Caritas Lebanon Health Department received a delegation to observe the work being done in collective shelters and Primary Health Care Centers in partnership with the UNFPA.
The delegation included Dr. Shajib Hossain, Health Sector Coordinator @WHO, Dr. Zinia Sultana, Senior Public Health Officer @UNHCR, Ms. Maggi Ghanem, Reproductive Health Programme Specialist @UNFPA, and Mr. Houssein Sweid, Sexual and Reproductive Health Coordination Analyst.
They visited the Iskandar Rizk School in Achkout, where the health department provides healthcare services ranging from medical consultations with a general practitioner, gynecologist, and pediatrician. Additionally, they provide medication distribution, health supplies, vaccinations, and psychological first aid support.
Later, they visited the Patriarch Sfeir Primary Health Care Center in Rayfoun, where they toured the facility and reviewed the services provided to patients and displaced individuals from Lebanese villages. They commended the work of Caritas Lebanon Health Department and its efficiency in emergency interventions.