Raising Awareness on Diabetes with LPSA

Lebanese pharmacy students have established several years ago an association that gathers people from all Lebanese universities, specializing in pharmacy studies. Their mission is to unite all pharmacy students around Lebanon, allow them to learn from one another, and share experiences together through organizing and taking part of many healthcare events. They have named it…

Nurses’ Day Celebration

On the occasion of the nurses’ day 2019, the order of nurses in Lebanon organized a beautiful gathering at the order’s premises in Beirut to reunite all nurses in Lebanon. The president of the order, Dr. Mirna Abi Abdulla Dumet in her speech, said that the nursing profession is the heart of the health sector.…

Launching The Third National Campaign For The Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases

The third national campaign for the prevention of cardiovascular diseases is launched this February in a national event under the patronage of His Excellency, the Minister of Public Health, Dr. Jamil Jabbak, in cooperation with the National Committee for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases and the Yaduna Center for Women’s Heart Health. Under the slogan…

Meeting For New Accreditation Methods!

The primary healthcare accreditation is on its way for the second time since June 2016 at Makhzoumi Foundation primary healthcare center in Mazraa. New training methods are in place or the involved teams by the Ministry of Public Health and Canada Accreditation. There were discussions of new topics related to the updated standards that were piloted at Makhzoumi Foundation.…

7th Annual Beirut Breast Cancer Conference

Makhzoumi Foundation Clinical Pharmacist attended for 3 consecutive days the 7th Annual Breast Cancer Conference in Jeffinor Rotana in Beirut. The Breast Center of Excellence of the Naef K. Basile Cancer Institute at the American University of Beirut Medical Center (AUBMC) organized Beirut BBCC7 bringing together the Lebanese Order of Physicians, Lebanese Order of Nurses,…

Makhzoumi Foundation participated in the opening of Al Shifa Hospital for the treatment of addiction and mental illness

Under the patronage and presence of the Director of the National Program for the Prevention of Addiction in the Ministry of Social Affairs, and with the participation of the Makhzoumi Foundation, as well as a large number of NGOs and institutions concerned with health care, Al Shifa Specialist Hospital for Treatment of Addiction and Mental…

Vaccination explained by a clown!

As part of community mobilization activities on Accelerated Immunization Activities (AIA) & Routine Immunization, Makhzoumi Foundation in partnership with UNICEF and the Ministry of Public Health conducted a clown show related to vaccination topic in Daouk area in Beirut, where the resistance was very high during outreach visits and where there was high number of…

The right to breath!

For smokers, quitting smoking is the most important step they can take, and must take, to protect their health! The Lebanese American University (LAU) Pharm-D students organized a focus group for women who have been smoking for a time, under the guidance of Makhzoumi Foundation’s mentors. They called them and convinced them to attend a…

Spreading safety instead of germs!

All health-care workers require clear and comprehensive training and education on the importance of hand hygiene, the approach and the correct procedures for hand-rubbing and handwashing. Because health care-associated infections (HCAI) place a serious disease burden and has a significant economic impact on patients and health-care systems, the simple task of cleaning hands at the…

Yale University joins Makhzoumi Foundation in cancer research

The academic internship nowadays shapes the career path of university students. This is why Makhzoumi Foundation has set partnerships with educational institutions across Lebanon to receive their students’ rotations within its programs. The strong belief that real-world experience through joining an organization as an intern gives youth the opportunity to work for hands-on in a…

Healthy nutrition starts at home

Today, more than 95% of all chronic diseases is caused by food choice, toxic food ingredients, nutritional deficiencies and lack of physical exercise; so Makhzoumi Foundation implemented two health awareness sessions between the parents and their children to prepare healthy food and provide basic information about a healthy system useful for the lives of children.…

Immunization is the safeguard

By offering multiple health care interventions, the Measles Initiative implemented in March 2018 by the Ministry of Public Health, Makhzoumi Foundation and MSF increases community participation, is cost effective and addresses a variety of health problems. The campaign was a response to an outbreak of measles in Chatila Camp in Beirut. Thousands of children were…

Community Health in the eyes of brilliant kids.

