July 18, 2023
Liberia: USAID and Partners Begin Major Sanitation And Business Orientation Workshop in Gbarnga
A three-day countywide sanitation activity and business partners orientation workshop is currently ongoing in Gbarnga, Bong County. Read more »
Liberia: Lofa County Senator Joseph Jallah Explores Education and Anti-Drug Initiatives During U.S. Visit
Lofa County's newly elected Senator, Cllr. Joseph Jallah, was recently invited by the office of the Trade Commission of the state of North Dakota to discuss Teacher Education,… Read more »
July 14, 2023
Rwanda: Leymah Gbowee to Speak At Women Deliver Conference in Kigali
The Women Deliver (WD) Organization, which advocates for the sexual and reproductive health and rights of women and advances gender equity, has invited Nobel Peace Laureate Leymah… Read more »
July 12, 2023
Liberia: Congressman Smith Calls On Liberian Senate to Reject Pro-Abortion Bill
Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Chair of the House Global Health and Global Human Rights Subcommittee has called on the Liberian Senate to live up to its obligation and defend life at all… Read more »
July 11, 2023
Liberia: Hospitals Now Detention - Newborn Moms Gbowee Peace Foundation Africa Feminist Policy Lab Research Shows
The Gbowee Peace Foundation Africa (GPFA) recently organized a lessons-learned summit for their Feminist Policy Lab. The event saw 12 young women conducting research and presenting… Read more »
July 04, 2023
Liberia: Movement for Progressive Change Launches Free Medical Outreach in Clara Town, Doe Community
The Movement for Progressive Change (MPC) in Liberia, led by businessman Simeon Freeman, has initiated a free medical outreach program to provide medical services to… Read more »
June 29, 2023
Liberia: Liberian Orthopedic Surgeon Launches Book On 'History Ff Medical College in Liberia'
A Liberian orthopedic surgeon, Robert M. Kpoto has launched a book in Monrovia detailing the history of the medical college in Liberia. The book covers the history of the Achille… Read more »
Liberia: Kebeh Sulinkemelee Explains Pressure She's Facing for Rejecting Traditional Practices
Miss Kebeh Sulonkemelee, a woman in her early 30s, bravely stands against the oppressive traditions of her family and community. She refuses to accept the practice of female… Read more »
Liberia: USP, LMHRA Share Results From PMs
The Liberia Medicines and Health Products Regulatory Authority (LMHRA) has concluded two rounds of risk-based post-marketing surveillance (RB-PMS) that included sample collection… Read more »
June 27, 2023
Liberia: 18 Organizations Receive Nearly U.S.$1.5 Million to Advocate for Policy Reforms in Health, Education, and Governance Sectors
The USAID Liberia Civil Society Activity (CSA) will on Tuesday, June 27, 2023, distribute more than $1.5 million in grants to 18 organizations to strengthen citizens' ability to… Read more »
June 23, 2023
Liberia: Low Immunization Rates During COVID-19 Rebound in 2022
At the Duport Health Facility, located in Paynesville City, Montserrado County, in April 2023, Esther Kerkula waited patiently in a small reception area with her young baby girl.… Read more »
June 20, 2023
Liberia: LMHRA Declares Para Clear Paracetamol Suspension Toxic - Warns Public Against Its Sale
The Managing Director of the Liberia Medicines and Health Products Regulatory Authority (LMHRA), Dr. Keturah C. Smith-Chineh, has disclosed that the Authority has declared "FAIL"… Read more »
June 19, 2023
Liberia: Feeding the Needy-Unity Party Takes Feeding to Vulnerable People
On Saturday, June 17, Unity Party Alias Rescue Mission youths fed approximately 500 youths and the elderly on Monrovia's streets. Read more »
Liberia: LINSU Identifies With Orphans in Rural Liberian in Commemoration of the Day of the African Child
The leadership of the Liberia National Students' Union (LINSU) has shown support for orphans in rural Liberia by donating food and non-food items to the Peter W. Sayklon Orphanage… Read more »
June 13, 2023
Liberia: Liberia's Board for Nursing and Midwifery Goes Digital
The Liberia Board for Nursing and Midwifery (LBNM) has launched a new digital application to advance the licensing and certification process for nursing and midwifery professionals… Read more »
June 12, 2023
Liberia: Cllr. Charlyne Brumskine Makes Huge Donations to Liberian Government Hospital in Buchanan
Cllr. Charlyne M. Brumskine, the Vice Standard Bearer of the Collaborating Political Parties (CPP), has brought joy to the administrators of the Liberian Government Hospital in… Read more »
Liberia: Jackson F. Doe Hospital Performs First Minimal Invasive Laparoscopic Surgery in Liberia
A team of medical professionals at the Jackson F. Doe Hospital in Tappita, Nimba County, has successfully performed Minimal Invasive - Laparoscopic surgery. This surgery is the… Read more »
June 02, 2023
Liberia: Madam Broh Announces Working Relationship With Zion Christian Mission Center
Madam Mary T. Broh, one of Liberia's proactive diplomats, who is commemorative in implementing government's policies at ministries, agencies, and so on, since former President… Read more »
May 31, 2023
Liberia: Media Group Recalls Fhi360 Support to HIV Response in Liberia
A civic Media organization, Liberia Health, and Rights Journalists Network (LHRJN) says has documented the support of an international project, FHI360 in strengthening Liberia's… Read more »
May 26, 2023
Liberia: SARS-COV-2 Seroprevalence and Kap Study Kicks Off in Liberia
The National Public Health Institute of Liberia and its partners (AFENET, UL, and University of Hawaii) have kicked off the SARS-COV-2 / COVID-19 Serological Prevalence study and… Read more »
May 25, 2023
Liberia: 11-Yr-Old Suffers Brain Tumor
Little Samuel Sawah, Jr., 11, lives with his grandparents in Congo Town, Monrovia. He's the 4th of five children mothered and fathered by Ms. Jacqueline Youjay Toe and Samuel… Read more »
Liberia: FHI Deploys Safeguarding Expert to Liberia
FHI360 is sending a safeguarding expert to Liberia to reinforce and strengthen its safeguarding procedures following recent reports of alleged procedural missteps, according to the… Read more »
May 24, 2023
Liberia: Finally, Liberian Refugee Mothers, Others Get Work Permits, Survived Civil War, 2716 Days in Deadly Snowstorms, Covid-19 in the U.S.
Love, fled the violence of the Liberian Civil War in the year 2000 at age 13 with her father and mother longing for peace and safety. After passing through many countries, crossing… Read more »
May 22, 2023
Liberia: Tolbert Nyenswah Inducted Into the 2023 Delta Omega Public Health Honorary Society
Liberia's Ebola Hero (Czar), Cllr. Tolbert Nyenswah, will on Monday, May 22, 2023 be inducted into the 2023 Omega Public Health Society, Alpha Chapter in the wake of the conferral… Read more »
May 19, 2023
Liberia: Senators Petitioned to Pass Public Health Law
Over 20 Civil Society and governmental organizations have petitioned members of the Liberian Senate, through their Chairman on Executive Senator Saah Joseph, to guarantee the… Read more »