The NEWS (Monrovia)
C. Emmanuel Johnson
5 May 2008
Monrovia — The Ministry of Health and Social Welfare over the weekend awarded certificates to 24 health workers from Margibi County at the end of an eleven-day training in Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses.
The health practitioners were trained to reduce the high mortality and morbidity rate among children under the age of five years in the county.
Speaking at the end of the program held at the Baptist Seminary in Paynesville, Assistant Health Minister For Curative Services, Dr. Moses Pewu urged the participants to exemplify the knowledge acquired by adequately discharging their duties to save the lives of children who are vulnerable due to the lack of adequate health facilities across Liberia.
He admonished them to always refer serious cases to hospitals instead of wasting the patients' time when they know that they cannot cope with the severity of the case.
He said the lack of well trained doctors has been one of the impediments in the enhancement of the country's health delivery program, and hoped the training would be extended to other parts of the country.
Dr. Pewu said the Ministry of Health has provided 15 ambulances for referral purposes in the nine counties.
Speaking on behalf of the facilitators, Dr. Sampson Azorqoui said he was grateful that the training previously conducted abroad has been brought to Liberia because the country has trained professionals capable of imparting such knowledge.
For his part, the Superintendent of Margibi County, Levi Piah, thanked the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare for undertaking such important training program for the county health team and urged his fellow participants to practicalize the knowledge acquired.
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