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 and opportunities, models various scenarios of climate impact and intervention, and proposes ways to strengthen resilience and finance climate actions that support Liberia’s development …
West Africa nations must crack down on foreign fleets fishing illegally off its Atlantic coastline and build up their fisheries to protect the livelihoods of millions of people, a leading thinktank said on Wednesday. Overfishing by foreign vessels is driving many species toward extinction and destroying the livelihoods of fishing …
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - At least a third of hospitals in developing nations do not have clean running water, a study has found, leading to unsanitary conditions and further spread of disease in drought-hit areas. The study examined 430 hospitals in developing countries and found that one third of …
A farming technique practised for centuries by villagers in West Africa, which converts nutrient-poor rainforest soil into fertile farmland, could be the answer to mitigating climate change and revolutionising farming across Africa. A global study, led by the University of Sussex, which included anthropologists and soil scientists from Cornell, Accra, …
The management of the Forestry Development Authority (FDA) has been cited by the House of Representatives on accounts of complaints filed by Representative Gabriel Smith of Grand Bassa County, alleging that Liberia's forest is being depleted with no benefits to the nation and people as a result of poor management. …
Guinea and Liberia have assured that they will work with Global Witness to gather evidence for a judicial investigation into allegations by the watchdog group that Sable Mining Africa Ltd provided money used for bribes to further its business interests, a government spokesman said. Global Witness said in a report …
The National AIDS Commission of Liberia and partners will Thursday launch the National HIV and AIDS Strategic Plan (NSP) 2015-2020.The document is an evidence-based strategic plan that provides a framework on how Liberia as a nation plans to address the epidemic of HIV and AIDS during the period (2015-2020). The …
Sierra Leone called Sunday for increased vigilance to prevent a resurgence of the Ebola virus after new cases in neighbouring Liberia and Guinea, but cautioned against shutting off borders between the west African states. The alert came after the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed a link between a fatality in …
Health officials in Liberia said a five-year-old boy has tested positive for Ebola just days after his mother died of the virus. A 30-year-old woman died of Ebola in Monrovia last week, months after Liberia was declared free of the virus. Her death followed a recent flare-up that took the …
Liberian authorities and their partners, including the World Health Organisation, "are on top of this. We know what to do now, we can contain it, we can control it. No need to panic," he said. The new case in Liberia was discovered days after a resurgence of Ebola in neighbouring …
The World Bank Board of Executive Directors has approved a new financing of US$10 million International Development Association (IDA) credit to increase access to piped water supply services in Liberia's capital, Monrovia, and surrounding areas, and improve the operational efficiency of Liberia Water and Sewer Corporation (LWSC). The Liberia Urban …
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 or establishing conventional sequencers in remote outbreak regions. We successfully used a novel, pocket-sized nanopore sequencer at a field diagnostic laboratory in Liberia during …
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, research shows. The maps mark a breakthrough in forest monitoring that allows researchers to distinguish between natural growth and oil …
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 the hemorrhagic fever. Authorities said the outbreak is under control and urged citizens to remain …
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 of WHO, Alex Gasasira, commended the government and people of Liberia, communities, health workers and partners for the …
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 Ministry of Health and the Yale Center for Infectious Disease Modelling and Analysis evaluated 3532 Ebola cases reported in 2014 …
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 pesticide regulation and the standardized curricula for extension. The two newly launched programs will provide for the regulation of quality seeds, fertilizer …
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 change. She said the amount is exclusive of the millions of Euro the EU has already …
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 says the eight months program, funded by the USAID/OFDA under the management of Mercy Corps, is being implemented in one thousand …
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, and how it adapted within the human host. The study, published in Cell Host And Microbe, can be used …
–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. Making the disclosure Tuesday at a Ministry of Information press conference in Monrovia, Liberia’s Chief Medical Officer …
