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LIBERIA: Peacekeeper pull-out will be "cautious and gradual"

LIBERIA: Govt links rising food prices to conflict risk

LIBERIA: Nutritional "crisis" in Monrovia

U.N. Sees Peacekeeping Success in Liberia

LIBERIA: Logging industry ready to restart

All-Female Indian Unit in Liberia Shows How to Keep the Peace

Liberian Census Plods Ahead

LIBERIA: Too many cooks

LIBERIA: Problem of emergency to development aid highlighted in UN appeal

Liberia's Health Sector Faces Major Overhaul

LIBERIA: Reviving fisheries could boost economy and health

Bush Pledges New Aid for Liberian Schoolchildren

LIBERIA: Lassa fever prevention failing

Notorious Liberian Warlord Confesses to Killing Thousands

LIBERIA: Health user fees - helpful or harmful?

Liberia: Big steps taken toward debt relief

Majority of Liberian Women Suffered Sexual Violence During War, Says New Study

Liberians Hopeful Debt Relief May Come Soon

LIBERIA: Flomo Kerkula, Liberia, "All my fingers and toes have gone and my family abandoned me"

LIBERIA: Leprosy losing its stigma

LIBERIA: Less cholera with better hygiene

German Chancellor Promises Additional Infrastructure Development Assistance for Liberia

Liberia Says World Trade Must Benefit Poor

LIBERIA: Go to school or go to jail

LIBERIA: National disaster relief agency inoperable for years

Liberia's Heavy Rains Leave Many Thirsty for Clean Water

LIBERIA: Floods displace hundreds in Monrovia

LIBERIA: HIV rates lower than feared

LIBERIA: Government hunger strategy signifies shift to development

Liberia's President Sirleaf Launches Poverty Reduction Program

The U.N. Is Not Leaving Liberia Yet, Says Spokesman

LIBERIA: Sea destroys homes in coastal communities

LIBERIA: Some fake orphans reunify with their parents

UNICEF provides water quality testing equipment to the Liberian government

LIBERIA: Too few rice seeds to sow

UNICEF Hands Over Anti-Malaria Drugs to the Government of Liberia

LIBERIA: New programme to prevent mother-to-child transmission gains momentum

LIBERIA: Uncontrolled trash greatest public health threat in Monrovia - UN

UNHCR Ending Liberian Repatriation Operation

LIBERIA: Government ban on diamond mining continues despite UN go-ahead

Charles Taylor Boycotts His War Crimes Trial in The Hague

LIBERIA: Fake orphans to attract donor funds

Liberia's TB Victims, Doctors Cry Out For Help, Funds

LIBERIA: Help sought for nation's TB patients

Liberia Fights Malaria with Feeble Medical System

LIBERIA: Lassa fever returns as health sector crumbles

LIBERIA-SIERRA LEONE: Refugees reluctant to return home

All-Female UN Peacekeeping Unit Prepares to Begin Duties in Liberia

LIBERIA: Squeezing in an education

LIBERIA: Government, women's groups decry post-war sexual violence

LIBERIA: Access to clean water difficult in dry season

LIBERIA: Idle fighters cause concern

LIBERIA: Government lays foundation for legal logging

LIBERIA: Victims recount torture by Taylor's son

LIBERIA: Health, justice lacking for abused women

Liberia: 25,000 refugees to be repatriated from Sierra Leone

Post-Conflict Recovery Affecting Fight Against HIV/AIDS in Liberia

LIBERIA: Stigma blunts AIDS action

Medical Workers Charged With Infecting Libyan Children With HIV Were Tortured, Attorneys Say at Retrial Hearing

LIBERIA: China steps in to end lassa fever outbreak

LIBERIA: Rapists go free

LIBERIA: Commission seeks truth

LIBERIA: Fears about continuation of ARV programmes

LIBERIA: Lassa fever outbreak reveals health infrastructure gaps

LIBERIA: April trial date for Taylor

LIBERIA: UN cites urgent humanitarian needs of thousands

LIBERIA: AIDS orphans need attention, foundation says

LIBERIA: Government hopeful on debt relief

LIBERIA: Raising cholera awareness

LIBERIA: Breathing life into ailing healthcare system

LIBERIA: Pay rise for civil servants too little to lift them out of poverty

LIBERIA: Crumbling camps a health hazard for lingering residents

LIBERIA: HIV/AIDS education, a first for Liberian classrooms

LIBERIA: 15,000 child labourers to be sent back to school

LIBERIA: A country and people "on the move", just not very fast

LIBERIA: Child rapists walk free for a few dollars

LIBERIA: Taylor appears in court

LIBERIA: AIDS relief offered by Clinton Foundation

LIBERIA: Debt waiver is key to recovery from war, govt tells donors

LIBERIA: Govt wastes no time holding donor roundtable

Liberia's Capital to Receive Electricity After 14 Years of Civil War

LIBERIA: Tetanus vaccinations to fight infant deaths

LIBERIA: UN refugee agency short of funds to help Liberians home

COTE D IVOIRE-LIBERIA: International community needs to do more for Liberia returnees, UNHCR chief

