INTRODUCTION There are nearly 3 million Syrian refugees, with more than 1 million in Lebanon. We combined quantitative and qualitative methods to determine cesarean section (CS) rates among Syrian refugees accessing care through United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)-contracted hospitals in Lebanon and possible driving factors. METHODS We analyzed hospital admission data from U...

REPEATABILITY ON HEALTHY CHILDREN DATABASE. PRELIMINARY APPLICATION ON CEREBRAL PALSY GROUP. Assi, Ayman, PhD student , Ghanem, Ismat, Surgeon , Laassel, El Mostafa, PhD , Penneçot, Georges-François, Surgeon , Lavaste, François, PhD , Skalli, Wafa, PhD 1 1 Laboratoire de Biomécanique ENSAM CNRS UMR 8005, Paris, France 2 Gait & Motion Analysis lab. SESOBEL, Aintoura, Lebanon 3 Hôpital Hôtel-Dieu...

poets of resistance in lebanon on one hand truly depict the devastation and exhaustedness and on the other hand they courageously defend their dignity and evoke the uprising of people for resistance against devastation, while leading them on to defend their ideology. therefore the importance of their poetry is in no way less than the weapons of the resistance groups. their prophetic mission is ...

In view of the rapid health transition faced by the country and a highly dominant private sector, the issue of obtaining reliable health statistics is becoming a priority for Lebanon. This paper reviews the process of compiling and disseminating national health statistics from the multitude of public, private and nongovernmental partners in the country. The lessons learned from preparing two ed...

Concentrations of 20 minor, trace, and ultratrace elements relevant to human health (Ag, Al, As, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Hg, Li, Mn, Mo, Ni, Pb, Sb, Se, Si, Sn, V, and Zn) were determined in three varieties of Lebanese bread (white and brown double loaf bread, Saj bread) sampled at five geographical regions (Grand Beirut, South of Lebanon, North of Lebanon, Mount of Lebanon, and Beka’a) during the ...

Atiyeh, Bishara S. MD, Ioannovich Division of Plastic Reconstructive Surgery, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon, Department of Plastic Surgery and Burns, General State Hospital of Athens, Athens, Greece, Department of Plastic Surgery and Burn Center Region Piemonte, Torino, Italy, Department of Plastic Surgery and Burn Center, Palermo, Italy, Department of Plastic Su...

1The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Geisel School of Medicine, HB 7505, 1 Medical Center Drive, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA 2Department of Medicine, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, (DHMC), HB 7505, 1 Medical Center Drive, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA 3Department of Community and Family Medicine, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC), HB 7505, 1 Medical Center Drive, L...

We are psychiatrists based at the American University of Beirut Medical Center, one largest psychiatric departments in Lebanon. Since October, 2019, Lebanon has navigated through several crises. It started with unremitting political unrest, national bankruptcy, and currency devaluation. The COVID-19 pandemic complicated situation by stretching health-care system to its limits. Our ordeal would ...