Largest per capita population of refugees in the world, with 1.5 million from Syria alone
3.6 million people in need of assistance
90% of the Lebanese Pound’s value has been lost since 2019
40% of medical staff have left Lebanon during the recent economic crisis
Many of the problems Lebanon currently faces stem from its recent economic troubles. Millions of people are now food insecure, many of whom were once middle class. According to the UN, seventy five percent of the Lebanese population live below the poverty line.
These issues are complicated by the large number of refugees living in Lebanon (estimated two million in a population of 6.8 million) and sectarian divides within the country. Refugees and their descendants – due to their legal status – don’t have the same access as Lebanese nationals to services such as healthcare.
On August 4, 2020, an explosion at the port in Beirut caused widespread devastation across the city including seven major hospitals. It is estimated some 300,000 people were displaced due to the damage or destruction of their homes in the blast.
Lebanon’s health troubles are closely linked with its economic and political situation. Problems arise, for instance, due to inequity in healthcare access. There are very different healthcare outcomes for patients depending on whether private healthcare access can be afforded. The absence of a clear public health policy also creates difficulties for the population getting access to the healthcare they need.
Trauma, economic and environmental factors have caused people’s mental health to worsen.
Since the end of 2019, Lebanon’s economic crisis has resulted in thousands of doctors and nurses leaving the country. Hyperinflation continues to make purchasing medicines unaffordable for both health service providers and individuals.
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£5 can help us to give 15 people treatment
£20 will provide 16 children with antibiotics
£100 will provide 83 pregnant women with life saving medicine.
£450 will provide am emergency medical kit to 60 families.
Whatever you give, you could be making a life-changing, even life-saving difference to someone every month.
£5 is enough to source and send £600 worth of medical supplies a year to people in need; enough to help approximately 50 people around the world.
£10 is enough to source and send £1,200 worth of medical supplies a year to people in need; enough to help approximately 100 people around the world.
£25 is enough to provide around 750 treatments in a year, helping approximately 250 people in need; and for some, is the difference between life & death.
£100 is enough to provide medicines and supplies for approximately 1,000 people a year living in disaster-hit and vulnerable communites.
Whatever you give, you could be making a life-changing, even life-saving difference to someone every month.
IHP is supporting our in-country partners, Anera and International Medical Corps, to distribute vitally needed medicines and medical supplies, including mental health medication to vulnerable populations including refugees from Syria and Palestine. Our shipments of medicine and supplies are used in hospitals, clinics, and refugee camps and settlements across the country. There is a particular need for medicines treating chronic conditions for those whose treatment schedules have been disrupted.
