Libyan health workers on strike with a go-slow movement from yesterday
Southeastern Liberia’s health workers, united under the banner of the “Southeastern Health Workers Network,” began a go-slow action on Wednesday, June 1, across the area. A two-month-old attempt by the dissatisfied healthcare practitioners to raise their concerns with the Health Ministry and other government agencies has been fruitless, they claim. There has...
Read moreUSAID Donated Modern Equipment to Liberia
Liberia — The Liberia Medications and Health Supplements Regulatory Authority (LMHRA) recently received several pieces of critical test equipment from the U.s. Agency For international Development (USAID) for its quality control laboratory, ensuring that all medicines and health supplements entering Liberia meet stringent quality standards. On May 13, Liberian George...
Read moreTrip to Liberia canceled due to Monkeypox epidemic
The pathologist hired by Princess Cooper’s relatives to perform a second postmortem on her remains says he is unable to travel to Liberia because to a recent incident of monkeypox in 23 locations around the world, notably Nigeria, where at least one individual has died from the disease. In an...
Read moreStrengthening Healthcare in Liberia
The Liberia Medicinal products and Health Supplements Regulatory Authority (LMHRA) recently received several pieces of critical testing equipment from the U.S. Agency For international Development (USAID) for its quality control laboratory, ensuring that all prescription drugs and health products entering Liberia meet stringent quality standards. On May 13, Liberian President...
Read moreEmergency Healthcare Assessment Ended in Liberia
A two-day emergency treatment assessment in Monrovia was completed by a team of health professionals from the World Health (WHO) headquarters in Washington, DC, and the African Association for Internal Medicine (AFEM), in coordination with the National of Healthcare (MOH). The goal of the study was to create a strategic...
Read moreNurse from Liberia protests at WEF
A single Liberian frontline nurse has traveled to the World Economic Forum in Davos to persuade governments to approve a patent waiver for Covid-19 immunizations and healthcare equipment, which was first proposed by India and South Africa. A humorous inversion of the worldwide applause for frontline staff, George Poe Williams...
Read moreEffects of COVID in LR
Background: As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, governments were forced to quickly undertake a variety of harsh public health measures without recourse to alleviate the impact on ordinary healthcare services. At 6 months into the Liberian outbreak, this report revealed regular health care interruption and restoration procedures. Situation: Liberia...
Read moreLiberia trains health practitioners
Over 162 professional health workers and traditional healers in Liberia received five days of training on Toxicological Evaluation of Herbal Products from the ACEDHARS or the African Center of Excellence for Drug Research, Herbal Medicine Development, and Regulatory Science at Lagos University in Nigeria. Madam Omobolanel Ade-Ademilua, Executive Director of...
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