WHO and partners boost Liberia’s fight against NTDs with vehicle donation

Monrovia, Liberia – To offer a boost to Liberia’s fight against left out tropical ailments (NTDs), WHO handed over a brand-contemporary Toyota Land Cruiser (Hardtop) to the Ministry of Effectively being. Funded thru the Become Partnership comprising Fabricate Hope, Anesvad Foundation and Hope Rises Global, the vehicle will enhance built-in outreach, monitoring, and neighborhood engagement in just a few of Liberia’s most inaccessible areas.

Liberia is endemic for loads of precedence NTDs, together with lymphatic filariasis (LF), leprosy, Buruli ulcer, onchocerciasis, schistosomiasis, and soil-transmitted helminthiasis (STH). The country has made vital growth in controlling these ailments, essentially thru preventive measures. 

“On behalf of the WHO Director-Standard, the Regional Director, and the management of the Become Partnership, I’m honored to point this vehicle to the Ministry of Effectively being to enhance the national NTD program,” acknowledged Dr. Olushayo Olu, WHO Country Consultant a.i. “This donation reflects the correct partnership between WHO and the Become Partnership and demonstrates our joint dedication to laying aside NTDs in Liberia.”

Receiving the vehicle on behalf of the Minister of Effectively being, Dr. Catherine Cooper, Deputy Minister for Effectively being Services and Chief Clinical Officer of Liberia, expressed deep appreciation for the enhance. “NTDs affect all areas of Liberia,” Dr. Cooper well-known. “This vehicle will drastically give a boost to our skill to reach faraway communities, name cases, and elevate lifestyles-saving medicines. This may perchance increasingly presumably speed our efforts toward achieving the elimination of NTDs.”

This milestone comes on the heels of two indispensable nationwide Mass Drug Administration (MDA) campaigns and the growth of companies for the case management of Skin NTDs across Liberia. Since November 2024, over 2 million Liberians win received preventive remedy for ailments similar to lymphatic filariasis, onchocerciasis, schistosomiasis, and soil-transmitted helminths. These efforts are aligned with Liberia’s 2023–2027 National NTD Grasp Notion and the WHO’s world roadmap to full NTDs by 2030.

Despite growth, challenges treasure world funding cuts and complex terrain level-headed exist. Then again, with ongoing dedication from partners, increasing domestic management, and neighborhood involvement, Liberia is improving its program supply and transferring toward a future freed from NTDs.