Lebanon

Funding Gap and suspension of Activities

The Nutrition Sector faced a critical funding shortfall, with only ---per cent of annual needs covered by mid-2025. Funding gaps for key nutrition programs—especially preventative interventions—created major challenges in sustaining long-term service delivery. Partners struggled to maintain staffing levels and scale up interventions during emergencies. As a result, outreach activities were reduced in at least 9 partner programs, affecting over 12,000 vulnerable individuals in the North, Bekaa, and South. Mitigation efforts focused on reprioritizing high-impact activities, concentrating support in high-burden areas, and scaling up service delivery through primary health care centers. 

Geographic Disparities and Access Challenges

Service coverage remained uneven, particularly in underserved areas like Akkar and parts of Baalbek-Hermel, where limited partner presence and weak infrastructure impeded access. Security incidents in South Lebanon further disrupted implementation. To mitigate this, the sector supported mobile outreach teams, engaged local actors, and enhanced coordination with community structures to maintain a minimum service package. 

Limited Integration of Nutrition Across Sectors

Despite recognition of the multisectoral nature of malnutrition, integration of nutrition-sensitive actions within food security, WASH, and social protection responses remained limited. This affected the sector’s ability to address underlying causes of malnutrition at scale. Limited joint planning and siloed programming constrained impact. To address this, the sector engaged more actively with other sectors to harmonize messaging, co-locate services, and build joint solutions.