Liberia: 'Community Mobilization Inspired Liberia's Fight Against Ebola

Monrovia — President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf says community ownership and effective mobilization emerged as the fulcrum of Liberia's unique experience in dealing squarely with an unknown enemy. According to an Executive Mansion release, the Liberian leader made the remarks yesterday in the cabinet room at her temporary office at the Foreign Ministry when she hosted the United Nations High Level Panel (HLP) on the Global Response to Health Crises established by UN Secretary General in April 2015.

The HLP visiting delegation led by the former President of Switzerland, H.E. Ms. Micheline Calmy-Rey; former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Indonesia, H.E. Ms. Marty Natalegawa; Executive Secretary of the African Leaders Malaria Alliance, H.E. Joy Phumaphi; former Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), H.E. Dr. Rajiv Shah; and UN Resident Coordinator-OIC-UNMIL, Mr. Antonio Vigilante held the bilateral meeting with President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.

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