​Central

 The majority of healthcare provision in Lebanon is from the private sector and often through participating NGOs. The central government is otherwise responsible for:

• Public hospitals and primary healthcare services;
• National program to reduce smoking;
• Healthcare statistics, including data collection, management and dissemination;
• National programme to combat HIV/AIDS;
• Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear prevention and containment measures;
• Medicines register;
• Hospital accreditations;
• Practitioner licenses;
• Quality pharmaceuticals assurance programmes;
• Resourcing healthcare facilities at the local and regional level;
• Education and awareness programmes;
• Programmes and projects funded by the World Bank, WHO, UNDP, EU and other international bodies.

Regional

Implementing national policies and managing public hospitals and healthcare units in areas of responsibility.

Otherwise, no competencies identified at the regional level.

Local

No competencies identified at the local level.

Responsible ministries/bodies

Ministry of Public Health

Sources

Healthcare in Lebanon, Lex Arabiae, 2010

Country Cooperation Strategy for WHO and Lebanon, 2010-2015