Liberia: Health Minister Declares Polio Virus Outbreak as National Public Health Emergency
Liberia: Health Minister Declares Polio Virus Outbreak as National Public Health Emergency
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Monrovia – Dr. Wilhelmina Jallah, the Minister of Health on Thursday declared an outbreak of the Poliovirus, terming it as a ‘National Public Health Emergency’.
The statement from Minister followed the detection of poliovirus by the National Surveillance System, which has spread throughout the country from two different environmental sites in Monrovia.
Experience from other countries in Africa and around the world had shown that swift intervention is needed to curtail its further spread.
“In line with WHO and the communities for Polio and the International Health Regulation of 2005, recommendations as that in such a case, action supposed to be taken to curtail its further spread; therefore, I am officially declaring Polio as a National Public Health Emergency. This means that we have t
(From left) DKT Liberia Country Manager, Mr. Antonio Cazares Turcott; Health Minister Wilhelmina Jallah; Swedish Ambassador Wetterqvist and MOH FHD Director Mrs. Tehoungue posed during the donation of the medical drugs to the Government.
As part of efforts in tackling the Covid-19 pandemic, DKT Liberia with support from the Swedish Embassy and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) has provided a huge quantity of medical items to the Government through the Ministry of Health (MOH) to help ensure the safety of Sexual and Health Reproductive health Rights (SHR) in the country.
DKT International, a registered non-profit organization founded in 1989, is one of the world’s largest providers of contraceptive and safe abortion products. DKT International also seeks to mitigate the impending effects of COVID-19 on global access to contraceptives by adopting necessary preemptive measures.
Headquaters of the Ministry of Health (MOH) in Congo Town
The Government of Liberia through the Ministry of Health has clarified that, contrary to public speculation, no new variant of the COVID-19 virus has been confirmed in the country.
Health Minister Wilhelmina Jallah has said that in keeping with World Health Organization protocols, some test samples were sent overseas for examination.
She insists that the practice is standard with countries in the region and should not suggest the emergence of a new variant of the disease.
She however urges the general public to continue to strictly abide by the health protocols in spite of the relative success the country has scored to prevent further local spread of the virus.
Gov’t Clarifies On ‘New Variant Of COVID-19’ In Liberia Gov’t Clarifies On ‘New Variant Of COVID-19’ In Liberia
Dr. Wilhelmina Jallah, Liberia Minister of Health
The Government of Liberia, through the Ministry of Health, clarifies that contrary to public speculation, no new variant of the COVID-19 virus has been confirmed in the country. Health Minister Wilhemina Jallah has said that in keeping with World Health Organization protocols, some test samples were sent overseas for examination.
She insists that the practice is standard with countries in the region and should not suggest the emergence of a new variant of the disease. She however urges the general public to continue to strictly abide by the health protocols in spite of the relative success the country has scored to prevent further local spread of the virus.
(Monrovia, Liberia, January 31, 2020) The Inter-Ministerial Taskforce on Sexual Gender-Based Violence (ITSGBV) which has the mandate to engage all SGBV stakeholders and direct prevention and response programming on ending Sexual Gender-Based Violence by 2022 has held its preliminary second quarter meeting ndash; the first meeting of 2021.