Issuance of 2 New Drugs Recalls Resolutions No.107/1 and No.110/1 Date 16/1/2018...

Concerned for food safety and the citizens’ safety, Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani and Agricultural Minister Ghazi Zeaiter held a working meeting to discuss the agricultural pesticides dossier at the premises of the ministry in Bir Hassan. They agreed upon the following:..

On the occasion of the World Pharmacists Day and within the framework of the implementation of Law No.14/2008 aimed at protecting breastfeeding, baby and infant feeding, the Ministry of Public Health, in collaboration with the UNICEF and the International Orthodox Christian Charities held a workshop on the implementation of Law No. 47/2008 entitled “the regulation of the marketing of infant and newborn feeding products and its means”, which is the function of the Pharmacy inspection...

The Minister Memorandum No.4 of 11/01/2018 Regarding the Implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding Signed with the Lebanese Customs Department

Deputy Prime Minister Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani launched the national awareness campaign on the congenital malformation of the oral cavity, i.e. cleft lip, during a ceremony held at the premises of the Ministry in the presence of the President of the Syndicate of Private Hospitals Sleiman Haroun, The Director of the Medical Care Directorate Dr. Joseph El-Helou, the Chairman of the Department of Surgery at the American University of Beirut Medical Center (AUBMC) Dr. Jamal Hoballah, Head of Global Smile Foundation Ramzi Hafez, Head of the Division of Plastic Surgery at the AUBMC Dr. Ghassan Abou Sitta, Dr. Bernard Gerbeka, GSF-MENA ambassador Ms. Clemence Ashkar and other stakeholders...

The Ministry of Public Health represented by its Director General Professor Walid Ammar and the National Certification Committee on Poliomyelitis Eradication honored the Chairperson of the Committee Dr. Ghasssan Issa for the efforts he exerted for many years to support the Ministry and keep Lebanon polio-free...

Issuance of a New Drugs Recalls Resolutions No.73/1 Date 10/1/2018

The Lebanese Ministry of Public Health is looking to select national surveyors ONLY FOR MEDICAL DOCTORS for hospital accreditation surveys of public and private healthcare organizations as per the following tasks:..

Issuance of a New Drugs Public Price List No.18/2/35 Date 9/1/2018

إعتبر نائب رئيس مجلس الوزراء وزير الصحة غسان حاصباني أن منسوب المحاصصة مرتفع نسبياً اكثر من الشراكة في لبنان، و"القوات اللبنانية" تعمل لتحقيق الشراكة الحقيقية بين كل الأطراف والتي يجب ان تبنى على رؤية استراتيجية وتخطيط واوراق عمل لرسم السياسات العامة، فلسنا امام ازمة نظام بل امام نتائج التزعزع في روح "الشراكة" ويجب الا يتأثر العمل التنفيذي بالاختلاف السياسي، المطلوب الشراكة لا المحاصصة. وحذّر من أن ملف النفايات وصل الى ذروته بيئياً وصحياً فإذا لم نعمل بشراكة حقيقية وتعاون لن نستطيع حل هذا الملف...

Deputy Prime Minister Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani called the cabinet to give priority to the matters related to Health Ministry, noting that the funds to buy drugs should be reconsidered since the Ministry’s budget has only increased by 2 percent over the last ten years, while the demand is exceeding 20% yearly. Hasbani stated that the Ministry has asked the government to allocate more funds last July to cover the required drugs, but they weren’t provided on the grounds of insufficient funds, while the healthcare matters can’t wait. Health Minister urged as well the cabinet to discuss and implement the Ministry’s Universal health Coverage.

Within the framework of the national plan for the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases, in particular the healthcare policies to reduce the consumption of table salt and sodium, the Director General of the Ministry of Public Health held a meeting on Wednesday, 3 January, 2018 with academics, experts from local bakeries and concerned persons from the Ministry of Public Health...

Issuance of 2 New Drugs Recalls Resolutions No.11/1 Date 2/1/2018 and No.22/1 Date 3/1/2018

 

Deputy Prime Minister Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani stated that there is a big difference between integrity and the application of the law. “Building a strong State is based on the application of the law, since the integrity of the politicians at the personal level is insufficient without the application of the general Accounting Act that ensures transparency and the proper application of the law in the procedural work, according to which governments are held to account”, he added...

وطنية - أقامت نقابة اصحاب المختبرات الخاصة في لبنان عشاءها السنوي، برعاية وزير الصحة العامة غسان حاصباني ممثلا بالمدير العام للوزارة الدكتور وليد عمار في فيلا سرسق في الاشرفية.
حضر العشاء ممثل وزيرالدولة لشؤون مكافحة الفساد نقولا تويني مدير مكتبه ومستشاره نقولا ابراهيم، نقيب المستشفيات في لبنان المهندس سليمان هارون، نقيب الصيادلة في لبنان الدكتور جورج صيلي، مديرة البرامج في منظمة الصحة العالمية الدكتورة اليسار راضي، رئيس قسم المهن الطبية في وزارة الصحة انطوان رومانوس، منسقة المشاريع والمسؤولة عن نظام الاعتماد في الوزارة سيزار عاكوم وعدد من المسؤولين في وزارة الصحة واصحاب المختبرات الطبية...