Liberia: Weah Orders Replacement of Protesting Health Workers

21 September 2020

President George Manneh Weah's government has ordered health authorities here to replace aggrieved health workers who have gone on strike by qualified health workers of various grades, including nurses, nurse aides, midwives and laboratory technicians, in what seems to be a breakdown of negotiating efforts to resolve their differences.

Liberia's Information Minister Eugene Nagbe authorized a communication dated 19 September and posted on Information Ministry's Facebook page, soliciting applications from candidates to be submitted immediately to county health centers, the Ministry of Health (MOH), and the John F. Kennedy medial for screening by the MOH.

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