LIBERIA: Britain agrees to jail Charles Taylor if convicted

Activists Mixed Over Britain's Offer to Jail Taylor

LIBERIA: Dutch national faces eight year prison sentence for arms trading in Liberia

LIBERIA: Government plans donor conference to seek development aid

LIBERIA: Truth Commission now at work

LIBERIA: First financial report shows healthy improvement in government revenue collection

LIBERIA: Government and UN vow to investigate sex trade report

LIBERIA: Dutchman on trial in Netherlands for West African war crimes

Rights Group Urges Countries to Offer to Jail Former Liberian President

LIBERIA: Last of the war-displaced head home

300,000 Internally Displaced Liberians Return Home

LIBERIA: HIV/ AIDS infection rate rising rapidly

LIBERIA: Driving now possible in ''Walking County''

LIBERIA: Government releases short-term development agenda

LIBERIA: Political Will and Resources Needed to Cut Child Mortality

Taylor Supporters Struggle to Keep Legacy Alive

LIBERIA: Rape victims' voices not heard, aid workers

LIBERIA: EU turning on the taps for Monrovia

Liberian President says Charles Taylor Should be Tried at Hague

LIBERIA-SIERRA LEONE: Taylor trial could shift to Europe

LIBERIA: Taylor, stubborn since his childhood

Questions Raised Over Future Taylor Handover

LIBERIA: Two out of three orphanages are illegal and will be closed, says govt

Post-War Liberia Seeks Way Out of Poverty and Chaos

Former Special Court Chief Prosecutor Says No Peace in Liberia Until Charles Taylor Faces Justice

VOA Exclusive Interview with Liberian President Sirleaf

World Bank Commits $25 Million to Liberian Infrastructure Fund

LIBERIA-NIGERIA: Taylor's extradition requested

LIBERIA: Civilians want ex-fighters out of rubber plantation

Liberian Refugees Refuse to Leave Camps

LIBERIA: Hospital's shaky transfer from NGO to government spotlights challenges

LIBERIA: Government striving hard to stick to electricity pledge

LIBERIA: Orphanages accused of child trafficking

LIBERIA: Sexual abuse of children still rampant, report says

GUINEA: Repatriation of 35,000 Liberian refugees underway

LIBERIA: New president's anti-corruption drive targets finance ministry

LIBERIA: Sirleaf sacks entire finance ministry over corruption

LIBERIA: A chronology of 25 years of conflict and turmoil

LIBERIA: Africa's first female president vows to deliver a better future

LIBERIA: Youth not putting HIV prevention lessons into practice

LIBERIA: Power and water two of top priorities post-elections

LIBERIA: Massive measles vaccination campaign targets 35 million children under-15

Monrovia's Schoolgirls Sell Sex to Pay for School

China to send medical team to Liberia

LIBERIA: Donors spell out harsh consequences if anti-graft plan not agreed

LIBERIA: Study finds many girls selling bodies to pay for school

Chinese doctors, agricultural experts to assist Liberia

LIBERIA: Not enough HIV-testing kits to meet demand, government

LIBERIA: Camps begin to close but many IDPs still worried about getting home

LIBERIA: UN extends sanctions on timber and diamond exports

LIBERIA: HIV help at back of queue in war-battered north-east

LIBERIA: Religious group launches door-to-door AIDS initiative

Liberia's UN Mission Launches Sex Abuse Investigation

LIBERIA: Aid groups say resettlement of displaced people is too hasty

LIBERIA: No money to finance AIDS survey, no treatment outside Monrovia

Over 10,000 Liberian refugees return home: UNHCR

LIBERIA: Basic services still in tatters as people return to Lofa County

LIBERIA: With peace in place, the battle against HIV/AIDS gains momentum

LIBERIA: War rapists must face justice, victims need more help, says Amnesty

LIBERIA: US says willing to cancel debt but warns more progress needed

WFP Warns Liberians Face Starvation Without Food Aid

LIBERIA: Four counties declared safe for return of refugees and IDPs

LIBERIA: Returning refugees will starve unless donors provide more food-WFP

LIBERIA: Some patients in southeast have to travel by canoe to get healthcare

LIBERIA: WFP cuts food rations for second time as funds run out

LIBERIA: UN food and repatriation schemes threatened by funding shortfall

LIBERIA: UN warn of hunger and unrest if donors fail to deliver

Abuses Continue Against Liberian Children, Group Warns

U.N. Development Programme Creates System for Managing Global Fund Grant to Liberia

