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Nutrition country profile: Lebanese Republic 2007

Year of publication 2006

Pages 34 p.

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Document

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) Lebanon is a small middle-income country of the Middle-East. With high literacy rates and a traditional mercantile culture, Lebanon is an important commercial hub in the region, although economic and social development was hampered by a long civil conflict from the mid-seventies until beginning of the nineties. The Lebanese population is young, with a relatively high life expectancy at birth (72 years), reflecting a good access to health care and a full access to safe water and sanitation. Most of the health indicators have improved in the past decade.

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