MONROVIA, Liberia – On 16 March 2020, Liberia confirmed the presence of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) within its borders. One week later, health authorities declared a public health emergency,...
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Young people call for education, health care, rights – and politicians are listening
MONROVIA, Liberia – Life is not often easy for Liberia’s young people. It has been 14 years since the end of a brutal civil war, but in many ways communities are still reeling. Poverty is rampant,...
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1000s of lives saved during Ebola outbreak
A photobook on safe childbirth HIGHLIGHTS AND ACHIEVEMENTS In Guinea, the project targeted six hospitals and 28 health centers in 14 districts of Macenta, Gueckedou, Kissidougou, Lola, N’Zérékoré,...
Young volunteers meeting critical reproductive health needs in Liberia
UNITED NATIONS, New York/MONROVIA, Liberia – Jackie knows about heartbreak. She became pregnant in the ninth grade and was forced to leave school. Then, when her baby was nearly two years old, she...
UNFPA Leads Sub Regional Efforts to Restore Maternal Health Services to Post Ebola Liberia
Monrovia, Liberia. Liberia has intensified efforts to rebuild its health services, including maternal and newborn health left exposed as a result of the major Ebola Virus Disease outbreak. The...
Ebola prompts efforts to boost condom use in Liberia
MONROVIA, Liberia – “I am HIV-positive, and I am sure I acquired the virus through sexual contact,” said Stephen McGill, of the group Stop AIDS in Liberia, at the launch of a campaign promoting...
Now Ebola-free, Liberia’s need to restore maternal health care takes centre stage
MONROVIA, Liberia/UNITED NATIONS, New York – Two days ago, Liberia was declared Ebola-free, after the tragic 13-month-long outbreak saw the deaths of nearly 5,000 people. But while the outbreak is...
Ebola survivors facing stigma, unemployment, exclusion
MONROVIA, Liberia – After recovering from the near-death experience of an Ebola infection, survivors in Liberia are reporting that their ordeal is not yet over. Many say they are encountering...
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UNFPA ebola key messages, October 2014
UNFPA is working with UN system and the international community to deliver a rapid and effective response to help the governments of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone to stop the Ebola outbreak; treat...
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Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) Outbreak in West Africa UNFPA's Interventions and Activities (as of 20 November)
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In Liberia, contact tracing key to curtailing Ebola’s spread
MONROVIA, Liberia – Although there are signs the Ebola outbreak in Liberia is slowing, the fight against the disease remains an uphill battle. Underlying problems with the health system continue to...
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Ebola Outbreak Response in West Africa Issue 01 | 20 –03 November 2014
HIGHLIGHTS UNFPA Priority areas Contact tracing to control the spread of Ebola and identify cases Reproductive health (RH) services and midwives for safe birth and family planning Personal protection...
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Pregnant in the shadow of Ebola: Deteriorating health systems endanger women
Over 800,000 women in the worst-affected countries face increased risks MONROVIA, Liberia – Thirty-six year old Comfort Fayiah, in Monrovia, Liberia, never imagined her pregnancy would end the way it...
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Ebola Wiping Out Gains in Safe Motherhood
More than 800,000 pregnant women face much greater risk in Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone UNITED NATIONS, New York, 16 October 2014 — As the world intensifies its response to the Ebola crisis in West...
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Liberia's Ebola outbreak leaves pregnant women stranded
MONROVIA, Liberia – Ebola has devastated health systems in Liberia, where the outbreak appears to be intensifying. UNFPA is providing protective gear to health workers and safe delivery kits to...
Embracing the challenge of good data collection in post-conflict Liberia
The Lofa County Survey LOFA, Liberia - Dr. Geetor Saydee's legs were tired, his brow drenched in sweat. He'd been walking for several hours through the dusty streets of Lofa, a county in Liberia's...
Young people from Liberia raise their voices against violence
Interview from the RAISE Conference KAMPALA, Uganda - Woloquoi Davis was just seven years old when the conflict in Liberia broke out. Rebels slaughtered his uncle and grand uncle before his very...
Majority of Liberian women suffered sexual violence during war, says new study
UNFPA/CDC survey indicates steep reproductive health challenges in Lofa County UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK - A new survey released by UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, and the Centers for...
Liberian 'baby mothers' get new lease on life through UNFPA-supported NGO
MARGIBI, Liberia - Eyea Mulbah was only 14 years old when the rebels attacked her village, forcing her and her family to flee. In the confusion of the fighting she became separated from her brothers...
Liberian men and women unite to fight rape
MONROVIA, Liberia - Twenty-one-year-old Aminata Keita remembers the exact moment when attackers broke into her home. The four men, armed with guns and knives, stormed the house at 3:35 on the morning...