Friday, August 24, 2018

Health indicators advancing at high pace. Improvement in life expectancy, maternal, infant and under-five mortality up


Life expectancy in Lebanon at birth has improved, reaching 76.5 years in 2016, up from 75 years in 2015, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

"The improvements in health indicators are due to new treatments and techniques integrated into the health system," said Sleiman Haroun, Chairman of the Syndicate of Private Hospitals. But, according to Haroun, these treatments and techniques are not cheap for patients.

The under-five mortality rate was 8.5 per 1,000 live births...

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