REPORTING PERIOD: JAN 14 – 26, 2024
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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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…
Read articleLiberian Scientists Detect and Identify Monkeypox virus Clade-IIb, Zero Deaths from Mpox Cases
MONROVIA – November 4, 2024: The National Public Health Institute of Liberia (NPHIL) announces that Liberian scientists have acquired genomic sequencing detected and identified Monkeypox virus Clade IIb in the country. Also, Liberia has Zero (0) deaths recorded to date, thus giving Liberia a zero percent case fatality rate (0% CFR) in the region since…
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Read articleEMMET A. DENNIS NATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE POSTPONED
(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…
Read articleNPHIL AND PARTNERS ESTABLISHED COORDINATING COMMITTEE
(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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