LIBERIA: HIV/AIDS prevalence surveys six to 12 months away

LIBERIA: Cash injection for AIDS, TB and malaria

LIBERIA: Child soldiers too scared to go home - relief agencies

LIBERIA: Key Northern Liberian Town Faces Relief Crisis

LIBERIA: WFP warns it is running out of cash to feed needy Liberians

LIBERIA: Amnesty International stresses need to help child soldiers

LIBERIA: Japanese government announce US $3.6 m for child soldiers

Funding Shortfalls Hurt Liberian, Sudanese Refugee Repatriation

LIBERIA: One million children vaccinated against measles

LIBERIA: New vaccine storage facility to support immunisation programmes

LIBERIA: Yellow Fever deaths raise fears of epidemic

LIBERIA: UNEP calls for restoration of environment for sustainable future

LIBERIA: Children immunised against measles in unsecured rebel stronghold

Report Warns Donors Not To Forget Liberia's Child Soldiers

LIBERIA: Over 10,000 refugees trek home from Sierra Leone

LIBERIA: WFP extends food distribution in Nimba, plans start in Bomi

LIBERIA: Government seeks $200-300m from donors for reconstruction

LIBERIA: FAO appeals for $2m for seeds and tools

LIBERIA: Over 600,000 children immunized against measles since August

LIBERIA: ICRC sends first aid convoy to Zwedru

LIBERIA:UN survey finds 249,000 living on the edge in Monrovia

LIBERIA: UN appeals for $137 m for war ravaged Liberia

LIBERIA: WFP committed to helping Liberian children - Morris

LIBERIA: WFP distributes food to displaced people in Monrovia camps

LIBERIA: Boy dies of yellow fever in rebel-held northwest

LIBERIA: Bloody diarrhoea on the rise as cholera declines

LIBERIA: Liberia needs $177 m in aid for 2004, UN official says

LIBERIA: WFP resumes full operations in the Liberian interior

LIBERIA: Thousands still in need of urgent relief aid, UN says

LIBERIA: UN to send relief aid overland to Voinjama

LIBERIA: Relief agencies reach out to desperate civilians

LIBERIA: Poor security forces WFP to halt food distribution outside Monrovia

LIBERIA: Release child soldiers, UNICEF tells fighting groups

LIBERIA: WFP seeks $3.5 million for operation

LIBERIA: Many women dying from pregnancy related problems, UNFPA says

LIBERIA: UNICEF appeals for $7 m to reopen schools

LIBERIA: Cholera kills 110 in Monrovia, spreads to Buchanan

LIBERIA: WFP distributes first food in Buchanan

LIBERIA: Displaced civilians in Monrovia to return to camps

LIBERIA: Fighters loot only referral hospital in central Liberia

LIBERIA: Displaced fear to leave school buildings without security assurances

LIBERIA: Corpses found in water wells in Buchanan

LIBERIA: Displaced urged to leave schools so classes can resume

LIBERIA: Health workers start battle against malaria

LIBERIA: WFP airlifts 400 tonnes of food for malnourished kids

LIBERIA: Humanitarian information service launched by UN

LIBERIA: Cholera epidemic hits new peak as chlorination of wells starts

LIBERIA: New survey indicates 40 percent child malnutrition

LIBERIA: WFP appeals for donations for Liberia as first food ship arrives

LIBERIA: WHO warns of devastating cholera epidemic in Monrovia

LIBERIA: Monrovia waterworks to resume pumping on Thursday

LIBERIA: Commercial rice and fuel ships arrive in Monrovia this week

LIBERIA: World Vision relief ship sinks on its way to Monrovia

LIBERIA: Rebels hijack Oxfam car near Monrovia port

LIBERIA: Red Cross says relief prioirity is feeding Monrovia

LIBERIA: WFP plans to ship 9,000 tonnes of food per month into Monrovia

LIBERIA: Survey shows acute malnutrition in 30 percent of children

LIBERIA: UN launches new $69 million aid appeal

LIBERIA: Strong donor commitment urged amid ongoing war

LIBERIA: Monrovia starves in sodden chaos

LIBERIA: UN warns of tragedy as food shortages grow acute

LIBERIA: Donor support urged for AIDS programmes

LIBERIA: Health minister calls for humanitarian access to rural areas

LIBERIA: UNICEF vaccinates children and women despite war

LIBERIA: Main hospital overwhelmed by cholera patients, Health Minister says

LIBERIA: Soldiers ordered off streets, 215 bodies recovered

LIBERIA: Food, medicine and blood in short supply

LIBERIA: UNICEF immunizes displaced children and mothers in Monrovia

LIBERIA: WFP wants security guarantee for food distribution

LIBERIA: Humanitarian agencies worried over scarce resources

LIBERIA: UNICEF launches new programme

LIBERIA: Thousands trapped without medical care, MSF says

LIBERIA: Stop using child combatants, UNICEF director urges

LIBERIA: World Vision distributes food to IDPs

LIBERIA: Government, UNDP sign prevention programme

LIBERIA: Polio eradication exercise starts

LIBERIA: NGO warns of grave health risks among IDPs

LIBERIA: SCF tells of ''many children, families at risk''

LIBERIA: Cholera cases reported in Monrovia

GUINEA-LIBERIA: Release of abducted nurses welcomed

LIBERIA: Infections increase to 300,000

LIBERIA: Humanitarian aid remains largely underfunded

Liberia

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Health Problems

[Country map of Liberia]

HIV/AIDS	endemic/highly endemic
Malaria	very highly endemic
TB	highly endemic / v. endemic
Schistosomiasis	highly endemic
Trypanosomiasis