The Authorities of the Republic of Liberia, by the Ministry of International Affairs, has signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Authorities of the US of America geared toward strengthening Liberia’s well being system, illness surveillance, outbreak response capability, and frontline well being workforce.
The MOU was signed by the Minister of International Affairs of Liberia, Mme. Sara Beysolow Nyanti and U.S. State Division’s Jeremy P. Lewin, Beneath Secretary for International Help, Humanitarian Affairs, and Spiritual Freedom in Washington, DC. The U. S. State Division now serves because the company answerable for implementing all international help together with humanitarian support and promotion of financial improvement.
In remarks delivered on the signing ceremony, Hon. Lewin said that this government-to-government engagement is an emblem of deepening of bilateral relations between the US and Liberia, the primary nation in West Africa to signal this class of well being cooperation MOU, demonstrating the nation’s dedication to well being safety, innovation in illness response, and long-term methods resilience.
The Minister of International Affairs, Mme. Sara Beysolow Nyanti, expressed Liberia’s gratitude: “On behalf of His Excellency President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr., and the individuals of Liberia, we prolong deep appreciation to the Authorities and other people of the US for this historic partnership. We significantly acknowledge the technical assist of the Minister of Well being, Dr. Louise Kpoto and her staff who labored tediously on the advantageous particulars of the MOU.”
The five-year partnership outlines a considerable funding towards bettering public well being outcomes in Liberia and supplies a complete of US $124,418,400 in deliberate U.S. Authorities assist over a 5-year interval to assist expanded illness surveillance and speedy outbreak response, strengthening nationwide and regional laboratory methods, provide chain modernization for medicines and important well being commodities, deployment and upscaling of frontline healthcare staff nationwide, improvement of built-in digital well being data methods and strategic investments in maternal, baby, and infectious illness companies.
