Liberia News

20 August 2014 -- “Take away the fear, don’t hide yourself. People can still survive from Ebola,” are the lyrics of the Ebola Rap, a song written by Charles Yegba, a Liberian artist seeking to raise awareness about the virus in his community. Charles, leader of the AFROCO music group, is recording his song and creating a video to disseminate his message across Liberia, one of the west African countries severely affected by the Ebola virus disease outbreak.

The observance of the African Vaccination Week in Liberia was primarily a mass media campaign.

The strategies used were as follows:

Monrovia (Liberia), August 2014 - The World Health Organization (WHO) appealed to community leaders in Montserrado county, Liberia, to adopt control measures to stop the Ebola outbreak, that has already claimed 355 lives by killing many among confirmed, probable and suspected cases in the country since March 2014. The epidemic also affects Guinea, Sierra Leone and Nigeria, being the highest ever known in number of cases and deaths. 

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he Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MOHSW) in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) and partners officially launched the African Vaccination Week (AVW) on 21 April 2012 under the theme: “An unimmunized child is one too many. Give polio the last push”.

Members of the National Traditional Council of Liberia addressed their communities in the 16 counties of the country. They urged people to take all possible measures to protect themselves from, and encouraged them to welcome the health workers helping in the response. 

WHO donates Vehicles, Anti-Leprosy Drugs, and Informatics Equipment to the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare
Monrovia, Liberia:

On behalf of Dr. Margaret Chan (Director-General of the World Health Organization) and Dr. Luis G. Sambo (WHO Regional Director for Africa), the WHO Country Office for Liberia is very pleased to continue its contributions to the Health Sector, towards improving health service delivery in Liberia

1. View of the Island Hospital
2. Dr. Francis Kateh reading official order of programme leading to the opening of Island Hospital
3. Dr. Bernice T. Dahn, Chief Medical Officer/RL making remarks at opening of Island Hospita
4. Hon. Morris Dukuly, Minister of Internal Affairs making remarks at opening of Island Hospital
5. Hon. Amara Konneh, Minister of Finance making remarks at opening of Island Hospital
6. Rep. Edward Ford, District #6 Representative, making remarks at opening of Island Hospital
7. Hon. Dr.

Monrovia 31 July 2014 – The Government of Liberia on yesterday launched the Operational Plan to accelerate the response to control the on-going outbreak of Ebola in the country, which requires $20.9 million to invest in the response for the next six months.

Monrovia, Liberia:

The Government of Liberia has signed its first three groundbreaki ng contract agreements with key implementing partners for the US$52m Ebola Emergency Response operation that is intended to accelerate Liberia’s response to the Ebola epidemic across the country