Liberia

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The West-African nation of Liberia is Africa’s oldest republic, and its first country to elect a female head of state. However, this nation of historic firsts has faced a series of humanitarian emergencies, including a catastrophic civil war that ended in 1997 and the 2014 Ebola outbreak.

Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) first worked in Liberia in 1990. Our work has focused on providing medical care in response to war and disease, and on addressing gaps in the healthcare system.

Rita M. Nelson

Nurse

Ebola: Preventing another outbreak in Liberia

After an Ebola outbreak was declared in Guinea earlier this year, epidemic surveillance was stepped in in neighbouring areas of Liberia. Rita, a nurse and infection prevention specialist, shares her experience of the effort...

16 Jul 2021 / 5 minute read

Mark Lee

Doctor

Liberia: New Developments

Mark blogs from the paediatric ward in Liberia, about changes - good and bad - that the new year has brought...

20 Feb 2018 / 3 minute read

Mark Lee

Doctor

Liberia: A time of change

Mark is a doctor from the UK, currently working at an MSF hospital in Liberia, a country where the health system is still recovering from the 2014 ebola outbreak. In this post Mark tells us about the changing seasons and his work to change how new mothers seek medical assistance.

05 Jan 2018 / 3 minute read

Mark Lee

Doctor

Liberia: Heroes & Villains - part 2

Mark is a doctor from the UK, currently working at an MSF / Doctors Without Borders hospital in Liberia, a country where the health system is still recovering from the 2014 ebola outbreak. In his last post, Mark wrote about one of his heroes at the project. Today, he writes about one of the 'villains'...

29 Nov 2017 / 3 minute read

Mark Lee

Doctor

Liberia: Heroes & Villains - part 1

Mark is a doctor from the UK. He's working at an MSF / Doctors Without Borders hospital in Liberia, a country where the health care system is still recovering from the 2014 ebola outbreak. Today he introduces one of the heroes from the hospital...

22 Nov 2017 / 3 minute read

Mark Lee

Doctor

Liberia: First Impressions

Paediatrician Mark is working at the MSF children's hospital in Liberia, providing care in a country where the health system was devastated by the 2014 ebola outbreak.

17 Oct 2017 / 4 minute read

Amie Subah

Mental health specialist

Fighting Stigma: "I was so desperate, I came really close to killing myself"

I contracted Ebola through midwifing a pregnant woman. Unfortunately, the woman was infected and she died of the virus as well as her baby...

13 Feb 2015 / 2 minute read

Sianne Beyan wearing Ebola personal protection equipment

Siannie Beyan

Mental health specialist

Fighting stigma: "It will take me time to forgive and forget"

I lost my relationship of 10 years because of Ebola...

04 Feb 2015 / 2 minute read

Jackson Naimah

Doctor's Assistant

Fighting Ebola, ending stigma

Jackson shares the stigma that he's faced as a health worker treating patients for Ebola, a dangerous and highly contagious virus

21 Jan 2015 / 3 minute read

Fernando Calero

Communications

Princess

A few days ago I received an email from journalist who works for The New York Times; she had been in Monrovia in September and asked me to find some information that she needed to complete her repo

05 Jan 2015 / 4 minute read

Fernando Calero

Communications

The frustration tent

On Sunday I meet Margareta, a journalist who works for a Swedish public radio, who asked to visit our Ebola treatment centre.

29 Dec 2014 / 9 minute read

Fernando Calero

Communications

Washington washes his hands

“Nearly all of my friends thought it was a figment of someone’s imagination, but it was clear to me from the very beginning; I always thought it was real.

24 Dec 2014 / 7 minute read