The coordinator of the Mental Health Unit at St. Benedict Menni Health Center in Monrovia, Ato Kwamena Sagoe, was recently invited to be part of a group of professionals who, in a three-day workshop, drafted and revised the National Protocol for the Treatment of Substance...
During the last days of 2023, as it has been known for some months prior, four employees who have worked tirelessly over the last decade saw their time to return home for retirement. It was a bittersweet moment to see persons whom we have shared professional...
Rosalynn Carter, former First Lady of the United States during Jimmy Carter's term of office, passed away in the United States on November 19th. Rosalynn Carter and her husband were the founders of The Carter Center, an international non-profit NGO that works in the field of...
The Mental Health Unit of the Benedict Menni Health Center in Monrovia will treat Liberian women who suffer or have suffered mental illness or substance use disorders referred by Médecins Sans Frontières. Under a Memorandum of Agreement signed yesterday by Sisters Hospitallers and Médecins Sans Frontières,...
This year's Mental Health Day was celebrated on 10 October under the slogan "Mental health is a universal human right", which emphasised the need for affordable, accessible and quality health care for people suffering from mental illness. To mark the occasion, the Unit organized a week...
Mary's Meals, an international NGO that fights child hunger in 18 underprivileged countries, including Liberia, has been awarded the 2023 Princess of Asturias Award for Concord. Mary's Meals provides meals to nearly 2.5 million children every day, and it does so in schools, which has a...
September 21st is World´s Alzheimer´s Day. To raise awareness on this disease, let´s see some popular misconceptions ons this illness. ...
September 21st is World´s Alzheimer´s Day. To raise awareness on this disease, let´s see some signs that can help prevent this illness. ...
The month of August has brought us a slightly higher number of new patients than usual. Five women have been admitted to our Mental Health Unit to begin treatment, to which we have added two women who had already been with us and who have...
The Government of Liberia, through the National Steering Committee for the Youth-at-Risk Program, has launched a rehabilitation program for youngsters with drug abuse disorders, in which 105 young people from Monrovia —88 males and 17 females— have voluntarily registered. The young people have been admitted to...
