The USG supports water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) programming throughout Lebanon
Water Sanitation
How the score is calculated
The score starts at 8. It adds points from recorded affected, deaths, displaced and casualty counts, plus terms found in the story title, event type or status. For each count, only its highest matching band is used.
- Affected people
- 1–999: +5 · 1,000–9,999: +12 · 10,000–99,999: +20 · 100,000–999,999: +28 · 1 million+: +35
- Deaths
- 1–9: +8 · 10–99: +14 · 100–999: +22 · 1,000+: +30
- Displaced people
- 1–9,999: +6 · 10,000–99,999: +12 · 100,000+: +18
- Casualties
- 100 or more: +8
- Story wording
- +10 for terms such as catastrophe, famine, war, conflict, major earthquake, mass casualty or critical. Otherwise, +5 for active, ongoing, emergency, outbreak, cyclone or hurricane.
Score bands: Watch 0–24 · Moderate 25–49 · High 50–74 · Critical 75–100. Scores are capped at 100. Missing or unparseable figures add no points.
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Historical record
Status: CLOSED · Imported 2026-10-07
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In brief
- What happenedThe USG supports water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) programming throughout Lebanon to bolster water and sanitation conditions and prevent the spread of COVID-19.
- How many affectedAffected persons: 146,700
- What help is neededIn FY 2020, State/PRM partner UNICEF continued to facilitate access to safe drinking water and sanitation services for nearly 147,000 Syrian refugees residing in informal settlements across Lebanon, helping mitigate public health hazards and social tensions related to limited water resources.
What changed
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Situation
The USG supports water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) programming throughout Lebanon to bolster water and sanitation conditions and prevent the spread of COVID-19. In FY 2020, State/PRM partner UNICEF continued to facilitate access to safe drinking water and sanitation services for nearly 147,000 Syrian refugees residing in informal settlements across Lebanon, helping mitigate public health hazards and social tensions related to limited water resources. State/PRM partner the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) also supported the reestablishment of household connectivity to water supply networks following the August 4 explosions and installed handwashing stations to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in Lebanese prisons. Additionally, State/PRM partner Solidarités International repairs and constructs water and sanitation infrastructure and installs water distribution networks in informal settlements, providing access to safe drinking water for residents. 146,700 People reached with USG-supported WASH assistance in FY 2020 5 USAID/BHA supports World Vision to distribute hygiene commodities and conduct hygiene promotion activities among vulnerable households, aiming to mitigate coronavirus transmission. Additionally, USAID/BHA supports the Lebanese Red Cross (LRC) to distribute emergency hygiene kits to those affected by the explosions.
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WorldsAid verification
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Verified figures
- Affected persons
- 146,700 retained at 2020-12-30
What we knew when
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- Last verification represented by this immutable snapshot.
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