Liberia Events

Liberia Makes another Milestone in the Fight Against COVID-19- Receives 302,400 Doses of Johnson and Johnson Vaccines

29 juillet 2021

Key stakeholders during the arrival of the J&J Covid-19 vaccine in LiberiaMonrovia, 27 July 2021: Liberia on 25th July 2021 received a donation of 302,400 doses of the Johnson and Johnson (J&J) COVID-19 vaccine from the United States Government through the COVAX facility; a partnership of CEPI, GAVI, UNICEF and WHO to expand the COVID-19 vaccination coverage in the country. 

In March of this year, the country received 96,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine and so far, over 95,000 doses have been administered.  With the arrival of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine, the country will resume the vaccination campaign, which has been halted after vaccines previously received were used up amid case surge in in June and July.

The US Ambassador in a brief speech informed the Government of Liberia that the donation is a part of the Biden-Harris administration’s commitment to share U.S. vaccines supply to the world. “We are proud to continue working together with the Liberian Government, the private sector and civil society to do everything we can to mitigate the pandemic’s high toll on life, livelihoods and social impacts,” remarked Michael McCarthy. To everyone who has not been vaccinated, I strongly encourage you to do so as I did; as soon as you have the opportunity.”
 

Receiving the donation on behalf of the Government of Liberia, the Hon. Minister of Foreign Affairs (a.i) Mrs. Thelma Duncan Sawyer thanked the American Government and all collaborating partners for this worthy donation. “Let us realize that this is our country and the partners are here to help therefore, we must continue to follow all the rules including getting vaccinated” she said.

In her remarks, the Hon. Minister for Health Dr.  Wilhelmina Jallah thanked the US Government and all the partners involved in the COVID-19 response efforts, notably the World Health Organization, UNICEF and GAVI.  She noted that these vaccines will go a long way in boosting the covid-19 vaccination campaign initiated earlier this year by the Ministry of Health and partners.

Speaking on behalf of the United Nations (UN) in Liberia, Mr. Neils Scott, UN Resident Coordinator   commended the American Government for this intervention. He emphasized that the availability of vaccines alone is not only enough, but rather the use of the vaccines by the public to prevent more serious infections. 
 “The challenge is to address vaccine misinformation in the population and to work hard in convincing the public to get vaccinated is the surest and fastest way to end this pandemic” He noted.  

The Resident Coordinator urged the general public to continue taking the necessary precautions to protect themselves, their families and their communities. 

The ceremony was attended by the Head of Agencies of WHO and UNICEF, senior Government officials, staff form the United Nations family, the International Rescue Committee and the media.

9th Global Conference on Health Promotion

21 novembre 2016

Health Promotion in the Sustainable Development Goals

Date: 21–24 November 2016
Place: Shanghai, China

The 9th Global Conference on Health Promotion (9GCHP) will be co-organized by WHO and the National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC) of the People's Republic of China.

The conference will provide an unprecedented opportunity to reassert the significance of health promotion in improving health and health equity at the historical moment of 30 years anniversary of Ottawa Charter, and the first year of implementing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It will direct and guide Member States on the practical application of evidence-based health promotion concepts, approaches and mechanisms for achieving SDGs.

Goals

Goals of the conference are to:

  • Raise awareness about the importance and potential of health promotion as a transformative strategic approach to deliver for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
  • Highlight the need for reflecting health promotion in national SDG responses.
  • Showcase how health promotion can accelerate progress on specific SDG targets.

Participants

750 invited participants representing different levels of Member State governments, UN and international organizations, civil society and international financial institutions and foundations.

Representatives from health and other sectors relevant for health determinants, such as education, environment, employment, agriculture, trade, transportation, housing, finance, foreign and development policy.

Objectives and format

For detailed information on the conference, including background documentation, policy briefs and circular letters please see:

Official website and registration

The government of China is hosting the official website for the conference:

Workshop of the Regional Noma Control Programme

9 septembre 2016

Representatives of Health Ministries of 10 African countries (Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinee Bissau, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, DRC, and Togo) will meet in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, from 9-11 November 2016, in the context of the workshop of the Regional Noma Control programme.

The overall objective of this intercountry workshop, organized by the WHO Regional Office for Africa, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health of Burkina Faso and with the support of the Hilfsaktion noma e.V. NGO, is to scale up prevention and control in the affected countries through the sharing of the experiences and the harmonization of intervention strategies at the subregional level. 

The specific objectives are to:

  1. present the new WHO African Regional oral health strategy 2016 – 2025 and the manual, “Promoting oral health in Africa” in the context of noma prevention and control
  2. stimulates the sharing of best practices through two cas studies: Niger and Senegal
  3. discuss Countries’ progress reports on the implementation of their 2015-2017 three-year noma control action plans
  4. develop a common strategy for efficient use of brochures and posters produced by WHO to improve early diagnosis and management of noma cases at primary health care level
  5. discuss the issue of including noma in the list of  Negleted tropical diseases.