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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.

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
My wife and I live a lonely life. Our neighbors have barred their children from playing with our children - our home is a ‘no go zone’ for them.
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
Fernando Calero
Communications
The pending embrace
Pre-Ebola, Douglas Lyon had been in Sierra Leone twice before: the first time during the 1991-2002 civil war, and the second time just after the conflict ended, in both cases working for MSF.
19 Dec 2014 / 4 minute read