Liberia country and climate development report
This Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR) examines Liberia’s development trajectory through the lens of the country’s vulnerability to climate change. It identifies Liberia’s development risks
Liberia
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Nanopore sequencing as a rapidly deployable Ebola outbreak tool
<p>Rapid sequencing of RNA/DNA from pathogen samples obtained during disease outbreaks provides critical scientific and public health information. However, challenges exist for exporting samples to laboratories
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Breakthrough mapping of tropical forests reveals broad extent of tree loss
New advanced satellite maps of tropical countries reveal that more than 90 percent of recent tree cover loss took place in natural forests rather than plantations, threatening ecosystems and biodiversity,
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Nigeria: Lassa fever kills 44 people with fears the outbreak is spreading
Dozens of people have died in Nigeria following a Lassa fever outbreak amid fears the death toll might increase. At least 44 people were declared dead across more than 10 states after being infected with
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WHO declares Liberia Ebola free for third time
The World Health Organization on Thursday, January 14 declared Liberia Ebola free for the third time.Making the declaration at the health ministry in the Monrovia suburb of Congo Town, the Country Representative
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Areas of increased poverty associated with higher rates of Ebola transmission
Since October 2014 the Ebola epidemic in West Africa has been diminishing and efforts have shifted from emergency response to prevention and mitigation of future outbreaks. Researchers from the Liberian
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Liberia gov’t, USAID launch new agriculture development program
The government of Liberia, in collaboration with the United States Agency for International Development Food and Enterprise Development program (USAID FED) has launched the Liberia seed, fertilizer and
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Liberia: EU Supports Liberia's Financial Plan for Climate Change
The European Union Ambassador to Liberia, Tiina Intelmann has announced that the EU will give Liberia 6 million Euro in support of the country's effort to implement its own strategic plan to mitigate climate
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Liberia: Eight-Month Ebola Program Launched
The second component of the Ebola Community Action Platform Project or ECAP-2 was launched in Tubmanville, Neekreen Administrative District of Grand Bassa County on Saturday, 12 December. A release
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Ebola: World's first large scale genomic analysis of virus performed
The first full-scale genomic analysis of the Ebola virus has been performed. Researchers analysed the make-up of the virus from cases in Liberia, to understand how Ebola moved between neighbouring countries,
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Liberian health ministry confirms death of Ebola victim
–Liberia’s Ministry of Health has confirmed the death of the 15 year-old who tested positive of the Ebola virus on Thursday in the Du-Port Road community in the northern Monrovia suburb of Paynesville.