Monrovia, 29 February: The World Health Organization (WHO) yesterday (28 February 2024) donated a consignment of essential medical supplies to the Liberian Ministry of Health. The donation aims to...
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Liberia: Salesians build sports arena at prison
Salesian missionaries support inmates at the Monrovia Central Prison for Juveniles in Liberia. Their newest initiative is the construction of a multifunctional sports arena on the prison grounds. The...
ECOWAS launches emergency response action under its Post Disaster Humanitarian Assistance to Liberia to address malnutrition and stunting in Todee district, Liberia
23 Feb, 2024 The Project Cooperation and Funding Agreement is in collaboration with the Government of Liberia through the Ministry of Agriculture with implementing partner Welt Hunger Hilfe with a...
The first-ever shipment of the RTS,S malaria vaccine arrives in Liberia
Monrovia, 23 January 2023 – The Ministry of Health of Liberia, in collaboration with Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, World Health Organization (WHO), and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF),...
Liberia launches first national nutrition plan to fight malnutrition
Liberia has unveiled its inaugural Liberia Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Costed Strategic Plan (LMNCSP), a crucial initiative to address malnutrition in the country. Introduced on 7 December 2023, the...
World Bank Responds to Gas Tanker Explosion - Expresses Condolences and Support as Liberia Mourns
MONROVIA, January 10, 2024 – The World Bank has allocated $450,000 in response to the Liberian Government’s emergency plan to address the plight of Liberians affected by the recent gasoline tanker...
WHO Donates Medical Supplies to Support Fuel Tanker Explosion Response in Bong County
The World Health Organization (WHO) has donated emergency medical supplies to the Ministry of Health in response to the fuel tanker disaster that has fatally affected over 80 persons. Dr. Moses...
Déclaration du Représentant spécial du Secrétaire général pour l'Afrique de l'Ouest et le Sahel sur les élections générales au Libéria (13 octobre 2023)
Le Représentant spécial du Secrétaire général et Chef du Bureau des Nations Unies pour l'Afrique de l'Ouest et le Sahel (UNOWAS), Leonardo Santos Simão, s'est rendu au Libéria du 9 au 12 octobre dans...
Statement on the general elections in Liberia by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for West Africa and the Sahel
The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Leonardo Santos Simão, visited Liberia from 9 to 12 October in the...
Comment by UN Human Rights Office Spokesperson Seif Magango ahead of elections in Liberia
We are concerned by reported instances of election-related violence, use of language that could amount to hate speech, and attacks on journalists in Liberia ahead of the general election on 10...
African Union Commission Deploys Election Observer Mission to the Republic of Liberia to observe the 10 October 2023 General Elections
On 10 October 2023, the Republic of Liberia is scheduled to hold its 2023 General Elections. As the country makes final preparations to hold its General Elections, Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat of...
Carter Center Deploys Election Expert Mission to Liberia
ATLANTA — The Carter Center has deployed an international electoral expert team to Monrovia to assess key political, electoral, and legal aspects of Liberia’s Oct. 10 general elections. The Center...
From Severe Malnutrition to a Healthy Life: Learn how nutrition interventions are saving lives in Liberia
Esther's Story Esther's smile could light up a room as she giggled and cooed during her follow-up visit to the Ganta community clinic. At just nine months old, Esther had already faced significant...
Halting the spread of Ebola in male survivors
Monrovia ‒ Ebola survivor Randall Varney lost nine family members, including his parents and seven siblings, to the virus in just three months in 2014, before himself contracting the disease. After...
Liberia takes bold step to integrate COVID-19 vaccines into routine immunization
Monrovia ‒ On 16 March 2020, Liberia registered its first case of COVID-19. Like other countries, it grappled with the pandemic, prompting the government to implement various strategies to respond...
Integrating COVID-19 vaccines into routine immunization in Liberia
Monrovia ‒ By the end of 2022 Liberia’s COVID-19 vaccination rate was among the top three in Africa, at 81%. The country had also, at the height of the pandemic, introduced two new vaccines,...
Building Health Resilience: Liberia Develops a Comprehensive COVID-19 Transition Plan
Monrovia, 24 July 2023 - Liberia has been battling the COVID-19 pandemic for over three years since the first case of SARS-CoV-2 was reported in the country on 16th March 2020. The government has...
ECOWAS and AU deploy joint Pre-Election fact-finding mission to Liberia
MONROVIA, 23 JULY 2023. Ahead of Liberia’s Presidential and Legislative elections scheduled for 10th October 2023, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the African Union (AU)...
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Left behind no more: African communities are better protected from COVID-19 and other diseases as EU-funded project wraps up
The nomads who wander the arid Lake Chad Basin had heard about the COVID-19 pandemic but hoped they could avoid it. Medical services are scarce in the places they go. Then clinics-on-wheels began to...
Strengthening Liberia’s Health System – WHO donates three vehicles to the Ministry of Health
As part of efforts to enhance the quality of health care services in Liberia, the World Health Organization (WHO) with support from the government of the Federal Republic of Germany, today donated to...