Dr. Sia Wata Camanor, National Public Health Institute of Liberia’s acting director general, spoke at the Ministry of Information press briefing this month, where she released the findings of the Institute’s Ebola preparedness assessment.



Summary:
• A nationwide Ebola preparedness assessment found Liberia 69 percent ready overall, while logistics scored only 47 percent, leaving major gaps in equipment, supplies, isolation facilities and training.
• Frontline health workers say those logistics gaps can mean the difference between safely isolating a suspected patient and exposing staff, other patients and communities.
• Health authorities say they are tightening procedures at major points of entry, but the next steps, funding and timetable for closing the gaps remain unclear.








By Augusta S. Lafalay, senior reporter with New Narratives
Liberia has stronger disease surveillance and laboratory systems than it did during the 2014 Ebola crisis, but the country is still only 69 perc...
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