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Ebola in Liberia – bringing the prevention message to communities
Lire cet article en français. Equipped with awareness posters and flipbooks and dressed in thick rubber boots to withstand the heavy seasonal rains, Anthony Vorkpor and his team set out […]
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Ebola in Liberia: fighting a “biological war”
Flights into disaster zones are usually full of aid workers and journalists. Not this time. The plane was one of the first in after some 10 airlines stopped flying to […]
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Liberia: bringing comfort to children orphaned by Ebola
Tona, my youngest son, just turned two. I couldn’t be with him on his special day; I couldn’t hold him, play with him or do any of the things dads […]
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“I want Ebola to leave Liberia, so I can go to school”
She called herself the “boss lady” and despite his name, her big brother, Sheriff, 11, didn’t doubt it. Anne Marie had an uncommon feistiness for a five-year-old, especially for one […]
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Ebola in Liberia: filling the education gaps
As I approach the yellow brick house I can tell that Charlesefta Yeebahy is waiting for me. The seventeen-year-old is standing in the doorway, leaning on the frame, gazing at […]
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Ebola in Liberia: from secret burials to safe burials
Secret burials were not in my vocabulary before I arrived in Liberia. When I think of burials I think of services with a lot of people. Powerful speeches about the […]
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Ebola in Liberia: “I won’t take breaks until it is gone”
I recently spent a morning with Dutch Hamilton, UNICEF’s Community Mobilization Coordinator for Bong County in Liberia, to learn first-hand how he engages with communities within the ever-changing...
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Ebola in Liberia: what it took to get to zero
A few days before Liberia was officially declared free of Ebola transmission – on May 9, 2015 – I had a chance to chat to Monrovia Mayor Clara Doe Mvogo, […]
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The success of social mobilization and community engagement in Liberia
Social mobilization and community engagement are two phrases I hear quite frequently these days, in the office and the media, with both activities widely credited as helping turn the tide […]
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