A five-day conference intended to review the past year and developing a five-year strategic plan for the National Public Health Institute of Liberia (NPHIL) has kicked-off in Liberia.
The health conference, which is being held under the theme: “Strengthening Public Health Interventions Nationwide” will also review the challenges faced by NPHIL and adopt plans to move ahead for the next five years.
Remarking at the start of the conference, NPHIL Director General, Jane Macaulay said the institution’s vision of becoming a national and regional center of excellence in science and research could only be realized with the firm partnerships they have established over the past few years.
“We will continue to collaborate with the Ministry of Health (MoH) and our other esteemed international and local partners, in strengthening public health and the overall health sector in Liberia,” she said.
According to her, NPHIL will begin by crafting this year’s, programs to incorporate a holistic vision to elevate the institution to higher performance standards and qualities intended to augment its functions and realize NHPIL’s existence as a scientific institution in Liberia.
“We will strategically plan and ensure the objectives of our program are directed to and aligned with meeting the strategic objectives of NAPHS and GHSA as well as a future center of excellence for public health diagnostics and surveillance in the West African Region,” she noted.
Liberia’s Health Minister, Dr. Wilhelmina Jallah commended the organizers of the conference for taking the representation of the entire country in deliberation, reviewing, and validating the five-year plan of NPHIL.
According to her, disease, when coming into the country from an animal or human being, does not take into consideration whether it is urban or rural in terms of affecting the populace, and at the same time thanked the medical practitioners for their roles in combating the outbreak of the COVID-19 as well as the administering of vaccines to the populace.
“We have done well but there there are lots to be done because we have not done much of genomic sequencing as we need to increase that part of our capability,” she added.
Meanwhile, United States Center for Disease Control in Liberia Country Director, Dr. Rachel Idowu extolled NPHIL for maintaining the established tradition that brings together senior representatives of the government and the donor partners.
Dr. Idowu maintained that the CDC/ USA are proud to be associated with NPHIL in the discharge of its statutory mandate, which is to create a safe environment for the Liberian people and foreign nationals within the country’s border.
However, the opening ceremony of the conference was graced by Representatives’ from the World Bank (WB), the German Technical Cooperation, and the European Union (EU) among others.
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