The growing impoverishment among the population means the availability of affordable healthcare has become an essential aspect of meeting basic needs today. Primary healthcare centers have emerged as an option…
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Lebanon has been historically renowned for its healthcare system; Lebanese physicians have staffed hospitals in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, while travelers have flocked to Beirut for…
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According to several international studies published by the World Health Organization and Bloomberg, Lebanon’s healthcare was ranked in the top tier class among healthcare systems in the world in both…
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At the nexus of the Lebanese health system with its numerous components and competing private stakeholders, and as a historic refuge of last resort for those in desperate need of…
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The proverbial Lebanese entrepreneur is nothing if not agile and adaptive. She or he is a dealmaker par excellence and almost genetically primed to spot opportunities and seek to exploit…
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After a year of living face to face with SARS-CoV-2, it is high time to recognize the relationship existentially and give credit where credit is due. The coronavirus is confronting…
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Health care services intact but compromised
In Lebanon, as in virtually all other countries around the globe, health has in 2020 been catapulted to the top spot of social concern after the onset of the Covid-19…
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The global cosmetic and personal care market is growing, the upward swing especially boosting companies that produce organic and sustainable products. The specificity of new manufacturing trends and the evolution…
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What a difference in perception a year makes – especially this year of 2020, and especially in all matters concerning health, directly or indirectly. Let’s assume – very reasonably –…
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Health care infrastructure under pressure
by Nabil Makariby Nabil MakariLong seen as the health care centre of the Middle East due to its developed hospital infrastructure and presence of heavily qualified medical personnel, Lebanon may well lose this title…