Liberia NCDI Poverty Commission

Commissioners

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 Updates

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WHO AFRO Publishes Landmark PEN-Plus Report
WHO AFRO Publishes Landmark PEN-Plus Report

The WHO Regional Office for Africa recently published a landmark report that details the impact and momentum of the PEN-Plus model, providing a valuable tool for advocacy and information about integrated care for people living with severe, chronic noncommunicable diseases.

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From Words to Action
From Words to Action

The first International Conference on PEN-Plus in Africa provided a platform for health experts, policymakers, civil society organization representatives, donors, people living with noncommunicable diseases, and community advocates to expedite political and financial backing for PEN-Plus.

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Helmsley Charitable Trust Supports WHO Regional Office for Africa Work in Severe Noncommunicable Diseases
Helmsley Charitable Trust Supports WHO Regional Office for Africa Work in Severe Noncommunicable Diseases

Efforts to expand PEN-Plus across sub-Saharan Africa received a major boost today, when the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust announced a $9 million grant to the World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa to expand care for people living with severe noncommunicable diseases (NCDs).

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PEN-Plus in Action Introduces a Global Partnership to Fight Severe, Chronic NCDs
PEN-Plus in Action Introduces a Global Partnership to Fight Severe, Chronic NCDs

More than 60 representatives of leading global health policy, technical, advocacy, and financing institutions and people living with NCDs gathered at UNICEF House in New York on September 15, 2022, to introduce the PEN-Plus Partnership, a major international initiative to address the global burden of severe NCDs and injuries that cause more than 500,000 avoidable deaths every year among children and young adults living in extreme poverty.

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Two Liberian Physicians Will Become Their Country’s First Cardiologists Through Uganda Heart Institute Fellowship
Two Liberian Physicians Will Become Their Country’s First Cardiologists Through Uganda Heart Institute Fellowship

Two young Liberian physicians – one an internist, the other a pediatrician – traveled to Uganda in mid-February to pursue three-year cardiology fellowships at the Uganda Heart Institute.

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Liberia NCDI Poverty Commission Report launched
Liberia NCDI Poverty Commission Report launched

The Liberia NCDI Poverty Commission’s report was officially launched on November 14, 2018, at a World Diabetes Day event at the headquarters of the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare in Monrovia.

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