Ministry of Health Graduates Obstetric and Neonatal Clinicians Today

Health Ministry graduated 11 obstetric and neonatal clinicians at its HQ in Congo town today through the family health division unit.

On behalf of the ministry at the opening ceremony Dr. Catherine T. Cooper assistant minister for curative services  made the welcoming remarks .Dr Cooper said ‘’the ministry of health is truly honor  to be hosting this graduation today because we are seeing this graduating class as  another millstone in our fight against maternal mortality’’. She further went on to appreciate the partners for standing with the ministry in these perilous times.

Meanwhile, speaking and giving some brief historical information of the organization Maternal and Child Health Advocacy International (MCAI) was Mr. Emmanuel D. Hne an obstetric clinician. Mr. Hne said that the organization maternal and child health advocacy international (MCAI)  aim is to save and improve the lives of seriously ill pregnant women ,babies and children in low resource countries , a charitable organization that was founded since 1995. Initially, MCAI was called child advocacy international (CAI) which changed her name to MCAI in 2019. The organization has worked with 11 countries and was relocated from England 2012 to Scotland. Providing additional information on the organization functions, professor David Southall Honorary Medical Director, said this world does has human right implication and that this program only works in the public health system not the private system. It doesn’t mean that they are not working with the private system he maintained. He also stated that the real essence of this work is to look after the poorest people who cannot afford hospital or clinical funds.

Closing the program was the deputy minister for administration Norwu G. Howard  said our training  midwife has successfully performed several functions with very minimum mortality, neonatal care has been put on charged and  group of staffs that you can actually  count on and that will contribute significantly to the reduction in our neonatal motility rate in our country .she strongly believe that if the right people are giving the skills, knowledge ,and tools to performs a task, and if appropriate steps are taken for all procedures and  supervisors who do the jobs for which they signed up for which is to mentor,  coach , and supervise the system will get its intended results .This program have trained staffs on the use of new skills of performing surgery. Madam Howard cautioned teachers and maintained that they must provide path way to evaluate pain, provide path way to follow for the use of pain medication every time a drug is used. She emphasized the need to develop a registry that would be monitored closely having the inclusion of clinical details and photos of pregnant women before and after their delivery of visitation.  

UNODC makes donation through the Ministry of Health

UNODC with funding from the European Union has donated several IT equipment worth US thirteen thousand five hundred thirty nine dollars nine cent # 13,530.9 USD to six (6) faith-based institutions through the ministry of health in Congo town.

Making donation on behalf of UNODC, Mr. Jose Manued Lopez Alvarez who proxy for Dr. Abiola Olaleye, program officer for UNODC projects in Liberia thanked the European Union for providing the funding to enable his organization initiate such remarkable donation through the ministry of health. He further added that his organization remain committed in collaborating with the ministry of health and faith-based institutions to provide financial, technical and moral support to the government of Liberia through the Ministry of Health.  Mr. Alvarez, encouraged service providers to use the equipment for its intended purpose.    

Receiving the items on behalf of E.S Grant Memorial/ JFK Mentor Hospital, Teen Challenge Liberia Chapter, Liberians United Against Drugs Abuse (LUADA), Youth Establishing Safe Society (YESS), Kimberline Youth Foundation and its Secretariat headed by ECOWAS focus   person within the ministry of health, Mrs. Esther Grant thanked EU and UNODC for the financial and technical support provided over the years to the ministry and asked service providers to use the equipment wisely in order to collect accurate and qualitative data on the number of persons using illicit substances in the country as well as to further inform stakeholders in making the right decision and to also influence policies-makers

Mrs. Grant said, the donation was very timely and called on other partners to follow the good gesture of EU and UNODC to enhance the smooth workings of the ministry.

Also making remarks during the turn over ceremony, Deputy Minister for Planning, Policy and Research A.Vaifee Tulay used the occasion to appreciate EU and UNODC for such a timely donation to the health sector.

Minister Tulay then cautioned service providers to use the items very wisely in uplifting the lives of young Liberians who are trapped by these deadly and harmful substances brought illegally in the country. He maintained that the situation at hand is becoming a threat to national security and as such the equipment, most especially the computers, should not be used to watch movies. Anyone caught in the act of doing so will be penalized by the ministry says Minister Tulay.

Minister Tulay in closing stressed the importance of the equipment and lauded the partners for the kind gesture in this difficult period. He said he’s convicted that the donation is a dream come true especially at this most needed time for the end users.