Rady Alissar, Shankiti Iman, Brennan Richard, Mandil Ahmed
Senior National Professional Officer, World Health Organization, Beirut, Lebanon.
World Health Organization Representative, Beirut, Lebanon.
East Mediterr Health J. 2020 Aug 25;26(8):870-871. doi: 10.26719/2020.26.8.870.
Emergency preparedness is a critical pillar of the International Health Regulations (IHR), a legally binding instrument underlying the global health security regime that came into effect in 2005. Lebanon, a small country of 10 452 km2 bordering the eastern Mediterranean, ratified the IHR in 2007 after the devasting effects of a sudden military conflict in 2006 that severely impacted the recovering health system. Moreover, the Lebanese health system infrastructure was only just recovering from 15 years of civil war that ended in 1990. Since 2005, the country has also faced a complex refugee crisis potentiating the risk of disease outbreaks since 2011, in addition to a severe financial crisis that has degenerated into social unrest since October 2019, and more recently the COVID-19 pandemic since February 2020.
应急准备是《国际卫生条例》（IHR）的关键支柱，《国际卫生条例》是2005年生效的全球卫生安全体系的具有法律约束力的文书。黎巴嫩是一个面积为10452平方公里的小国，与地中海东部接壤，在2006年一场突然爆发的军事冲突造成毁灭性影响并严重冲击正在恢复的卫生系统之后，于2007年批准了《国际卫生条例》。此外，黎巴嫩的卫生系统基础设施刚刚从1990年结束的长达15年的内战中恢复过来。自2005年以来，该国还面临着复杂的难民危机，自2011年以来疾病暴发风险加剧，此外还面临自2019年10月以来演变为社会动荡的严重金融危机，以及最近自2020年2月以来的新冠疫情。
