MSF AUSTRALIA | LEBANON 2022

Since 2019, Lebanon’s multi-layered crisis has pushed more than 80 per cent of its population into poverty. In Bar Elias, Bekaa Valley, where most of the population are refugees, our teams provided hospital care for children living with thalassemia (an inherited blood disorder that affects the production of haemoglobin) as well as community outreach activities in coordination with the Lebanese Red Cross, to encourage blood donations required for thalassemia patients’ regular blood transfusions.