AIMS To survey level of blindness and low vision in Lebanon. METHODS A population survey was undertaken in 10,148 individuals to measure the prevalence and identify the causes of blindness in Lebanon. RESULTS The prevalence of blindness was 0.6% and that of low vision 3.9%. The major causes of blindness were cataract (41.3%) and uncorrected large refractive error (12.6%). CONCLUSION Most ...

Carine Sebaaly, Sahar Kassem, Elena Grishina , Hussein Kanaan, Alaa Sweidan, M. Said Chmit, Hussein M. Kanaan* Laboratory of Biotechnology of Natural Substances and Health Products, Faculty of Pharmacy, Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon, Laboratory of the Medical Analyses Center, Faculty of Public Health, Lebanese University, Hadath, Lebanon, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine STATE SCI...

From the Center for the Evaluative Clinical Sciences and Community and Family Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, N.H. (J.S., J.N.W., J.E.W.); the Department of Economics, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H. (J.S.); the Department of Orthopedics, Dartmouth–Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, N.H. (J.N.W., S.M.S.); and the National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, Mass. (J.S.). Addre...

Knowledge of the horse fly fauna (Diptera: Tabanidae) of Lebanon is fragmentary, while the local fauna of most neighboring countries has been fairly well researched. Within the framework of the 20-year project "The ecology and zoogeography of the Lepidoptera of the Near East," we regularly collected biting flies in the whole region, including Lebanon. During this time we recorded 14 horse fly s...

Chronic diseases such as diabetes and vascular disease are a major public health problem in Lebanon, where primary care is not well developed. This study aimed to describe the incidence and indications for limb amputation in Lebanon and identify associated factors (age, sex, level of surgery, length of hospital stay). There were 1.6 amputations per 10 000 persons. The rate of amputation was hig...

BACKGROUND A significant number of Lebanese medical graduates have emigrated from Lebanon. The objective of this study was to evaluate the hypothesis that the repatriation of Lebanese physicians educated abroad has contributed to the international emigration of recent Lebanese medical graduates. METHODS We analyzed the demographic and educational characteristics and the year of registration o...

This spotlight offers a unique window into factors affecting aging in Lebanon. As a bridge between east and west, both geographically and culturally, Lebanon has the fastest growing older adult population in the Arab region, but few societal resources to address its needs. In a country with a history of political instability and war, but also a culture with strong family values, aging adults in...

1Ministry of Public Health, Beirut, Lebanon (Correspondence to W. Ammar: [email protected]). 2University of Balamand, El-Koura, Lebanon. Received: 07/03/06; accepted: 18/07/06 ABSTRACT The quality of hospital care in Lebanon has witnessed a paradigm shift since May 2000, from a traditional focus on physical structure and equipment to a broader multidimensional approach, emphasizing manage...

BACKGROUND After the re-introduction of poliovirus to Syria in 2013, Lebanon was considered at high transmission risk due to its proximity to Syria and the high number of Syrian refugees. However, after a large-scale national immunization initiative, Lebanon was able to prevent a potential outbreak of polio among nationals and refugees. In this work, we used a computational individual-simulatio...