Imagine a rich thick palm butter sauce made from ripened nuts, spiced with just the right amount of herbs and mixed with generous portions of goat meat, cow skin, and pig feet. Serve this alongside a mound of rice and you’ve just about made every Liberian’s day.
80 Percent of Substandard Drugs Are From Guinea, Says Regulatory Body
Littered on main streets across Liberia are numerous drug stores and pharmacies that are not tightly regulated, which can pose a threat to the public.
Bong’s Mental Health Coordinator Threatens to Quit Over Lack of Support
The mental health coordinator for Bong, A. Dakemue Kollie, has underscored the need for adequate support for mental health programs in the county.
Korean Gov’t-Funded Project for Safe and Quality Healthcare Ends
An American non-profit health organization affiliated with John Hopkins University, Jhpiego, has ended a year-long project in Margibi to provide mentoring and supervision to ensure quality of health services.
VOA East Community Now Has a Health Center
The over 6,000 residents of the VOA East Community on the Robertsfield Highway recently celebrated the opening of the area’s first health facility.
Waterside Market Daycare Now Has a Clinic
For the first time in the history of the Liberia Marketing Association, a school-based clinic has been established at one of the association’s daycare and kindergarten schools located at the Waterside Market.
Teenagers Account for 18 Percent of Maternal Deaths in Montserrado
On Jan. 11, various stakeholders within the health sector of Liberia held a conference at the Golder Key Hotel to formulate strategies on the reduction of maternal deaths in the country.
Polio Vaccination Campaign Completed in Bong
The Ministry of Health, in collaboration with the World Health Organization, has completed a polio immunization campaign for children under five years of age in Bong.