Monrovia – The National Incident Management system under the auspices of the National Public Health Institute of Liberia, NPHIL, has commenced a three-day Intra-Action Review of the Mpox response in Monrovia.
By Williametta T. Jabbah, contributing writer
The event, aims to share experiences and analyze challenges and best practices in Mpox response, build consensus and compile lessons learned at national and county levels.
It also aims to apply lessons learned to strengthen the health systems and sustain effective practice and Revise the Mpox Intra-Action plan to strengthen preparedness and response at all levels.
Speaking during the opening of the event, the Director General of the National Public Health Institute, NPHIL, Dr. Dougbeh Chris Nyan, emphasized the importance of inter-agency collaboration to advance and modernize the country’s health sector.
He lauded partners and the National government for their continue support towards the public health sector of the country.
This is the first of its kind for government to include in the budget fund for outbreak response and we must commend them for that, the NPHIL boss noted.
The gathering is bringing together, the US-CDC, Africa CDC, WHO, AFENET, Plan International, CARE-Liberia, Rider4Health, UNICEF, Ministry of Health, The Environmental Protection Agency and the National Public Health Institute of Liberia among others.
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