Keen Sight Fund healthcare initiatives in post-conflict Lebanon

Mohamad Fadl Harake (), Virginie Nahas () and Nada Khaddage Soboh
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Mohamad Fadl Harake: CEREGE [Poitiers] - Centre de recherche en gestion - UP - Université de Poitiers = University of Poitiers, MPT [Cerege] - Management Public et Territoires [Équipe du Cerege] - CEREGE [Poitiers] - Centre de recherche en gestion - UP - Université de Poitiers = University of Poitiers
Virginie Nahas: AUM - American University of Middle East
Nada Khaddage Soboh: LAU - Lebanese American University

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Abstract: This study examined the work and processes of non-governmental entities providing sustainable healthcare services through humanitarian action in post-conflict environments and highlights the significance of peacebuilding through public healthcare services. Here, Keen Sight Fund (KSF), a Lebanon-based non-governmental ophthalmology fund, was studied. Using multi-method qualitative methodology, the KSF's initiation, the establishment of partnerships with local and international NGOs, a field mission to a remote dispensary, and its awareness campaigns from 2016 to 2020 were observed. KSF volunteer physicians, a public sector official, and partnered NGO officials were interviewed. Discussions were also held with 42 focus-group participants, and members of households that had benefitted from KSF services. Study results indicate that local humanitarian actions, led by volunteer physicians backed by international financial support, form the best approach to rebuilding healthcare services in post-conflict settings. The study further highlights the importance of social investment in communal work.

Keywords: Post-conflict environment; Social investment; Public sector; Sustainable healthcare services; Peacebuilding; NGOs; Humanitarian action; Lebanon (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022-12-19
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Published in International Journal of Sustainable Development, 2022, 25 (3-4), pp.267-284. ⟨10.1504/IJSD.2022.127963⟩

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DOI: 10.1504/IJSD.2022.127963

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