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Silent Suffocation: How Foreign Funding Drops and Policy Shifts Threaten SRH in Liberia

MONROVIA, Liberia — In the quiet corridors of rural health posts across Lofa, Nimba, and Grand Bassa, a critical health emergency lingers far from the international spotlight. For decades, Liberia’s public health architecture has relied heavily on external development assistance, with foreign institutions historically funding up to 80 percent of all public-sector reproductive health logistics and FP procurement.

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Opinion

Monrovia’s Data Deficit: Will Liberia’s First Substance Survey Move Policy Beyond Rhetoric and Penal Action?

MONROVIA, Liberia — The Ministry of Health, in partnership with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL), officially launched Liberia’s first National Survey on Psychoactive Substance Use on Wednesday, November 4, 2026

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Pan-African Health Oversight Warns Against Unilateral Travel Restrictions Amid Ebola Containment Efforts

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has issued an urgent policy directive advising regional health authorities and international partners against imposing punitive travel and trade restrictions on Ebola-affected nations, warning that uncoordinated border closures undermine epidemic response efforts and destabilize fragile regional economies.

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Kenya Reaches 18-Day Milestone Without New Ebola Infections as Sixth Patient Recovers

Kenya’s Ministry of Health reported significant progress in containing its recent Ebola outbreak on Friday, November 6, 2026, announcing that the country has gone 18 consecutive days without recording a single new infection.

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