Liberia

Office Staff

  • Joe Binda, Monitoring & Evaluation Officer
  • Isaac Brown, Accountant
  • Richard Clarke, Infrastructure Advisor
  • George Delon, Transport Supervisor
  • Augustus Doe, Procurement/Logistics Officer
  • Melvin Doe, IT Specialist
  • Dr. Rose Macauley, Chief of Party
  • Amos Gardy, Finance & Operations Manager
  • Abraham Gbeh, Clinical Service MHPSS Officer
  • Desmond Harris, Office Supervisor
  • Mildred Harris, Capacity Building Advisor
  • Pauline Jallah, Clinical MHPSS Advisor
  • James Kennedy, Office Assistant/Cleaner
  • Oliver Kiki, Driver
  • Yvonne Kodl, Deputy Chief of Party/Technical Director
  • Mama Kollie, Clinical Service MHPSS Officer
  • Victor Kollie, Finance Assistant
  • Garwolo Kortee, Procurement Assistant
  • Basiru Kpaka, F&A Assistant
  • Trokon McClain, Driver
  • Sophie Roden, Monitoring & Evaluation Advisor
  • Mohammed Saah, Monitoring & Evaluation Officer
  • Vivian Sambola, Clinical Service MHPSS Officer
  • Abu Sanda, Monitoring & Evaluation Officer
  • Mohamed Sandi, Office Attendant
  • Emmanuel Sandy, Driver
  • Sumo Sidiaffall, Generator Operator
  • Geeplah Sleweon, Driver
  • Caleb Soko, Monitoring & Evaluation Officer
  • Edmund Sokpah, Clinical Service MHPSS Officer
  • Joyce Williams, HR Officer
  • Jospeh Wureh, Mechanic

National Ebola Survivor Secretariat Staff (Seconded to MOH)

  • Amanda Gbarmo Ndorbor, National Coordinator
  • Gunleseh Songay, Clinical Coordinator
  • Sidney Swen, Sec. Office Assistant/ Cleaner
  • Tarus Vannie, Affected Population Coordinator
  • Kou Yeleboe, MHPSS Coordinator

APC’s Ebola Transmission Prevention and Survivor Services (ETP&SS) program works with ministries of health and nongovernmental organizations in the three countries that were most affected by the Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak: Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Guinea.

Building Resilient Health Systems

Key Objectives of ETP&SS in Liberia

  • Strengthen coordination and management of activities for Ebola survivors through the National Ebola Survivor Secretariat and the National Ebola Survivor Network.
  • Improve access for Ebola survivors to health services through health facilities that care for survivors, and combat stigma and discrimination among providers.
  • Build health system capacity to provide specialized health services for common complications among survivors.
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Primary Activities

  • Support the establishment and institutionalization of the National Ebola Survivor Secretariat, and strengthen the National Ebola Survivor’s Network’s capacity to coordinate and disseminate information to the EVD survivors.
  • Conduct survivor population and services mapping exercises.
  • Develop a referral pathway framework to facilitate health service delivery.
  • Support training and mentoring of medical students, residents, and mid-level health workers in sub-specialty clinical areas that affect EVD survivors.
  • Renovate target health facilities.

Health Areas

  • Mitigate risk of resurgence of the EVD.
  • Ensure the effective delivery of health care and psychosocial support services that respond to survivor needs.
  • Support strengthening of critical health services used by survivors through direct assistance to health facilities.

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Technical Briefs

Watch New Videos - January 2018

In late September 2017, the USAID-funded Advancing Partners & Communities project partnered with Samaritan’s Purse, ELWA Hospital, and the National Institutes of Health to bring in cataract surgeons, ophthalmologists and lab specialists from Emory University and Johns Hopkins University Hospitals, among others, to perform cataract surgeries for Ebola survivors in Liberia.

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Learn more about this project:

Photo Journal » (PDF, 14.6 MB)

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Results Infographic » (PDF, 357 KB)

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Success Stories » (PDF, 8.1 MB)

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Photos from Liberia


Liberia-Specific Resources

Interview with Liberia's National Coordinator for the EVD Survivor Secretariat
July 2018 | Video

Interview with Ms. Amanda Ndorbor, National Coordinator for the EVD Survivor Secretariat in Liberia.

Liberia National Guidelines
July 2018 | Policy

MOH Guidelines for health care for EVD survivors (updated April 2016).

Mentorship Assessment Tools for Guidance
July 2018 | Assessment Tool

These tools are intended to supplement the above training and be used at health centers where EVD survivors are being treated. Tools include assessments for county or district health teams and clinicians, as well as a patient exit interview template and materials checklist.

Photo Journal: A Brighter Future: After Cataract Surgeries, Ebola Survivors in Liberia Regain Sight
June 2018 | Photo Gallery

William, a hospital worker in Monrovia, Liberia, contracted Ebola while helping patients during the outbreak three years ago. He was lucky to have survived. But a few months after he was declared Ebola-free, he started having trouble with his eyes. At first they would tear when he tried to read or write, then everything started getting dim. Soon, he could barely see.

Infographic: Improving Ebola Survivor Care and Building Resilient Health Systems
June 2018 | Infographic

The Ebola epidemic severely impacted Liberia’s public health system and left a large population of survivors, many of whom continue to have medical problems related to the virus. From 2016–2018, the USAID-funded Advancing Partners & Communities (APC) project, in collaboration with the Liberian Ministry of Health, strengthened specialty services, rehabilitated hospitals and health facilities, and enhanced health system capacity for managing Ebola survivor care. Health workers in four key counties are now better prepared to manage a future outbreak and to respond to the health conditions of survivors.

News from Liberia

2018

Strong Health Systems Increase Access to Quality Health Care for All
April 19, 2018 | Article

USAID, through the APC project, is helping the Government of Liberia to rehabilitate health services and provide services for Ebola survivors. All of this is being done with an eye toward long-term sustainability and enabling the health system to make continued improvements on its own.

15 Mental Health Clinicians Graduate from Phebe Hospital in Liberia with APC Support
March 29, 2018 | Article

Through APC's support, nurses, registered midwives and physician assistants from the four counties hardest hit by Ebola completed a six-month intensive training program on mental health.

Advancing Partners & Communities and WHO Dedicate Medical Lab At Tellewoyan Hospital
March 26, 2018 | Article

JSI Research & Training Institute, through the Advancing Partners & Communities project, and the World Health Organization dedicated a refurbished and well equipped medical laboratory at the Tellewoyan Memorial Hospital in Liberia.

Cataract Surgeries for Ebola Survivors in Liberia
January 12, 2018 | General News

Video describing the ETP&SS cataract surgery program that helped survivors regain their sight. The program also helped researchers find out more about viral persistence of the Ebola virus. Testimonies from Ebola survivors, doctors, and nurses.

The Partnership for Research on Ebola Virus in Liberia Performs 40 Successful Cataract Eye Surgeries
January 08, 2018 | Article

Advancing Partners & Communities partnered with PREVAIL to perform cataract surgeries for Ebola survivors in Liberia.