UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Lebanon on fuel crisis in Lebanon: Fuel shortages threaten provision of essential health, water services across Lebanon

UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Lebanon on fuel crisis in Lebanon: Fuel shortages threaten provision of essential health, water services across Lebanon

NNA - Fuel shortages threaten the provision of essential health and water services across Lebanon, putting thousands of families in Lebanon at risk of a humanitarian catastrophe.

“I am deeply concerned about the impact of the fuel crisis on access to health care and water supply for millions of people in Lebanon,” said Ms. Najat Rochdi, United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for Lebanon. “A bad situation only stands to get worse unless an instant solution is found.” 

The largest hospitals in Lebanon have already reduced their activities due to fuel and electricity shortages. Meanwhile, public water supply and wastewater treatment systems that are heavily reliant on fuel, have drastically reduced operations all over Lebanon, leaving millions of people without access to public water and jeopardizing the environmental and public health.