Lebanon National Health Strategy: Vision 2030

Plan Type: Vision

Member State: Lebanon

Document Language: English

SDGs:
GOAL 3: Good Health and Well-being GOAL 4: Quality Education GOAL 5: Gender Equality GOAL 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure GOAL 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

The desired restructuring of the health sector requires the endorsement of relevant stakeholders and a high-level political will. Therefore, this strategy was designed through a collaborative and consultative process involving high-level experts. Through this strategy, and under the leadership of the Ministry of Public Health, the different partners of the health sector can jointly respond to the escalating unmet health needs and participate in building a stronger, more resilient health system.

Pillars & Objectives

Pillar: Governance
Objectives:
  • Institutionalize and sustain collaborative governance.
  • Enable effective Ministry leadership, intersectoral coordination, and community engagement.
  • Enhance decentralization and autonomy.
  • Ensure health security and other essential public health functions.
Pillar: Financial Protection and Universal Health Coverage (UHC)
Objectives:
  • Build a health systems institutional arrangement fit for purpose.
  • Reset payment mechanisms of the Ministry and public funds.
  • Establish a roadmap to achieve the long-term objective of unifying public health funds.
Pillar: Health Service Delivery
Objectives:
  • Scale up the national primary health care network.
  • Redefine the model of secondary and tertiary care.
  • Redesign the coverage and provision of emergency health care services.
  • Transform long-term care towards good professional practice.
  • Involve the private sector beyond provision of hospital care.
Pillar: Health Security
Objectives:
  • Ensure health security and other essential public health functions.
Pillar: Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
Objectives:
  • Seek intersectoral approach to address social determinants of health inequity.
  • Use communication and social mobilization for health.
  • Target the youth and promote the school health program.
Pillar: Health Workforce
Objectives:
  • Develop a health information system master plan with a centralized data center.
  • National health information system.
Pillar: Health Information System
Objectives:
  • Medical products and technologies