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Officials promised equal access, but refugees are already receiving COVID-19 vaccines at a much slower rate than Lebanese

3rd March 2021

Health officials in Lebanon had indicated that all residents in Lebanon there would be equal access to the Covid-19 vaccine programme, regardless of nationality. However data is indicating a higher number of Syrian and Palestinian refugees either not registering or receiving the vaccine, and so a low percentage of these groups are being vaccinated compared to rates of Lebanese nationals. Human Rights Watch reported that this low numbers signalled “a lack of awareness around the process and a…

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Smex - What the lebanese government can do to respect users privacy while fighting Covid-19?

20th May 2020

Our partners from SMEX in Lebanon analysed surveillance measures in the country. Lebanon, like many other countries, has launched digital tools to help diagnose and monitor the spread of the outbreak. The tools launched by the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) do not appear to harvest data, but they require excessive user permissions, which is particularly concerning given Lebanon’s weak legal framework for data protection. Link: https://smex.org/what-the-lebanese-government-can-do-to…