Pre-Circulated Policy Brief:
Strengthening Emergency Medical Services in Lebanon
Highlights: In Lebanon, Emergency Medical Services (EMS) are underutilized and somewhat fragmented while EMS agencies lack adequate resource management. System related challenges at multiple levels are narrowing EMS agencies' effectiveness, efficiency and consequently the continuum of care.
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Reducing Preventable Preterm Deliveries among Syrian Refugees in Lebanon
Date: April 6th, 2017
Pre-Circulated K2P Policy Brief:
Reducing Preventable Preterm Deliveries among Syrian Refugees in Lebanon
Highlights: As the Syrian crisis enters its seventh year, the hardships of Syrian Refugees remain on the rise, especially among its most vulnerable population, women and children. 61% of mortalities among Syrian refugees in Lebanon are children under one. Preterm deliveries are the highest contributor to those deaths.
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Alcohol Drinking among Lebanese Youth: Delaying Initiation and Reducing Harm
Date: January 27th, 2017
Pre-Circulated K2P Policy Brief:
Alcohol Drinking among Lebanese Youth: Delaying Initiation and Reducing Harm
Highlights: Youth in Lebanon are starting to drink alcoholic beverages at a very young age. K2P Center alongside with the Alcohol Harm Reduction Group at AUB hastened to convene key decision-makers, partners, and civil society, to participate in K2P Policy Dialogue in order to inform the discussion.
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Improving the Prescribing Quality and Pattern of Pharmaceutical Drugs in Lebanon
Date: October 14th, 2016
Pre-Circulated K2P Policy Brief:
Improving The Prescribing Quality and Pattern of Pharmaceutical Drugs in Lebanon
Highlights: The inappropriate prescribing of pharmaceutical drugs in Lebanon is putting patients at risk of adverse effects, and increasing the economic burden on patients and the community.
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K2P Dialogue Summary
Informing Salt Iodization Policies in Lebanon to Ensure Optimal Iodine Nutrition
Date: April 28th, 2016
Pre-Circulated K2P Policy Brief:
Informing Salt Iodization Policies in Lebanon to Ensure Optimal Idine Nutrition
Highlights: Iodine deficiency is a pressing problem in Lebanon given its dire and avoidable health consequences. K2P Center, in close collaboration with the Center for Research on Population Health (CRPH), and the Faculty of Agriculture and Food Sciences organized a Policy Dialogue aiming at informing salt iodization policies in Lebanon.
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K2P Dialogue Summary
Addressing Medical Errors in the Lebanese Healthcare System
Date: February 5th, 2016
Pre-Circulated K2P Policy Brief:
Addressing Medical Errors in the Lebanese Healthcare System
Highlights: Between 1996 and 2013, more than a thousand complaints related to medical malpractice were filed to the Order of Physicians. Investigations focused primarily on physicians as the main actors in preventable medical errors while the majority of errors occur as a result of failures of complex healthcare systems rather than individual negligence.
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Addressing Limitations to Equitable Access to Healthcare Services for People Living with HIV in Lebanon
Date: December 4th, 2015
Pre-Circulated Policy Brief:
Addressing Limitations to Equitable Access to Healthcare Services for People Living with HIV in Lebanon
Highlights: HIV continues to be one of the national public health challenges. Given a cumulative of 1,893 cases in Lebanon, one of the main problems faced is the limited access of People Living with HIV (PLHIV) to healthcare services in Lebanon.
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Regional Policy Dialogue: National Child Protection Policy Dialogue in Iraq
Date: November 22nd, 2015
Pre-Circulated Policy Brief: The National Child Protection Policy Document
Highlights: The ongoing conflict in Iraq is taking a heavy toll on the country’s most vulnerable population, the children. To address this pressing problem, K2P Center facilitated the National Child Protection Policy Dialogue held in Baghdad, Iraq.
Promoting Access to Essential Health Care Services for Syrian Refugees in Lebanon
Date: June 4th, 2014
Pre-Circulated K2P Briefing Note:
Promoting Access to Essential Healthcare Services for Syrian Refugees in Lebanon
Highlights: The continuous influx of Syrian refugees has placed a major burden on the Lebanese healthcare system, and addressing the needs of these refugees is a key priority for the Ministry of Public Health. The policy dialogue supports this priority.
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K2P Dialogue Summary
Securing Access to Quality Mental Health Services in Primary Health Care in Lebanon
Date: April 24th, 2014
Pre-Circulated K2P Policy Brief:
Securing Access to Quality Mental Health Services in Primary Healthcare in Lebanon
Highlights: 1 out of every 4 Lebanese individuals suffers from a mental disorder throughout their lives, but, only a minority obtains treatment. It is estimated that every year, 152 individuals in Lebanon die due to a mental disorder or through suicide. K2P Policy Dialogue was convened, in collaboration with the Ministry of Public Health to spark insights about this pressing health issue.
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K2P Dialogue Summary