User:Aldrich killians/Health in lebanon

Lebanon's healthcare is mainly oriented to curative cure with a large number high tech hospitals. The number of physicians per 1000 people is at 3.5 which is one of the highest ratios in the world. Maternal, infant, and child mortality rates have steadily declined with no gender disparities. Access to water is universal (100%) along with high access to sanitation (98%). Lebanon's fertility rate is the third lowest in the region (1.78 births per women). Less than 2.5% of the population is malnourished. According to the human development report, life expectancy at birth is very high at 80 years. Lebanon is a low HIV prevalence country with 0.1% of the population infected. According to the CIA World Factbook, lebanon has the 27th lowest death rate in the world.

Despite all of this, the nation's health system still faces challenges. Though, the official HIV prevalence is low, the WHO states that most HIV cases aren't reported, and while there is a very high number of hospitals only 28 of them are publicly owned. According to the ministry of health, most emergency services are either provided by NGOs or the private sector. Only half of the population is covered with insurance, and the government maintaining a weak policy on the issue. While the prevalence of communicable diseases are low, the prevalence of non-communicable diseases are increasing due to the desire of eating fast food over traditional mediterrean foods, and the extremely high prevalence of smoking.