Brigid E Cakouros, Johannah Gum, Defne L Levine, Joseph Lewis, Antoinette H Wright, Bernice Dahn, Kristina Talbert-Slagle Abstract Introduction Global health collaborations between individuals from...
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Strengthening Liberia's Health Systems in a quest to attain Universal Health Coverage
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...
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...
Multimethod evaluation of health services integration for neglected tropical diseases requiring case management in Liberia
Karsor K. Kollie, Sally Theobald, Lent Jones, Otis Kpadeh, Gartee Nallo, Darwosu Borbor, Mark Taylor, Laura Dean, Maneesh Phillip, Tiawanlyn G Godwin-Akpan, Deborah Fulamuso Mensah, Anna Wickenden,...
World Bank Responds to Gas Tanker Explosion - Expresses Condolences and Support as Liberia Mourns
MONROVIA, January 10, 2024 – The World Bank has allocated $450,000 in response to the Liberian Government’s emergency plan to address the plight of Liberians affected by the recent gasoline tanker...
WHO Donates Medical Supplies to Support Fuel Tanker Explosion Response in Bong County
The World Health Organization (WHO) has donated emergency medical supplies to the Ministry of Health in response to the fuel tanker disaster that has fatally affected over 80 persons. Dr. Moses...
WFP Liberia Country Brief, September-October 2023
In Numbers 75,654 people assisted. in September/October 2023 US$ 81,900 cash-based transfers made US$1.3M six months (Nov 2023 – April 2024) net funding requirements Operational Updates WFP continued...
Documenting the development, adoption and pre-Ebola implementation of Liberia’s integrated disease surveillance and response (IDSR) strategy
Tolbert G. Nyenswah Laura Skrip Mardia Stone Jessica L. Schue David H. Peters William R. Brieger BMC Public Health 23, Article number: 2093 (2023) Abstract Background In the immediate aftermath of a...
Documenting the development, adoption and pre-Ebola implementation of Liberia’s integrated disease surveillance and response (IDSR) strategy
Tolbert G. Nyenswah, Laura Skrip, Mardia Stone, Jessica L. Schue, David H. Peters & William R. Brieger BMC Public Health volume 23, Article number: 2093 (2023) Cite this article Metricsdetails ...
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Post-epidemic health system recovery: A comparative case study analysis of routine immunization programs in the Republics of Haiti and Liberia
By Sanjana J. Ravi, Christina M. Potter, Ligia Paina, Maria W. Merritt Abstract Large-scale epidemics in resource-constrained settings disrupt delivery of core health services, such as routine...
WFP Liberia Country Brief, July - August 2023
In Numbers 10,805 people assisted in August 2023 US$ 71,191 cash-based transfers made US$ 3.7 million six months (Sept-Feb) net funding requirements Operational Updates In collaboration with the...
Liberia Floods, DREF Operation n° MDRLR007
Description of the Event What happened, where and when? From 1st to 4th September, Liberia has experienced excessive heavy rainfall in several cities with highest flooding reported in North-Eastern...
WFP Liberia Country Brief, May 2023
In Numbers 42,613 people assisted US$ 134,848 cash-based transfers made US$ 6.3 million six-month (June – November 2023) net funding requirements Operational Updates • Through WFP’s home-grown school...
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,...
Evaluation of Ebola virus disease surveillance system capability to promptly detect a new outbreak in Liberia
Fulton Quincy Shannon, Luke L Bawo, John A Crump, Katrina Sharples, Richard Egan, Philip C Hill Abstract Introduction Liberia was heavily affected by the 2014–2016 Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak...
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...
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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...