Addressing the COVID-19 emergency during the ongoing political and economic crisis in Fragile Lebanon: a call to action

Ludmila Lobkowicz; Julien Lahoud; Ibrahim Bou-Orm

doi:10.1186/s13031-021-00403-3

Addressing the COVID-19 emergency during the ongoing political and economic crisis in Fragile Lebanon: a call to action

Confl Health. 2021 Sep 3;15(1):66. doi: 10.1186/s13031-021-00403-3.

Authors

Ludmila Lobkowicz¹, Julien Lahoud², Ibrahim Bou-Orm^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Order of Malta Lebanon, Beirut, Lebanon. ludmilalobkowicz@gmail.com.
² Order of Malta Lebanon, Beirut, Lebanon.
³ Institute for Global Health and Development, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, EH21 6UU, UK.

Abstract

This Letter to the Editor aims to reflect on the current challenges to increase the coverage of COVID-19 vaccination in the fragile and conflict-affected setting of Lebanon, which is currently experiencing one of the biggest economic crises globally as well as a recent surge in COVID-19 cases. Addressing the supply- and demand-related factors affecting vaccination would increase COVID-19 vaccine coverage and prevent the complete collapse of an already overwhelmed Lebanese health care system.

Keywords: COVID-19; Humanitarian crisis; Vaccination.

Publication types

Letter