The quarterly dashboard summarizes the progress made by partners involved in the Lebanon Crisis Response and highlights trends affecting people in need. The Health Sector in Lebanon is working to: OUTCOME 1) Improved access to comprehensive primary healthcare (PHC) ; OUTCOME 2) improve access to hospital and advanced referral care; OUTCOME 3) improve outbreak control; OUTCOME 4) Improved Child, Adolescent & Youth Health.
Key Achievements
• In 2017, the Health Sector was able to maintain the same level of funding compared to the previous year; approximately 100 million USD received at a time where displaced Syrians socio-economic vulnerability levels have increased . The sector remained however underfunded, having received only 32% of the appeal.
• Health Partners were able to maintain their support to displaced Syrians, vulnerable Lebanese, Palestine Refugees in Lebanon (PRL) and Palestine Refugees from Syria (PRS) in access to primary health care; a total of 1,881,702 subsidized primary health care consultations were provided through both fixed health facilities (MoPH-PHCcs and dispensaries) as well as mobile medical units reaching 85% of the sector target of 2,214,286 subsidized consultations.
• Health Partners were able to maintain and increase access to chronic disease medication for vulnerable groups through the national MoPH/YMCA system; a total of 175,276 patients (Displaced Syrians 18,014, vulnerable Lebanese 155,838 and other nationalities 1,424) were provided with chronic medication.
• Health Partners were also able to maintain and increase their support to displaced Syrians, PRL and PRS in access to hospital care for specific conditions; 92,843 persons were financially supported to access hospital care, this represents 71% of the sector target of 130,202 persons.
• Health Partners where able to save lives by maintaining support to 110 dialysis patients and mobilize funds to additionally support around 60 dialysis patients.
• Health Partners were able to support the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) at national, peripheral and primary health care center level with 240 staff. This has supported in strengthening MoPH at district level, the Epidemiological Surveillance Unit, the National Mental Health Programme, Health Information Management as well as service delivery within national tuberculosis centers across the country and within governmental hospitals. The support has also helped to reduce the burden associated with high influx of patients at facility level.