Liberia

Saving lives and improving health outcomes for all families in Liberia since 2008.

Selected Achievements

  • Jhpiego trained 162 vaccinators from 154 health facilities in six southeastern counties on the proper handling, storage, and administration of the malaria vaccine, equipping them to deliver the vaccine to approximately 39,000 eligible children in areas with a high malaria burden.

  • In Bong, Margibi, and Nimba counties, Jhpiego trained 247 health workers on emergency obstetric and newborn care, equipped six health facilities with essential surgical and neonatal intensive care unit equipment and supplies, and refurbished six maternity waiting homes. These interventions contributed to a 28% reduction in the institutional maternal mortality ratio.

  • To strengthen the country’s capacity to prepare, detect, and respond to outbreaks, Jhpiego established a cadre of 15 public health emergency management specialists and 19 infection prevention and control professionals across the 15 counties.

  • Jhpiego scaled up the delivery of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis to key populations in Grand Gedeh and Nimba counties and reached more than 7,000 people in two years.

  • Jhpiego conducted two rounds of a mass COVID-19 vaccination campaign in seven counties contributing to an increase in vaccinations from 15% to 50% over six months.

Our Projects

HIV Prevention and Treatment

Through the Global Reach II project, Jhpiego ensures that HIV preventive treatments and services, including pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), reach the people most at-risk and with the greatest need.

  • We enhance the capacity of Liberia’s National AIDS Control Program to deliver quality, client-centered care, ensuring that people living with HIV are informed and empowered to access services, receive high-quality care, adhere to treatment, and remain engaged in care, ultimately contributing to the achievement of epidemic control in Liberia.

  • We foster locally-led development through partnerships with key civil society organizations and local governments to help build their capacity to plan, implement, and monitor HIV programs.

Enhancing Global Health Security

We contribute to an interconnected global network that can respond rapidly and effectively to biological threats of international concern. This network focuses on preventing avoidable epidemics, preparing for potential future outbreaks, and rapidly detecting threats early in Liberia.

  • We work to improve coordination at the national and local levels through public health emergency management platforms in Liberia to detect outbreaks, manage responses earlier, and ensure a multi-disciplinary emergency management team in compliance with the World Health Organization’s 2005 International Health Regulations.

  • Using a multidisciplinary knowledge base, we integrate one health and water, sanitation, and hygiene principles into public health emergency preparedness and response guidance.

  • We conduct capacity building activities to increase knowledge, capacity, capability, and retention of tiered, multi- disciplinary emergency management specialists.

  • We partner with communities and health facilities to strengthen their preparedness and mitigation efforts targeted to geographic hotspots that have been identified through multidisciplinary, multi hazard risk assessments.

Planning, Introducing, and Scaling Up the New Malaria Vaccine

We are supporting the Expanded Program on Immunization at the Ministry of Health in the successful planning, introduction, and scaling up of the malaria vaccine in Liberia.

  • We work in partnership with the Expanded Program on Immunization and Liberia’s National Malaria Control Program to ensure alignment and effective co-management of the malaria vaccine rollout. This includes collaboratively setting agendas and facilitating progress of the malaria vaccine introduction.

  • We develop and implement a strategy for an effective phased approach for the malaria vaccine introduction.

  • We adapt an integrated approach for supportive supervision, monitoring, and information systems for tracking progress and program performance.

Country Director

Lauretta Nagbe

Country Program Manager
"I am so excited and thankful for the training on emergency obstetric and newborn care, especially for those of us who have never experienced intensive training and are assigned at hard-to-reach facilities. With the new knowledge and skills, especially in the use of uterine balloon tamponade and NASG (anti-shock garment), I can confidently identify and manage maternal and newborn complications."
— Salomie Domah, Midwife at Buutuo Clinic, Nimba