Meningitis Surveillance Report
Report of “2025-06-23”

During the 2025, 164 meningitis patients were reported. Following investigation, 84 were bacterial and 71 were viral, while were unspecified. The incidence for the past 52 weeks reached 5.6 per 100,000.
Among the bacterial meningitis, 3 were due to Neisseria meningitidis, 6 due to Haemophilus influenza, 23 due to Streptococcus pneumoniae, 11 due to other pathogens and 41 due to bacterial with unspecified pathogens.
As per the age groups, the highest rates were observed in: 00-04y (8.4/100000), 05-14y (3.4/100000) and 65+y (2.5/100000). On the other hand, 60.5% were male. As per nationality, 82.6% were Lebanese, and 13.1% were Syrian.
Across the mohafazas, the highest rates were observed in: Bekaa (5.2/100000), Nabatieh (4/100000) and South (3.3/100000).
Figure 1: Reported Meningitis by profile cases by week
Figure 2: Reported Bacterial Meningitis cases by week
Figure 3: Incidence rate per mohafaza	Figure 4: Distribution by month
Figure 5: Incidence rate per age group	Figure 6: Distribution by sex
Figure 7: Distribution by nationality	Figure 8: Distribution by outcome