June 19, 2023
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 »
May 17, 2023
Liberia: 'Ban Widal Test for Typhoid Due to Inaccuracies'
A prominent global infectious disease expert, Dr. Dougbeh Christopher Nyan has proposed the banning of the Widal Test in Liberia, a serological testing method commonly used for… Read more »
May 16, 2023
Liberia: Sister Aide Liberia Wants Legislature Speedy Intervention of Revised Public Health Bill Into Law
Sister Aide Liberia in partnership with the Health Association of Liberia and Civil Society Organizations has called for speedy passage of the revised public health bill into law… Read more »
May 04, 2023
Liberia: Scarce Resources Hurting LMDC Operations - Liberia - Scarce Resources Hurting Lmdc Operations
The Chairperson of the Liberia Medical and Dental Council (LMDC), Dr. Benetta Collins Andrews is appealing to the national government for increased budgetary support and an… Read more »
Liberia: Wife Seeks Justice for Ailing Husband Who's an Employee of Arcelormittal Liberia
Mrs. Ann-Dora Gbormie, wife of Ambrose John Gbormie, superintendent, Local Government Affairs of ArcelorMittal-Liberia, has accused the company of "discriminatory actions", which… Read more »
May 02, 2023
Liberia: 'Give us Tools and Enabling Environment to Make Liberia's Health Sector Better' - Lmdc Newly Inducted Chairperson Urged Government
Dr. Benetta C. Andrews, the Chairperson of the Liberia Medical and Dental Council (LMDC), is calling on the government to provide a conducive environment to effectively watch over… Read more »
April 27, 2023
Liberia: Liberian Government Responds to U.S. Ambassador's Concerns Over Rural Health and Education Centers
The Liberian government has responded to concerns raised by U.S. Ambassador Michael McCarthy regarding the state of some health and education centers in the rural parts of the… Read more »
West Africa: Clinical and Research Laboratory Scientists Converge On Abuja to Discuss Improving Diagnostics in the Region
Medical doctors, laboratory technicians and other scientists are gathering in Abuja this week to talk about ways to improve the quality of laboratory management in the region. Read more »
April 17, 2023
Liberia: New Report Shows 38,779 Induced Abortions Occurred in Liberia in 2021
The Ministry of Health (MoH) in collaboration with the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI), along with the African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) and Guttmacher,… Read more »
April 13, 2023
Liberia: Guidelines for Continuing Professional Development for Healthcare Professionals in Liberia Launch
As part of efforts to improve the health sector in the country, the Ministry of Health on April 10, 2023, launched the Guidelines for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) for… Read more »
April 12, 2023
Liberia: Liberia Ranked Amongst Countries With Most Hungry Citizens in the World
The Latest Global Hunger Index (GHI) report has ranked Liberia 113th out of 121 countries accessed in 2022. Read more »
April 06, 2023
Liberia: Fails Seriously Ill Liberians Turn to Facebook to Find 'Good Samaritans' Filling Gaps One Patient At a Time As Health Care Systems
Like too many people across Liberia Fatu Washington spent much of her youth "living with rejection from friends and neighbors", as she put it, in her home village of 'Joseph Town'… Read more »
April 04, 2023
Liberia: WASUDEV and Food Fluency Train Women On Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture in Bong County
As part of efforts in training women on Nutrition sensitive agriculture in Liberia, the Women in Agriculture for Sustainable Development (WASUDEV) in collaboration with Food… Read more »
Liberia: Glaucoma - 'The Silent Thief of Sight' Many Liberians Are Unaware of
The thought of going blind is frightening, yet this is the reality for many Liberians who are unknowingly battling with glaucoma. Read more »