Overlapping crises, compounded by the escalation of hostilities in 2023 and the onset of war in 2024, have pushed Lebanon’s health care system to its limits. To address the growing psychosocial needs of patients and the emotional toll on health care workers, a series of training workshops on mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) has been undertaken in the country’s hospitals.

The initiative was carried out by the World Health Organization (WHO), in collaboration with the Ministry of Public Health’s National Mental Health Programme and Public Health Emergency Operations Centre, as part of Lebanon’s emergency preparedness and response planning. It aimed to strengthen the mental health and psychosocial response capacity of frontline staff in public and private hospitals across Lebanon, prioritizing nurses, physicians in emergency rooms and rehabilitation professionals.