Category: Health

The National Public Health Institute of Liberia (NPHIL) has inducted fifteen recently recruited Laboratory, Research, and Diagnostics young Liberian scientists into the National Reference Laboratory (NRL) to serve as technical personnel. This will increase and strengthen the laboratory and research diagnostic capacities, shorten results-reporting time, and strengthen the Outbreak Preparedness and Response efforts, among others….

The recent action by the head of the National Public Health Institute of Liberia (NPHIL) to have sacked two employees and suspended several others over allegations of grave corruption is apparently being resisted. The Director General of NPHIL Dr. Dougbe Chris Nyan in a Facebook on Wednesday, January 16, 2025, a day after he reportedly…

Patients with kidney problems and undergoing treatment at the Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf Dialysis Center at the John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital decried the delay in treatment that is leading to the death of patients at the facility. In an open letter to President Joseph Nyuma Boakai dated January 12, 2025, the patients under the banner Renal…

President Joseph N. Boakai has frowned on teenage girls for getting pregnant rather than focusing on their education to help rebuild Liberia. The Liberian leader wants teenagers to prevent early pregnancy where they would be forced to drop out of schools to work in order to support themselves and their kids, but instead, wants teenagers…

Residents of Tappita District in Nimba County last Friday honored Dr. Victor Kaizer for transforming healthcare delivery at the Jackson F. Doe (JFD) Memorial and the district at large. At an elaborate ceremony held at the Tappita City Hall, the citizens in separate remakes appreciated and gowned the JFD Hospital CEO for his hard work…

The Liberia Medicines and Health Products Regulatory Authority (LMHRA) has successfully drafted eight new regulations and is currently reviewing the Authority’s Act of 2010 for potential amendments. The week-long drafting and revision process took place in Buchanan, Grand Bassa County. At the commencement of the drafting and revision activities, LMHRA Managing Director Dr. Luke Bawo underscored the importance of…

The Administrator of Marshall Medical Center Margibi County, James Peters, reveals that due to the lack of electricity at the facility, nurses are left with no option but to deliver pregnant women through the use of phone light. Speaking on Saturday, October 26, 2024, when President Joseph Nyuma Boakai visited the hospital, Peters said since…

The National Public Health Instituted of Liberia (NPHIL) has confirmed three new cases of the Monkeypox viral infection, bringing the total number to 11 since the disease was declared as an outbreak by the international health authorities. NPHIL Director General Dougbeh Chris Yahn told journalists at a news conference on Sunday, October 13, 2024, that…

The Department of Social Welfare at National Lottery Authority (NLA) last weekend donated assorted food items to the Ganta Rehabilitation Center and Nimba Disabled Association in Sanniquellie, Nimba County. Assorted food items including rice, oil and Vita were part of NLA’s efforts to provide care for persons living with Leprosy and Tuberculosis at the Ganta…

The National Public Health Institute of Liberia (NPHIL) says it has confirmed additional three cases of Monkeypox bringing to five the total number of infections in the country. In a release dated Thursday, September 12, 2024, NPHIL said the new cases were confirmed after specimens of the infected persons were tested at its National Reference…