Ministry of Public Health (Lebanon)

Lebanese Republic
Ministry of Public Health
وزارة الصحّة العامة
Coat of arms of Lebanon
Agency overview
JurisdictionGovernment of Lebanon
Minister responsible
Agency executive
  • Minister of Public Health
Websitemoph.gov.lb

The Ministry of Public Health (Arabic: وزارة الصحّة العامة) is a ministry of the government of the Republic of Lebanon.[2][3] As of 2024, the Minister of Health is Firass Abiad.[4]

The ministry's Department of Primary Healthcare operates over 200 primary health care centres across Lebanon.[5][6] The ministry operates a network of 31 government-operated hospitals.[7]

Its headquarters are in Bir Hassan, in the Jnah neighborhood of the capital city Beirut.[2]

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