Liberia is a West African nation, bordered by Sierra Leone to the west, Guinea to the north, and Ivory Coast to the east. Home to 4 million people, the nation embodies a 43,000-square-mile surface area. Struggling to accommodate the 4 million residents following the devastating effects of rampant civil wars that destroyed local economies and left 85% of the population living below the international poverty line, Liberia continues to reach for solutions that will improve the life and conditions of these people.
• “With a fertility rate of 5.9 births per woman, the maternal mortality rate stood at 990 per 100,000 births in 2010.”
• “In 2007, 20.4% of children under the age of 5 were malnourished.”
• “In 2008, only 17% of the population had access to adequate sanitation facilities.”
• “Civil war strife ended in 2003 after destroying approximately 95% of the country’s health facilities.”
Naturally, one of the best ways to invest in a population is to do it through health, the very essence of our being. As of 2008, the country had 1 doctor and 27 nurses per every 100,000 people. With the Ebola virus outbreak in 2014 destroying the local population, the already struggling healthcare infrastructures/systems suffered further setbacks.
Ebola brought national attention to the small African nation, with Liberia’s Ministry of Health, with support from the World Bank, the U.S. government, and UN agencies like the WHO, UNICEF, the U.N. Family Population Fund and the World Food Program, working in tandem to bring the number of Ebola cases down to zero. The coordination conducted vaccinations in all of the country’s 15 counties, with 600,000 infants receiving vaccinations, through the 47 vehicles and ambulances shipped in for the epidemic. Death benefits were paid, health workers were flown in, and international supplies were used to prevent further deaths after the 4,810 people in Liberia were killed by the disease.
Liberia’s Healthcare System needs all hands-on deck to bring it in line with 21st century practices and thinking, in order to generate the much-needed widespread improvements realized by the entire population. The Liberian healthcare system has been coping despite limited resources. We are hoping to join the effort to provide quality and sustainable healthcare within Liberia one community at a time.
Our organization is making strategic alliances with key players in a healthcare system. We’re working to align with:
We’re passionate about a multi-strategic effort to curate a country-wide system that is conducive to good health practices and sustainability moving forward.
Our programs include:
Starting out with the development of our clinic, TBCHC will offer a variety of basic medical services that are required to maintain a healthy standard of living today.