Liberia NCDI Poverty Commission

Co-Chairs

Dr. Anthony Tucker

Dr. Jacquelin Pierre

Commissioners

Dr. Fred Amegashie - Executive Director, Liberia NCD Alliance

Pharm. Luke Bawo - HMER; Ministry of Health, Liberia

Joshua C. Bull - National Commission on Disabilities

Dr. Catherine Cooper - Ministry of Health, Liberia

Dawn Cooper-Barnes - Liberia Cancer Society

Zoe Taylor-Doe - NCD Division, Ministry of Health, Liberia

Dr. Eugene Dolopei - A.M. Dogliotti College of Medicine

Dr. Emmanuel Ekyinabah - JFK Memorial Hospital

Masoka P. Fallah - National Public Health Institute, Liberia

Jessica Farley - Partners In Health, Liberia

Dr. Methodius George - J.J. Dossen Hospital

Elizabeth Hope - Ministry of Education

Dr. Billy Johnson - JFK Hospital

Abdissa Kabeta - Partners In Health, Liberia

William Karloweah - Health Promotion Division, Ministry of Health

Victoria Katawera - NCD Focal Point, World Health Organization (Liberia)

Johnson Quiah Kei - Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information Services

Roland Kessely - Health Financing Unit, Ministry of Health, Liberia

Munirat Ogunlayi - Health Specialist, World Bank

Cate Oswald - Partners in Health

Dr. Clement Peter - World Health Organization

Dr. Mohammed Sankoh - Redemption Hospital

Liberia NCDI Poverty Commission Updates

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International Conference Series on PEN-Plus in Africa to Debut in April
International Conference Series on PEN-Plus in Africa to Debut in April

“PEN-Plus” was coined only five years ago, but already the integrated care-delivery model is receiving a spotlight on the global stage, with the launch of the first annual International Conference on PEN-Plus in Africa. An invitational conference hosted by the World Health Organization’s Regional Office for Africa, ICPPA 2024 will take place in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, from April 23 to 25.

Integration Science Can Help Heal Global Health Inequities
Integration Science Can Help Heal Global Health Inequities

Integration science can do more than deliver quality healthcare; it can also deliver global health equity solutions. That’s the central premise of “From Local Innovation to National Scale to Global Impact: Integration Science as an Engine of Change and an Agenda for Action,” the second annual symposium of the Center for Integration Science in Global Health Equity.

PEN-Plus: A Holistic Approach to Healthcare
PEN-Plus: A Holistic Approach to Healthcare

“It is inconceivable that a 20-year-old man would weigh only 55 pounds,” said Bright Mailosi, a specialist in noncommunicable diseases. “So much could have been done to intervene when he was first diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. Although I wish PEN-Plus had arrived in Karonga years earlier, I’m excited that we’ve changed the narrative of how complex NCDs are managed in rural areas.”