A team of five from the Israeli government is currently conducting a weeklong training on emergency management for employees of the Ministry of Health at Redemption Hospital in Monrovia.
Couple Battling Infertility Highlights the Limitations With Fertility Services in Liberia
For 12 years, Oretha George Sayoue and her husband Melvin Sayoue, residents of Grand Bassa’s first district, have been trying to have a child of their own.
Five J.J. Dossen Hospital Staff Suspended for Stealing Nutrition Supplements
Liberia’s chief medical officer, Dr. Francis Kateh, has indefinitely suspended five health workers of the Jenkins James Dossen Hospital in Harper, Maryland for their alleged involvement in stealing nutrition supplements meant to target children facing malnutrition.
World Bank Donates Ten Vehicles to Strengthen Health Ministry’s Outreach
The World Bank has donated ten vehicles to strengthen three programs at the Ministry of Health – the Community Health Assistant Program, the Performance-Based Financing program, and the Nursing and Midwifery Division.
Health Ministry Holds Conference with Doctors and CHOs in Harper
The Ministry of Health has ended a two-day consultative meeting for medical doctors and county health officers from the 15 counties.
Health Ministry Plans to Digitize Community Health Assistant Program
The Ministry of Health, through its Community Health Services Division, has costed its plan to digitize the National Community Health Assistant Program.
Health Ministry Targets Rising Teenage Pregnancies With Trainings for Health Workers
The Ministry of Health’s Family Health Division has begun implementing a one-year project on adolescent sexual reproductive health and family planning, in an effort to stem an increase in teenage pregnancies and maternal deaths.
Ebola Simulation in Three Counties Gives Liberia’s Health System a Failing Grade
The chief medical officer of Liberia, Dr. Francis Kateh, said Liberia scored an ‘F’ in a recent simulation of the country’s resilience and preparedness to handle another Ebola epidemic.