The Children's Cancer Center of Lebanon (CCCL) is a non-profit medical institution dedicated to the treatment of paediatric cancer.
The center is affiliated with
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in
Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis is a city in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is the seat of Shelby County in the southwest part of the state; it is situated along the Mississippi River. With a population of 633,104 at the 2020 U.S. census, Memphis is the second-mos ...
. Children's Cancer Center of Lebanon was established under Notice no. 138AD with the affiliation of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
On 12 April 2002, the
Prime Minister of Lebanon
The Prime Minister of Lebanon, officially the President of the Council of Ministers, is the head of government and the head of the Council of Ministers of Lebanon. The Prime Minister is appointed by the president of Lebanon, with the consent ...
,
Rafic Hariri
Rafic Bahaa El Deen Al Hariri ( ar, رفيق بهاء الدين الحريري; 1 November 1944 – 14 February 2005) was a Lebanese business tycoon and politician who served as the Prime Minister of Lebanon from 1992 to 1998 and again from ...
, Princess Ghida Talal (Chairperson of Al-Amal Foundation in Amman, Jordan), and several members of the Lebanese cabinet and parliament attended the inauguration ceremony of the center.
The center is located in Building 56 at
Rue Clémenceau
Rue Clemenceau is a commercial and residential street in Beirut, Lebanon. The street was named in honor of Georges Clemenceau who accepted the post of premier of France in 1917 during World War I. The neighborhood straddling Clemenceau Street was ...
and operates in association with the nearby American University of Beirut Medical Center (AUBMC)
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Organisations based in Beirut
Medical research institutes
Children's hospitals
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Cancer organisations based in Lebanon
2002 establishments in Lebanon
Research institutes in Lebanon
Hospitals established in 2002
Child-related organisations in Lebanon