JUL 2021-APR 2022
SUPPORTING COVID-19 MASS VACCINATION IN LEBANON
© Medair / Abdul Dennaoui
JUL 2021-APR 2022
Medair
Medair is an international humanitarian organisation dedicated to relieving human suffering in some of the world’s most remote and devastated places. It has been active in Lebanon since 2012, working primarily to provide shelter materials, household supplies, medical care and mental health support to vulnerable populations. Since 2020 we’ve been regularly funding its relief activities to support vulnerable populations in Afghanistan, Lebanon, Madagascar, Somalia and Ukraine.
CHALLENGE
© Medair / Hiba Hajj Omar
ACTION
Medair took charge of one of the country’s five mass vaccination centres, located in Saida in South Lebanon, where registration for the COVID-19 vaccination has been particularly low.
The organisation also supported five health clinics in the Bekaa area through the provision of personal protective equipment for staff, the training of Community Health Volunteers in COVID-19 triage and a referral and vaccine awareness campaign.
Shortages of basic items such as medicine and fuel, soaring poverty and an economic crisis that the World Bank calls “one of the worst the world has seen since the 1850s” have taken a huge toll on many people’s mental wellbeing. Medair provided essential mental health support for health workers and first responders, while ensuring continuity of mental health care for patients.
IMPACT
As of June 2022, Medair had delivered and administered vaccinations to 80,737 people while also ensuring that the vaccination centre in Saida was properly equipped and run safely and efficiently.
PEOPLE VACCINATED
by Medair in Saida and Baalek
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Medair is going to vaccinate around 90,000 people living in Saida, in South Lebanon
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