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Media Group Recalls FHI360 Support To HIV Response In Liberia
A civic Media organization, Liberia Health, and Rights Journalists Network (LHRJN) says has documented the support of an international project, FHI360 in strengthening Liberia’s HIV…
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Time To Decriminalize Discriminatory Laws To Save Lives
By: Stephen K. McGill, HIV/Human Rights Activist
In Liberia, it is illegal to engage in a sexual relationship with people of the same sex. This is regulated in the Penal Law, Section…
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Key Actors In Liberia Support Abortion Law, Want Human Rights Protected
By: M. Dennise Nimpson/LHRJN Fellow
In Liberia, abortion beyond the 24th week of pregnancy is considered illegal. Women who perform abortions as well as people who assist them with…
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Liberian Schools Heighten Efforts For Menstrual Hygiene Support For Adolescent Girls
By: Romelia P. George/LHRJN Fellow
The United Nations Children Education Funds (UNICEF) 2020 report revealed that 1.8 billion women and adolescent girls across the world menstruate,…
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Liberia Lacks Updated National HIV Data, As Gov’t’s Institutions Remain Silent
By: Siaway T. Miapue/LHRJN Fellow
Like other countries, Liberia is expected to end AIDs by 2030 as a public health threat.
For this to happen, a country must have updated national…
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Stakeholders Doubtful Over Liberia’s Preparedness To End AIDS By 2030
By: Gloria Wleh/LHRN Fellow
The United Nations in its Seventy-fifth Session on June 8, 2021, adopted a political declaration pledging “urgent, transformative action to stop global…
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Liberian CSOs: “Stigma, Discrimination Hindering Key Populations’ Involvement To End AIDS”
By: Christophina P. Nyanneh, LHRJN Fellow
Like other countries in the world, Liberia seems to be making progress toward reaching the 95-95-95 strategy adopted in 2016 by the United…
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LIPRDE Urges Persons Living With HIV To Adhere To Treatment
By: Necus M. Andrews
The Liberia Initiative for the Promotion of Rights, Identity, Diversity, and Equality (LIPRIDE), is urging persons living with HIV in the country to remain…
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Cassava Leaf: The source of survival
By: Stephen McGill
Cassava (Manihot esculenta), called yuca in Spanish, is a crop plant with roots (tuber) and leaves good for consumption. The roots are rich in carbohydrate while…
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AAMIN new name increases focus on holistic health response in Liberia
Healthcare reporting in Liberia, a new phenomenon, has enduring enormous benefits to the sustenance of the overall healthcare delivery system for which the amendment to the name of…
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