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ReviewAntimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology : ASHE2022

Challenges of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Lebanon in the midst of the economic collapse.

Nada K Zahreddine, Sara F Haddad, Anthony Kerbage, Souha S Kanj

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Review in Antimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology : ASHE, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Nada K Zahreddine *Infection Control and Prevention Program, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Lebanon.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5552-9142
Sara F Haddad *Division of Infectious Diseases, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Lebanon.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7262-028X
Anthony Kerbage *Department of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Lebanon.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3824-9859
Souha S KanjInfection Control and Prevention Program, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Lebanon.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6413-3396

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lebanon, one of the smallest countries in the Middle East, has held for decades a reputation for being the premier medical hub for patients from the Arab world as well as neighboring countries and for offering world-class treatment and advanced medical services. However, this once world-renowned healthcare sector is now facing a risk of imminent collapse as overlapping crises have struck the country since October 2019. In this article, we describe the concomitant political, economic, and financial challenges that Lebanon is facing, which have strained the national healthcare system and have undermined its ability to respond to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. We present an overview of the political instability, the Lebanese revolution with countrywide protests, as well as the devaluation of the Lebanese currency representing one of the worst economic meltdowns since the 19th century. We describe the unprecedented energy crisis the country is facing and the disastrous consequences of the Beirut port explosion of August 2020. We review the efforts and measures taken by different stakeholders to contain the COVID-19 pandemic amid the multifaceted challenges and the large exodus of healthcare personnel.

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Beirut blastCOVID-19Economic collapseLebanonPandemicVaccine

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PMID36483357
PMCPMC9726584

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