Al-Hayat International School is a progressive pre-kindergarten to Grade 12 learning community that offers a concept-based curriculum, which focuses on developing students’ understanding and knowledge through nurturing their analytical, critical and creative thinking. The school aims to serve students from various cultural and social backgrounds and embraces diversity in gender, race and national origin. During…

Makhzoumi Foundation Ran The Beirut Marathon “To Empower A Better Tomorrow!”

Organized by the Beirut Marathon Association, the annual event kicked off in the Lebanese capital at the Beirut Waterfront with the participation of more than 48,000 athletes from Lebanon and around the world under the slogan of “15 Years And We Shall Run.” In the presence of President Michel Aoun, represented by his wife, First Lady…

Embarking On ANew Professional Stage

Back to 2016, Makhzoumi Foundation signed a collaborative agreement with the Nutrition and Dietetics Program at the Lebanese American University (LAU), whereby nutrition candidates from LAU will spend one month of internship at Makhzoumi Foundation Primary Healthcare Center practicing community nutrition in all its dimensions. The internship program raised awareness on good nutrition and healthy eating…

Pulling together to create effective health Support teams

Makhzoumi Foundation through its academic partnership with the Lebanese American University continues empowering the community’s health. Through Vaccination campaigns and awareness sessions about drug-drug and drug-food interactions, pharmacists and nutrition interns are leading the way in community awareness, joined together to increase the efficacy of their roles. The interns accompanied Makhzoumi Foundation healthcare workers on…

Accredited… with EXCELLENCE!

And the best part of it is that we got accredited with EXCELLENCE!   Accreditation is an approach used in primary health care to improve beneficiary outcomes and health system performance. It helps the entire organization work together to create a focus on safety and quality. The process is ongoing. Makhzoumi Foundation primary healthcare center…

Healthy Affordable Meals

When vulnerable families are on a budget, it can feel nearly impossible to stock up on healthy foods. At Makhzoumi foundation, The University of Balamand Nutrition Interns did the work for them. They prepared a list of healthy food and calculated the cost so that it fits the budget of large families with limited income.…

University Interns at Makhzoumi Foundation

In the framework of cooperation between Makhzoumi Foundation and prestigious universities, 7 interns from 3 of the well-recognized universities in Lebanon, the American University of Beirut, the Lebanese American University and the Balamand University, are fulfilling their requirements at the Foundation. The trainees are participating to their full scope of practice in primary healthcare activities mainly in…

AUB Interns in Practice

The American University of Beirut Nutrition Interns at Makhzoumi Foundation Primary Healthcare Center have started their rotation specialized in Malnutrition screening and management. Nutrition is the basic of life; malnutrition, both chronic and acute, resulted in 3.1 million deaths of children under 5 years old. This is why we are increasing our efforts to diagnose children…

Pregnancy Food and Medication Awareness

Pregnant women need vitamins and food supplements before even getting pregnant. Iron and folic acid are very essential. Calcium and iodine are as well. Many nutrients from proteins, carbohydrates and fats are also needed in specific amounts. We are facing challenges explaining to vulnerable women the importance of adequate food and medications during pregnancy. With the…

Kidney Day Campaign

On World Kidney Day, drink a bottle of water and give one too. Makhzoumi Foundation joined the National Kidney Day to show support to the kidney cause: we invited the whole of the community and healthcare professionals and patients to drink to their kidneys and to give a bottle of water to their families, friends and…

Diabetes Self-Monitoring Course

Because self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) is important for diabetic patients, a 2-days course on the this topic was done by the Order of Nurses in Lebanon during which the professionals presented information about SMBG as being recommended for people with diabetes and their health care professionals in order to achieve a controlled level of blood glucose and to prevent hypoglycemia.…

Chatila Camp Medical Visit

The project that Makhzoumi Foundation is implementing with the Italian NGO Armadilla includes the visits of the Mobile Medical Unit team to refugee camps inside Beirut. One of these camps is the overcrowded Chatila camp. In the month of March 2016, the Italian mission lead by Professor Aldo Morrone visited Chatila accompanied by the medical…

Health Interactive Education

Following the global action plan tackling the growing problem of resistance to antibiotics, Makhzoumi Foundation Healthcare program has set one key objective that is to improve awareness and understanding of antimicrobial resistance through effective communication and education. With the efforts of LAU Pharm-D trainee, Rima Khabbaz, rotating at the primary healthcare center in Mazraa, a slide show was presented to explain in a very easy way the importance of following…