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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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

Success Stories: From Response to Resilience—Strengthening Health Systems Post-Ebola
June 2018 | Success Story

Ebola survivors formed the National Ebola Survivor Network of Liberia (NESNL) in September 2014, but they struggled for some time to define and advocate for their needs as a cohesive group. USAID’s Ebola Transmission Prevention & Survivor Services program (ETP&SS), implemented by the Advancing Partners & Communities Project, stepped in to support the organization of their elections and formalize national and county leadership for NESNL.

Ebola Transmission and Prevention Services Program Overview: Liberia
January 2018 | Project Highlight

In Liberia, the ETP&SS program works to ensure the effective delivery of health care and psychosocial support services in response to survivor needs.

Beyond the crisis: did the Ebola epidemic improve resilience of Liberia’s health system?
November 2017 | Journal Article

Although the Ebola epidemic stimulated some positive adaptations in Liberia’s health system, building a truly resilient health system will require longer-term investments and sustained attention long beyond the crisis.

Community Health Systems Catalog Country Profile: Liberia
August 2017 | Country Profile

The Liberia country profile provides an overview of the community health system in Liberia according to the most up-to-date policies available.

Program Overview: Sierra Leone, Liberia & Guinea
October 2016 | Publication

The Ebola Transmission Prevention and Survivor Services Program (ETP & SS) launched in July 2016 and is operating under the umbrella of priorities set by USAID’s Global Health Ebola Team. The program works with ministries of health and nongovernmental organizations in regions of Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Guinea that are most affected by the Ebola outbreak.

News from Liberia

2018

A Brighter Future: After Cataract Surgeries, Ebola Survivors in Liberia Regain Sight
January 08, 2018 | Blog

Web-based visual story about Ebola survivors' personal experience undergoing cataract surgery.

2017

Advancing Partners & Communities Donates Medical Equipment to Health Facilities in Liberia
December 21, 2017 | Announcement

Advancing Partners & Communities, through its Ebola Transmission Prevention and Survivor Services program, donated medical equipment to several public health facilities in Liberia including, Redemption Hospital, C.H. Rennie Hospital, Phebe Hospital, and Duport Road Health Center, among others.

West African Consortium Hosts Conference on Post-Ebola Health Challenges
October 12, 2017 | Announcement

On September 7-9, 2017, the West African Clinical Research Consortium (WAC), in conjunction with the National Institutes of Health and the Advancing Partners & Communities project, hosted over 150 West African and international scientists, clinicians, researchers, policy makers, and other stakeholders at a conference in Guinea’s capital, Conakry.

Life After Ebola: Survivors Restore Hope in Liberia
July 18, 2017 | Blog

In December 2016, ETP&SS supported the Liberia survivor association meeting and conducted interviews with five Ebola survivors and survivor association leaders.

JSI and the Liberia-US Clinical Research Partnership are Impacting Ebola Survivors

JSI, through Advancing Partners & Communities, and the Government of Liberia are providing necessary treatment for Ebola survivors with health problems.