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 …
A Liberian woman has died of Ebola Virus Disease in a hospital in Monrovia shortly after being admitted hospital authorities said on Tuesday. She becomes the sixth confirmed case of the virus since it resurfaced last month almost two months after the World Health Organisation declared Liberia Ebola-free. The victim …
Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone need a further $696 million (£446.13 million) in donor funding to rebuild their battered health services over the next two years in the wake of the deadly Ebola epidemic, senior World Health Organization (WHO) officials said on Monday. WHO Assistant Director General for Health Systems …
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon is scheduled to host an International Ebola Recovery Conference at in New York on Friday in cooperation with the presidents of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, who are expected to be present, a spokesman announced here Monday. "The conference, which will begin at 10 a.m. …
After a teenager reportedly died from Ebola in Liberia on Sunday, a second case has been confirmed, raising the spectre of the lurking virus. The two cases come after the nation was declared Ebola-free on 9 May, following 42 days of no new case being registered. However, a man was …
Nigeria began moves to douse panic and raise alert levels on Ebola virus disease, after a 17-year-old Liberian boy died from the virus just seven weeks after the country was declared free of the virus. "The resurgence puts fear in all of us," health permanent secretary Linus Awute told Daily …
A visiting World Bank team has rated Liberia's REDD+ initiatives as encouraging, but cautioned that 10 days is not sufficient to complete what is being envisaged for the country in terms of project preparation. The team said there were strategically two angles of the project, including development and climate change, …
MONROVIA, Liberia — Health workers stormed the Ministry of Health on Wednesday, demanding benefits as Liberia confirmed its second case of Ebola, seven weeks after the country was declared free of the virus. More than 100 Ebola center workers besieged the entrances to the building, defying police officers deployed there …
Beaches that are supposed to be an attraction for visitors, tourists and other amusement activities but in many parts of Monrovia, they are being turned into defecation sites. A visitor walking through the densely and congested slump communities of West Point and New Kru Town, was in awe at how …
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 twoyear-old boy in December 2013. From …
Monrovia — Thousands of residents of the slum community of West Point, a nearby suburb of Monrovia have been made homeless by sea erosion. Some residents who spoke with FrontPageAfrica said on Tuesday night when they were asleep erosion took place thereby destroying several homes and valuables. Veronica Lincoln 32, …
As a devastating Ebola outbreak in West Africa continues, non-pharmaceutical control measures including contact tracing, quarantine, and case isolation are being implemented. In addition, public health agencies are scaling up efforts to test and deploy candidate vaccines. Given the experimental nature and limited initial supplies of vaccines, a mass vaccination …
At the conclusion of a civil society led assessment of safety protocols to the adherence of Ebola preventive measures in certain selected schools in Liberia, positive impressions have been noted even as there are causes for concern to take precautionary measures. The two-prong study which covers schools safety protocol adherence …
Taking a page from President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, the Incident Management System or Task Force overseeing Liberia's response to the deadly Ebola virus outbreak, has characterized a recent audit by the General Auditing Commission as unprofessional, Unbalanced, unfair and entirely out of context by an incompetent integrity body. On Monday, the …
The Ebola virus that raged in the West African state of Liberia is now all but history as World Health Organisation (WHO) and other leading diseases control organisations witnessed the declaration of Liberia as an Ebola-free country. The announcement was received with happiness among the citizens and residents who suffered …
LIBERIA’S government and the World Health Organization yesterday declared the country free from Ebola after 42 days without a new case of the deadly virus, which killed more than 4,700 people there during a yearlong epidemic. Medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres, however, urged vigilance until the worst outbreak of the …
Monrovia — With no Ebola case reported nearly two months and less than three days left for Liberia to be declared Ebola free, the country has completed Phase Two of the experimental Ebola vaccines. "As of April 30 2015, we have completed the vaccination of one thousand five hundred; there …
This once-stricken nation plans to declare it is officially free of Ebola on Saturday, barring the unexpected discovery of a new case. The announcement would come more than a year after the outbreak of the worst Ebola epidemic in history, killing 4,716 in Liberia and infecting twice that number. "I'm …
GROW Liberia, a company engaged in transforming the agricultural sector is expected to launch an agriculture development programme this Thursday in Monrovia. The program is styled, "Making Markets Work for the Poor" (M4P). The GROW approach to agriculture intervention is expected to reduce poverty and increase stability in Liberia for …
The European Union says it would ensure that by the end of 2015, 529 schools across nine counties of Liberia will have water through EU funding. He said EU would contribute to the recovery of the three hardest hit Ebola countries, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea. The EU Ambassador to …
Monrovia — The government of Liberia has threatened to shut down all schools and restaurants that lack Water, Sanitation and Hygiene facilities. The government said it is prepared to robustly implement the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene program in all schools and business areas. Speaking at program marking the launch of …
