The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH), launched the third National Awareness Campaign on Mental Health “Time_To_Talk”, under the sponsorship of the World Health Organization (WHO), ABAAD, International Medical Corps (IMC), and Medecins du Monde, through an official launching event open to the public in Nejmeh Square in the capital’s centre on Friday September 14, 2018....

The Information Office of Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani issued the following statement:
After many cases of viral hepatitis A were detected due to water pollution in Ain Al Zahab, Dinbou located in Akkar district, a team from the Ministry of Public Health took samples of water from several sources and sent them to the laboratory for testing. The water samples failed to meet health requirements...

At the invitation of WHO Regional Office and the Ministry of Health in the Sultanate of Oman, the MOPH Director General headed Lebanon’s delegation of the Ministry of Public Health and the Ministry of Finance to attend the ministerial conference on the road to achieving Universal Health Coverage in the Eastern Mediterranean Region...

Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani participated in the meeting of the Foreign Affairs and Emigrants Committee headed by MP Yassine Jaber. Hasbani introduced the law aiming at approving the funding of the World Bank and the Islamic Development Bank for the health care sector. This grant will be used to develop over 200 primary health care centers across Lebanon that provide treatment for more than 1.9 million people in Lebanon. It will also help the government hospitals enhance their equipment in emergency rooms based on a detailed study for their needs...

Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani participated in the second meeting of the Committee of Finance and Budget headed by MP Ibrahim Kanaan. The meeting aimed at discussing the Universal Health Coverage draft law after this it was approved by the Parliament’s Health Committee and Administrative and Justice Committee...

The Statistics Department at the Ministry of Public Health is organizing training sessions on the identification and coding of causes of death in collaboration with the World Health Organization and in cooperation with the Syndicate of hospitals. These sessions cover the identification of the causes of death according to International standards. The first phase was completed on 3 and 4 September 2018,...

افتتح نائب رئيس مجلس الوزراء وزير الصحة العامة في حكومة تصريف الاعمال غسان حاصباني مركز الرعاية الصحية الذي يقع في حرم جامعة بيروت العربية، في حفل أقيم في الجامعة حضره السفير المصري نزيه النجاري ورئيس الجامعة البروفسور عمرو جلال العدوي والعمداء والأمين العام الدكتور عمر حوري ومديري الجامعة الى جانب رؤساء المستشفيات ووجوه من القطاع الصحي والاستشفائي...

The Information Office of the ministry of Public Health issued the following statement:
Upon complaints received by the Ministry of Public Health on violations in nurseries, a team from the Department of the Mother and Child at the Ministry conducted a field inspection and heard the complainants and the concerned persons in the nurseries. Therefore, the Minister of Public Health Ghassan Hasbani issued four decisions that stipulate the following:..

اطلع نائب رئيس مجلس الوزراء وزير الصحة العامة غسان حاصباني الْيَوْمَ لجنة الصحة النيابية على واقع القطاع الصحي في لبنان. وتطرق الشرح الى تعدد الجهات الضامنة وزيادة الطلب على الاستشفاء والادوية خارج تغطية الضمان الاجتماعي والجهات الضامنة الاخرى مما زاد العبء على وزارة الصحة العامة لتغطية اكثر من ١،٨ مليون مواطن لا جهة ضامنة لهم. هذا الامر جعل من موازنات الاستشفاء والدواء غير كافية لتغطية الحاجات المتزايدة...

After Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani referred more than 17 dossiers that include remarks and complaints against government hospitals, following which the central inspection administration conducted a survey in cooperation with the Ministry of Public Health, Hasbani met on 3 September 2018 with the team of the ministry that conducts the survey of the administrative and medical performance of the government hospitals in order to take corrective measures. The meeting discussed the control framework and the audit basics so as to complete the work of the central inspection administration...

عقد نائب رئيس مجلس الوزراء وزير الصحة العامة غسان حاصباني مؤتمرا صحافيا بعد ظهر اليوم في قاعة المؤتمرات في الوزارة ، بدعوة من نقابة مصانع الأدوية في لبنان، تحدث فيه حول قضية " مصنع أروان للأدوية"، وحضره رئيسة نقابة مصانع الأدوية في لبنان الدكتورة كارول أبي كرم، رئيس مجلس ادارة شركة اروان عبد الرزاق يوسف العبد الله، ممثل نقابة الاطباء في لبنان الدكتور لودي عيد، رئيس العناية الطبية في الوزارة جوزف الحلو...

 عقد نائب رئيس مجلس الوزراء وزير الصحة العامة غسان حاصباني مؤتمرًا صحافيًا تناول فيه العجز المزمن في ملف الدواء. وقد استهله بالقول: "أيا تكن الاسباب والظروف لا يجوز ان لا يحصل مريض على دواء. ومن غير المقبول ان نعرّض 25 الف مريض يستفيدون من الدواء مجاناً من وزارة الصحة للخطر ونزيد على معاناتهم الصحية القلق على تأمين الدواء. فكما ان المرض لا يميز طائفيا او مناطقيا او سياسيا كذلك العلاج غير معني بالتقشف في الموازنة ولا ينتظر تشكيل حكومة او يحتمل شد حبال سياسي."...

The Information Office of the Ministry of Public Health issued the following statement:
The Ministry of Public Health would like to inform the citizens that the list of eye contact lenses and solutions holding licenses from the Ministry of Public ...

The Information Office of the Ministry of Public Health issued the following statement:
Some Syrian media outlets have circulated false news claiming that Moph food safety inspection teams headed to different shops across Lebanon and took samples of imported and locally packed rice, which was found to have been exposed to carcinogenic pesticides and substances that cause instant death...