As I write this article, eight years have passed since I committed to return to Lebanon as the 16th president of the American University of Beirut (AUB). Over the last…
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The last century heralded a dramatic upsurge in healthcare costs in Lebanon. An aging population, the transformation of acute diseases to chronic ones and the innovation gap in pharmaceutical drug…
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“Do I look like someone who has cancer?” That was what my 23-year-old brother said when ‘The Big C’ took a hold of him. He was diagnosed in November 2011…
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Between rising air pollution, contaminated food, and indoor smoking, cancer in Lebanon is becoming more common and more expensive. While consolidated numbers do not exist, there are some good signposts…
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On the occasion of Mother’s Day last month, the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) launched a campaign to encourage Lebanese women to check for cervical cancer. Easily treatable when detected…
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Cancer rates in Lebanon are rising and the illness has, or will, touch the lives of virtually everyone in the country. They are a lucky few that do not have…
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Cancer is everyone’s disease. At some point or another it enters nearly every home society. It can devastate patients and their families, not just emotionally, but financially as well. It…
