Dr. Rabih El Chammay is a psychiatrist and currently the head of the National Mental Health Programme at the Ministry of Public Health in Lebanon. After founding the programme, he led the development of the first National Mental Health and Substance Use Strategy 2015-2020 aiming at reforming the Mental Health System in Lebanon towards community-based mental health services inline with Human rights and latest evidence that is currently under implementation.
He is a member of the Department of Psychiatry at the faculty of Medicine at Saint Joseph University in Beirut.
He has been working in Public mental health, Refugee mental health and health system strengthening for more than 10 years. He has been working on these topics in the MENA region as well as on the international level with various agencies such as WHO, UNHCR, UNICEF, IMC and many other NGOs.

Rabih El Chammay
Head of the National Mental Health Programme
1 published article

Opinion
Strengthening mental health systems is crucial for emergency responses
Strong and resilient health systems are crucial for properly responding to health emergencies. For Dr. Rabih El Chammay, investing in strengthening mental health systems proved to be key for Lebanon’s mental health response to COVID-19.