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 …
The World Health Organization's failure to sound the alarm until months into West Africa's Ebola outbreak was an "egregious failure" which added to the enormous suffering and death toll, global health experts said on Monday. A specialist panel convened by Harvard's Global Health Institute (HGHI) and the London School of …
In what could be a set-back for the country, three new cases of Ebola have been reported more than two months after Liberia was declared free of the virus. Around 153 people have been placed under surveillance. Liberia has twice been declared free of the virus by the World Health …
The U.S. Government’s Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) and the Government of Liberia today celebrated the signing of a new $257 million partnership agreement at a ceremony at the U.S. Department of State. The ceremony included remarks by MCC CEO Dana J. Hyde, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs …
The African Development Bank Group's (AfDB) Board of Executive Directors approved a US$33.3 million grant to set up a Post Ebola Recovery Social Investment Fund (PERSIF) intended to support the implementation of the National Post Ebola Recovery strategies of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, according to CPIFinancial.net. While the governments …
A study of the Ebola Natural History in Liberia has revealed that the disease's side effects include impotency, protracted period of erection, eye fatigue and blurry vision. Other effects include severe headache, joint and muscle pain and tinnitus - the hearing of sound when no external sound is present. The …
Liberia’s Principal Investigator of the Ebola Natural History Study, Dr. Mosoka Fallah, has disclosed that though Ebola has dropped to zero, it has left behind varieties of ailments amongst survivors.Dr. Fallah named complications being experienced by Ebola survivors as severe headaches, Tinnitus, joint and muscle pain, eye fatigue and blurry …
Forest loss in Cambodia between 2001 and 2014 accelerated at a faster rate than in any other country in the world, according to new global figures based on U.S. satellite data. The annual rate at which Cambodia lost its tree cover over the past 14 years increased 14.4 percent, according …
Norway will make a final $100-million payment to Brazil this year to complete a $1-billion project that rewards a slowdown in forest loss in the Amazon basin, Norway's Environment Ministry said on Tuesday. Brazil had more than achieved a goal of reducing the rate of deforestation by 75 percent, the …
The Small holder Agricultural Productivity Enhancement and Commercialization (SAPEC) project valued US$54M has commenced in Liberia. The project which is being implemented by tem INISTRY of Agriculture seeks to reduce rural poverty and sustain household food security in 12 of Liberia 15 counties including Maryland, River Gee, Grand Gedeh, Grand …
The rate at which trees were cut down slowed globally for a third year in a row in 2014, but tree loss still covered an area twice the size of Portugal, an environmental research group said. Losses also accelerated in some previously overlooked regions as land was cleared to grow …
Monrovia — The worst impacts of the Ebola crisis were felt by the poor, who experienced loss of income, difficulty accessing medical services and traumatic feelings of fear, says a report by International Alert. The report mentions that 42% of survey respondents said they had lost their jobs due to …
Monrovia — Finance and Development Planning Minister Amara Konneh on behalf of the Liberian Government has signed a grant agreement for twenty five million United States Dollars with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), for the construction of municipal water system in the cities of Robertsport, Voinjama and …
DAKAR – Lingering health problems afflicting many of the roughly 13,000 Ebola survivors have galvanized global and local health officials to find out how widespread the ailments are, and how to remedy them. The World Health Organization calls it an emergency within an emergency. Many of the survivors have vision …
The Liberia Anti-Corruption and its partners embarked on a one day validation workshop on mapping corruption risks in water sector. There were several WASH entities including the Ministry of Lands Mines & Energy, Ministry of Public Works, and Liberia Water and Sewer among others. The primary objective of the study …
The Ebola epidemic in West Africa could be eliminated completely by the end of the year if efforts to root out new cases are kept up, the World Health Organisation (WHO) chief said Thursday. WHO director Margaret Chan, however, cautioned there could be setbacks in the coming months, but said, …
The outbreak of Ebola fever in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, which has killed more than 11,000 people, has dropped out of the news as it has been brought under control. Although new cases are now measured in dozens, rather than hundreds, a week, the disease has not been stamped …
West Africa is currently witnessing the most extensive Ebola virus (EBOV) outbreak so far recorded. Until now, there have been 27,013 reported cases and 11,134 deaths. The origin of the virus is thought to have been a zoonotic transmission from a bat to a two-year-old boy in December 2013. From …
The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) says thousands of children born during the Ebola crisis and were not unregistered are at risk exploitation. According to UNICEF, the more than 70,000 Liberian children whose births were not recorded during the Ebola outbreak may be unable to access basic health and social …
Reports from Liberia’s western Grand Cape Mount County say that 14 illicit miners have died in a landslide in Gola Konneh District in Grand Cape Mount County. According to the only survivor of the tragedy, all the 14 illicit miners were from neighbouring Sierra Leone, who were searching for gold …
A Liberian woman has died of Ebola in a hospital in Monrovia shortly after being admitted, becoming the sixth confirmed case and second death since the virus resurfaced last month, a senior medical official said on Tuesday The victim, Kebbeh Kollie, lived near the capital, Monrovia. She was the sister …
