Lebanon: MSF provides healthcare to people displaced by military escalation along southern border

The armed escalation is compounding an ongoing humanitarian crisis in Lebanon and intensifying people’s existing needs. The country is in the fourth year of a severe economic crisis that has pushed two out of three citizens into poverty, heavily impacting their ability to afford basic goods and services, including food and healthcare. 

Abbas used to work in the construction industry, but now there is no work available, leaving him unable to earn a living and support his family. “I work in construction, but everything has stopped since the beginning of the [economic] crisis,” he says. 

MSF’s mobile medical team is supporting two health centres in Nabatieh district, south Lebanon, by caring for patients with chronic diseases and providing psychological first aid. Lebanon’s healthcare system, like other sectors in the country, was already overburdened by the economic crisis. Local health centres, that are already at capacity, could face increasing pressure if they contend with the growing medical needs of displaced people.