In Liberia, dog rabies is endemic, and surveillance systems and disease control activities are still being strengthened. However, rabies vaccination in humans has been documented since 1949. After the civil war from 1989-2003 and the devastating Ebola outbreak from 2014-2015, healthcare services and infrastructure were substantially weakened. Dog-related rabies has been eliminated from most developed…
Liberia`s PHEOC handbook was developed in 2017 as the primary resource manual, providing forms, role descriptions, Concept of Operations (CONOPS) and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) that are vital to the smooth operation of the PHEOC. However, since the document was developed, there has been the emergence of new policy documents, systems, and guidelines unique to…
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the top ten global public health threats, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), and it also affects animals. Since powerful antibiotics are becoming ineffective due to bacterial resistance to antimicrobials, there will be a significant loss of agricultural output that is incorporated into the food chain as well…
Disasters such as floods and epidemics have hugely reversed the gains made in several sectors, but the fragility of Liberia remains an outstanding concern to the world. The country’s past history of over fourteen years of civil turbulence compounded by extreme poverty makes it more susceptible to various types of humanitarian crises that might result…
The fight against animal diseases relies essentially on a reliable and continuous knowledge of the epidemiological situation through an epidemiological surveillance system. In Liberia, the evaluation of Performance of Veterinary Services (PVS) conducted by the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH/OIE) in 2016 and the Evaluation Surveillance Tool carried out by Food and Agriculture Organization…
This document introduces the concept of Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR), which incorporates indicator-based and event-based surveillance as integral parts of an Early Warning Alert and Response (EWAR) system. This section provides guidance on how IDSR works, its objectives, and how it can help to build and sustain the International Health Regulation (IHR) core capacities with support from National Public Health Institute of Liberia (NPHIL), Ministry of Health (MoH) and partners, thereby facilitating its implementation.
Liberia is located on the western bulge of Africa, bordered to the north by Guinea, to the east by Côte D’Ivoire, to the west by Sierra Leone, and to the south by the Atlantic Ocean. The Country is divided into 15 political sub-divisions, called Counties. Each County is headed by a Superintendent; the County is also subdivided into Districts, Chiefdoms, Clans, Townships, and communities. The population of Liberia was estimated at 4,503,438 in 2015. Of the total, 49.7% and 50.3% live in rural and urban areas, respectively.
