The Caretaker Minister of Health, Firas Al-Abyad, affirmed that “the earthquake disaster in Turkey and Syria proves more than ever the necessity of preparing a suitable ground for anticipating disasters and crises of any kind, especially since they all have a health aspect to which the correct response must be secured,” adding: “This What the National Health Strategy aimed at in terms of establishing a health system capable of securing health service under the weight of crises.
Al-Abyadh continued: “Grants, donations, and external loans have become a basic pillar of financing the health system in Lebanon,” stressing that “the Ministry of Health seeks to obtain more support after clarifying its vision and strategy, so that the field is open to developing a clear and advanced cooperation structure that guarantees effectiveness.” Humanitarian aid provided to Lebanon through an automated system and a unified platform.
He also appealed to “work on organizing aid and loans on the basis of well-studied health programs according to the needs of the community in order to form a realistic basis for determining the financiers, the amount of financing and the mechanisms that guarantee the achievement of the required of these programs, including, for example, defining a basket of basic medical services that can be provided in health care centers.” primary.”
He added, “We are in an environment with few resources, and we need to use everything we have in the right place to obtain the greatest degree of effectiveness,” noting that “unifying efforts between the Ministry of Public Health and its international partners in an organized manner will increase the transparency of the implementation of health programs and contribute to restoring lost confidence.” between citizens and state institutions.
