Liberia: Bong Health Team to Answer in Court
[New Republic] Gbarnga, Bong County-Aaron G.V. Juakollie, a Civil Society Actor of the Foundation for International Dignity on behalf of the National Civil Society Council of Liberia has threatened to file a lawsuit against the Bong County Health Team over it alleged refusal to provide information relating to the purported stealing of over one hundred fifty thousand United States Dollars meant for Gbondoi and Kpaiyah Clinics Construction. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 2, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Liberia: SoS Calls for Accident Survivor
[New Republic] ...Wants Government and Humanitarians for Him to Seek Advanced Medical Treatment (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 2, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Bivariate mapping of intimate partner violence prevalence and its correlates in Liberia by county: results from the 2019-2020 Demographic and Health Survey - Shaikh MA.
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a global public health concern and requires nuanced health policy response for effective addressal at the subnational level. Using the nationally and county level representative data from the 2019-20 Demographic and Healt... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 2, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Research Methods, Surveillance and Codes, Models Source Type: news

Liberia: LINPAA Craves for PAs Re-Classification
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The leadership of the Liberia National Physician Assistants Association (LINPAA) is calling on the Government of Liberia to speed up the re-classification of mid-health workers in the country. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 1, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news

BRAC ‘Resets’ Program Aimed at Empowering Adolescent Girls in Africa
A girl reads a story book with lessons on life skills at an ELA club in Uganda. Credit: Uganda/BRAC By Naureen HossainUNITED NATIONS, Feb 22 2023 (IPS) BRAC’s Empowerment and Livelihood Program (ELA) has benefitted tens of thousands of girls, and its recently released report shows an organization willing to adapt to the circumstances to continue to ensure adolescent girls and young women receive meaningful sexual and reproductive health rights support. The report titled Adolescent Empowerment at a scale: Successes and challenges of an evidence-based approach to young women’s programming in Africa was launched on Februa...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - February 22, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Naureen Hossain Tags: Africa Development & Aid Editors' Choice Education Featured Gender Headlines Health Human Rights Humanitarian Emergencies Population TerraViva United Nations BRAC IPS UN Bureau IPS UN Bureau Report Source Type: news

Liberia: Suspended Health Officials Demand Audit
[New Dawn] Suspended Health Ministry officials are demanding an immediate audit to clarify an accusation that they allegedly misused US$801,693.00 given to the Margibi County Health Team. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 21, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Liberia may have ‘parallel system’ for illegal log exports
A government document obtained by The Associated Press outlines more than three dozen cases in Liberia where it appears logs were illegally cut or moved out of the country using unofficial channels.#liberia (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 21, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Liberia: 12,300 Doses of J&J Vaccines Arrive for Southeastern Counties
[New Republic] About 12,300 doses of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines under the Ministry of Health's "COVAX Vaccine Program" on Friday, November 5 arrived through the Airport of Harper for the next phase of vaccinations in Maryland, Grand Kru, River Gee and Sinoe counties. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 9, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Liberia: Ministry of Health Launches School-Based Vaccination Campaign
[New Dawn] By Joseph Titus Yekeryan (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 6, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Long Covid Might Teach Us How to Prevent Alzheimer ’s
A new study, published last week and summarized in Science, used a vast trove of electronic medical records to find thousands of people with neurodegenerative diseases and tease out correlations with 22 different kinds of infections. The biggest viral risk factor for dementia was encephalitis,…#science #hpv #epsteinbarr #avindranath #liberia #nath #als #herv #danchertow #nih (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 28, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Liberia: Medical and Dental Council Gets New Chairperson
[FrontPageAfrica] The Liberia Medical and Dental Council (LMDC) was established in 2010 by an act of the National Legislature to be autonomous with exclusive powers and authority to regulate and monitor medical practice within the Republic of Liberia. Dr. Benetta Collins Andrews was recently nominated as the Physicians/Surgeons Representative to LMDC and subsequently elected as the Chairperson during the first council sitting, replacing Dr. Linda Araminta Birch. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 27, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Liberia: Media Mogul Stanton Witherspoon Arrested For U.S.$114 Million Healthcare Fraud
[Observer] ... His alleged crimes involve him participating in a wire fraud scheme that created an illegal licensing and employment shortcut for aspiring nurses, and would land him in jail for 20 years if proven guilty and property forfeiture, if any. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 27, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Liberia: Relatives of Ailing Liberian Musician, Educator Prof. Jones Dopoe Make SoS Call for Advanced Medical Treatment
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Relatives celebrated Liberian cultural icon, folklorist and educator, Prof. Jones Dopoe are calling on the Liberian Government and the public for financial support to enable him seek proper medical treatment in Liberia. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 24, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Liberia: Nurse Reportedly Dies of Lassa Fever in Bong, Nine People Quarantined
[FrontPageAfrica] Suakoko -- FrontPageAfrica has gathered that the Bong County Health Team has quarantined nine people over the outbreak of Lassa fever and the death of a health worker. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 24, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Liberia: U.S.$165k Clinic Funded By Community Logging Benefits Stalls Over Furniture
[FrontPageAfrica] Tiah Town -- Fifty-two-year-old Elizabeth Zialue traveled 55 kilometers from Tiah Town in Nimba to Boegeezay Town in River Cess County to seek treatment for her two-year-old grandson. Medical services in the Boegeezay community are free but Zialue has to pay LD3,500 for a motorcycle taxi to get there, and the same amount to get back. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 24, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news