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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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REPORTING PERIOD: JAN 13 – 20, 2024

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

(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

(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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