Six year old Maria Hachem cries as she receives an MMR vaccine at the Medair supported Natacha Saad popular clinic in Saida.
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.