Collaboration between the European Union and WHO delivers essential medications to people in need in Lebanon
05 May 2020
- The Ambassador of the European Union in Lebanon, Ralph Tarraf, announced today that the European Union is donating 15 million euros to the World Health Organization to support the health system in Lebanon, with a main focus on access to essential medications to those who need it for the coming two years.
- With this support, around 95,000 people from among the most vulnerable Lebanese and refugees will be able to receive on time and for free the chronic disease medications they need, and 350,000 people using the national primary health care centres will benefit from medications for acute conditions.
This announcement took place during the Ambassador’s visit to the chronic diseases medications warehouse that is managed by the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA), during a handover of medications to primary healthcare facilities.
The COVID-19 pandemic comes at a time where the Lebanese people and others in Lebanon are affected by a severe socio-economic crisis. With the decrease in purchasing power and increase in unemployment rates, coupled with a global economic crisis precipitated by the COVID-19 pandemic, more people are struggling to make ends meet. Unmet needs in healthcare can rapidly increase mortality and morbidity and jeopardize the health-related Sustainable Development Goals.
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