The first award was the WHO Director-General's Special Recognition Award and the second the World No Tobacco Day 2018 Award. The ceremony was attended by about 85 invitees, including Dr Walid Ammar, Director General of the Ministry of Public Health; a member of the health parliament; directors of universities; deans, professors and staff from the American University of Beirut; representatives of nongovernmental organizations; the media and other representatives of institutions.
Dr Iman Shankiti, WHO Representative for Lebanon, and Dr Khuri delivered a speech on this occasion. A short film on Dr Khuri’s efforts in tobacco control was also shown.
Read the press release in Arabic
