BEIRUT – A national vaccination campaign against cholera was launched on Saturday in northern Lebanon, which was hit hard by the disease over the last several weeks, the health ministry announced in a statement. The [Read More]
BEIRUT – Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health has received 600,000 doses of cholera vaccine from the International Coordination Group (ICG) managing the global supply of cholera vaccines. A statement released by the World Health Organization [Read More]
BEIRUT – Two UN humanitarian relief funds on Thursday allocated 9.5 million U.S. dollars to prevent the spread of cholera in Lebanon. A statement released by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian [Read More]
BEIRUT: Lebanon’s parliament on Thursday failed to elect a new president as political parties could not yet agree on a figure for the vacant presidential seat, the National News Agency reported. The voting session, which [Read More]
BEIRUT – Lebanon has arrested 30 terrorists affiliated with eight terrorist cells that belonged to the Islamic State (IS) militant group from July to October, the country’s Internal Security Forces said in a statement on [Read More]
BEIRUT – Lebanese Health Minister Firas Abiad said on Tuesday that his country will launch the first-phase vaccination campaign against cholera on Saturday as the outbreak is now under control, the National News Agency reported. [Read More]
Lebanon has launched a national strategy for wheat cultivation amid the concerns of a wheat crisis in the country as the Russia-Ukraine conflict continues to evolve. “We developed a plan for distributing seeds to farmers [Read More]
An official with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on Monday called for continued support for the Lebanese people hit hard by a protracted financial crisis. Costanza Farina, director of the UNESCO [Read More]
Lebanon’s House Speaker Nabih Berri said Monday that Lebanon can no longer bear the consequences of leaving the presidency vacant for long periods, the National News Agency reported. “Lebanon cannot bear longer periods of presidential [Read More]
The World Health Organization (WHO) says that 10.2 million U.S. dollars is required for public health-related response to the ongoing cholera outbreak in Lebanon. “Lebanon is vulnerable to cholera, and this is being aggravated by [Read More]
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