HEALTH Based on the conviction that health is the cornerstone of human and social development, and based on the importance of prevention and awareness alongside treatment in health policy, the Foundation has developed a general public health program that includes: The Michel Issam Fares Clinic in Beino, Akkar, est. in 1983. The Mikhayel Gerges Fares Clinic in West Talabbas, Akkar, est. in 1987. Each clinic includes doctors specialized in general medicine, pediatrics, cardiology, urology, ophthalmology, as well as a pharmacy that offers free medications. These two clinics serve thousands of patients every year. The Foundation also provides material support to other clinics around the country. The Fares Foundation participates in vaccination campaigns in cooperation with the Ministry of Health. The campaigns reach tens of thousands of children annually. The Foundation sponsors health awareness campaigns in schools in cooperation with various NGOs as well as a series of health lectures and conferences in universities and medical centers. The Foundation has also provided the large Issam Fares Lecture Hall at the Medical School of the American university of Beirut, the Nursing School of the Islamic Hospital in Tripoli, and various ambulances to a number of hospitals, dispensaries, and NGOs. It has also provided equipment to various medical centers and laboratories.

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