Policy Grievances

In order to raise awareness and promote early prevention, SAID NGO, a colorectal cancer awareness association, held a walkathon Sunday in which dozens of families walked 5 kilometers along Beirut’s Corniche.
According to a report published by SAID titled “Colorectal Cancer: Exploring awareness in Lebanon,” lack of awareness of the disease “is a barrier to screening.” On March 15, the Health Ministry is set to launch a national campaign to combat the disease.

Owners of small trucks staged a demonstration in Zahle Saturday to protest what they called increased competition from Syrian workers in the transport sector, the state-run National News Agency reported.
The drivers protested at Qubb Elias’ vegetable market, saying that Syrian truck drivers “threatened their livelihoods” and calling on Interior Minister Raya El Hassan to find a solution to the problem.

Workers at Rafik Hariri University Hospital held a three-hour strike Tuesday morning to protest delays in implementing their wage hikes.
Bassam Akoum, a representative of employees at the hospital, said Tuesday’s strike, which started at 7 a.m. and ended at 10 a.m., did not affect the hospital’s emergency section or other urgent operations.
He said that during the strike, the Health Ministry contacted the employees to arrange a meeting with the minister.

A civil march was organized by the "We are all affected means we are all responsible" Campaign against corruption and unemployment in the country, and in demand for citizens' economic and health rights.

The march set out from the Ministry of Labor towards the Ministry of Health, where participants gathered to voice their rejections for the existing stalemate situation.