announce its launch. This innovative project aims to empower youth organizations across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) by harnessing the power of cinema to foster political and democratic engagement among young people.

أطلقت المؤسسة الفلسطينية لحقوق الإنسان (شاهد) تقريرها السنويّ للعام 2023، مسلطةً الضوء على أبرز المستجدات حول واقع اللاجئين الفلسطينيين في لبنان، ومعرجّةً على أوضاعالفلسطينيين في الأراضي الفلسطينية المحتلة. عُني التقرير بعناوين عدّة، أبرزها الأوضاع القانونية للاجئين الفلسطينيين في لبنان، وتقييم لأداء الأونروا خلال عام 2023، إضافة لأوضاع اللاجئين في قطاع غزة في ظل الحرب المستمرة عليهم، وخلص في الختام إلى مجموعة من التوصيات التي من شأنها أن تحسّن من أوضاع اللاجئين الفلسطينيين وتحفظ لهم حقوقهم.