Immunizations, West Point Liberia
WESTPOINT, Liberia - February 3, 2015
Vaccines resume at Star of the Sea clinic as Ebola cases subside and general health care services can return. At the height of the Ebola epidemic, most hospitals were forced to close their doors to anyone but Ebola patients, resulting in an increase of pregnant women dying from preventable causes. However, the Star of the Sea clinic, run by Catholic Relief Services with support from USAID, is now providing critical health care services including triage, delivering newborn babies, and continuing vital childhood immunizations. As the Ebola situation improves, these efforts to strengthen primary health care are providing for the needs of mothers and children.
Photo by Neil Brandvold, USAID
Immunizations, West Point Liberia
WESTPOINT, Liberia - February 3, 2015
Vaccines resume at Star of the Sea clinic as Ebola cases subside and general health care services can return. At the height of the Ebola epidemic, most hospitals were forced to close their doors to anyone but Ebola patients, resulting in an increase of pregnant women dying from preventable causes. However, the Star of the Sea clinic, run by Catholic Relief Services with support from USAID, is now providing critical health care services including triage, delivering newborn babies, and continuing vital childhood immunizations. As the Ebola situation improves, these efforts to strengthen primary health care are providing for the needs of mothers and children.
Photo by Neil Brandvold, USAID