James Bryant

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REPORTING PERIOD: FEB 3-9, 2024
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HIGHLIGHTS ● No new confirmed case reported● All 27 contacts including 10 healthcare workers completed 21 days follow up● Cumulative Case Fatality Rate (CFR): 29% (32/110)● One county currently in outbreak (Countdown) SITUATIONAL CONTEXT Lassa fever is a major public health concern in Liberia and West Africa at large. To date, eight (8) out of…

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REPORTING PERIOD: JAN 27-FEB 2, 2024
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HIGHLIGHTS ● No new confirmed case reported● A total of 27 contacts including 10 healthcare workers under follow up● Cumulative Case Fatality Rate (CFR): 29% (32/110)● One county currently in outbreak SITUATIONAL CONTEXT Lassa fever is a major public health concern in Liberia and West Africa at large. To date, eight (8) out of thefifteen…

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REPORTING PERIOD: JAN 14 – 26, 2024
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HIGHLIGHTS ● No new confirmed case reported● A total of 34 contacts including 13 healthcare workers under follow up● Cumulative Case Fatality Rate (CFR): 29% (32/110)● Two counties currently in outbreak SITUATIONAL CONTEXT Lassa fever is a major public health concern in Liberia and West Africa at large. To date, eight (8) out of thefifteen…

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REPORTING PERIOD: JAN 13 – 20, 2024
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HIGHLIGHTS ● One (1) new confirmed case reported from Tappita District, Nimba County● A total of 24 contacts including 13 healthcare workers under follow up● Cumulative Case Fatality Rate (CFR): 29% (32/110)● Two counties currently in outbreak SITUATIONAL CONTEXT Lassa fever is a major public health concern in Liberia and West Africa at large. To…

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EMMET A. DENNIS NATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE POSTPONED
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(Monrovia, Liberia August 7, 2022): The National Public Health Institute of Liberia (NPHIL) wishes to inform the scientific community and the general public of a change regarding the 4th edition of the Emmett A. Dennis National Scientific Conference scheduled for August 29th-31, 2023. Regrettably, the conference technical committee has postponed the conference due to the…

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NPHIL AND PARTNERS ESTABLISHED COORDINATING COMMITTEE
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(Monrovia, Liberia, July 18, 2024): A strategic meeting between the National Public Health Institute of Liberia (NPHIL) and its supporting partners intended to strengthen collaboration by creating a regular platform for communication has ended in Monrovia with the establishment of a partners coordinating committee. The Partnership Coordinating Committee which NPHIL chairs, will oversee the implementation…

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NPHIL Confirms Monkeypox virus Clade-IIa in Liberia
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MONROVIA – October 13, 2024: The National Public Health Institute of Liberia (NPHIL) announces the presence and circulation of the Monkeypox virus Clade-IIa in Liberia, based on molecular genetic sequencing results. Meanwhile, NPHIL also announces that its National Reference Laboratory (NRL) has detected and confirmed three (3) new cases of Mpox in the country. This…

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Public Alert: No Ebola Virus Disease in Liberia
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Monrovia, Liberia, 30th September 2022:  The National Public Health Institute of Liberia (NPHIL) is concerned about rumors of a suspected case of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in Liberia and is informing the general public that this information is false and misleading. Currently, NO SUSPECTED CASE OF EBOLA HAS BEEN REPORTED IN LIBERIA. It can be…

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