Monrovia — The new Director General of the Public Health Institute of Liberia (NPHIL), Dr. Dougbeh Chris Nyan, has called for a robust health system in Liberia.
By Edwin G. Genoway, Jr. (231886458910)-[email protected]
Making remarks at his induction ceremony Monday, Dr. Nyan emphasized the importance of collaboration with international partners, adherence to the constitution and Act, and a recipient-focused approach in the health sector.
Dr. Nyan was appointed on Friday, August 16, 2024 by President Joseph Nyuma Boakai to head the National Public Institute of Liberia.
Dr. Nyan called for the need to establish and continue interagency collaborations with organizations like the Environmental (EPA), Forestry Development Agency (FDA) among others.
He promised that with the help of co workers the institution will be rebranded
He thanked the President of Liberia and the board of NPHIL for reposing faith in their leadership.
“In that respect, the board and vetting committee that went through an adverse process in ensuring that NPHIL have a new leadership based on the ACT and based on procedures that have been outlined here repeatedly,”
He continued as saying, “This imposes upon us the responsibility to ensure that what we do here will be in line with the constitution of Liberia, it will be in line with responsibilities spelled out for NPHIL by the act.
Dr. Nyan said his team goal is to build or rejuvenate an NPHIL that will be one of professional activities, an NPHIL where integrity will be the order of the day, an NPHIL, where professionalism will be the bedrock of the team’s relationship.
He however called for an NPHIL where transparency will flourish and for a covenant to be built in the institution,
“So, that covenant is built not only by the people of this country, but by our partners who heavily support us with foreign earned resources,” said.
Dr. Nyan noted that his team would like to build an NPHIL that will create the atmosphere for public health students to do their internship, so that those Institutes remain the beacon from which Liberians will tap its resources.
“We envision to build an NPHIL that will go diving deep down into the biomolecular sciences, so that we are not just providing data that only says the disease is existing here, the disease is existing here, but what happens after that?” He asked.
He disclosed that NPHIL will build a collaborative relationship with the Ministry of Health. He also encouraged among employees of NPHIL innovation, ideas and training opportunities in science, technology and public health.
He called for continued discussions with partners on responding to outbreaks like Monkeypox among others.
