Patients wait for treatment in front of a banner listing all the funders at the Howard Karaghuesian Dispensary. Health institutions are now largely supported by NGOs rather than the Lebanese govenrment.

Following political collapse and the pandemic, the Lebanese economy plunged, wiping out 90% of people's savings and resulting in massive inflation. The ammonium nitrate explosion in August 2020 killed over 200 people and accelerated the country's economic collapse. The impact on the struggling healthcare system has been disastrous.