Santoro Alessio, McKee Martin
Institute of Hygiene, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy.
Faculty of Public Health and Policy, European Centre on Health of Societies in Transition, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.
East Mediterr Health J. 2017 Aug 20;23(6):449-452. doi: 10.26719/2017.23.6.449.
Lebanon is providing sanctuary to an estimated 1.5 million Syrian refugees, with potential consequences for its health system. Here, we analyse how it has responded to this challenge, identify sensitive areas where a strong national governance system is needed and explore how it might be implemented. An effective response to the Syrian refugee crisis requires concerted international action. Nonetheless, geography dictates that the Lebanese health system must play a central role. We identify some areas where a strengthened stewardship role of the Ministry of Public Health is urgently required. We argue that the Ministry is well placed to take a lead, with its detailed knowledge of the Lebanese health system and its legitimacy to formulate a national health response. Finally, we suggest that this crisis could be a catalyst for the strengthening of the Lebanese health system, based on evidence-informed policies that would benefit refugees and the Lebanese population alike.
黎巴嫩为约150万叙利亚难民提供庇护，这可能对其卫生系统产生影响。在此，我们分析了黎巴嫩应对这一挑战的方式，确定了需要强大国家治理体系的敏感领域，并探讨了如何实施该体系。有效应对叙利亚难民危机需要国际社会采取协调一致的行动。尽管如此，地理位置决定了黎巴嫩卫生系统必须发挥核心作用。我们确定了一些迫切需要加强公共卫生部管理作用的领域。我们认为，公共卫生部凭借其对黎巴嫩卫生系统的详细了解及其制定国家卫生应对措施的合法性，有能力发挥带头作用。最后，我们建议，这场危机可能成为加强黎巴嫩卫生系统的催化剂，其基础是基于循证政策，这将使难民和黎巴嫩民众都受益。
