By Nanci Cole | Project Leader
The Healthy Women, Healthy Liberia clinic is as busy as it has ever been. People begin lining up outside the gate before daylight, some traveling for hours. They continue to arrive throughout the day. Since the ebola outbreak, before entering the yard an examination is made of every patient, symptoms are noted, temperatures are taken to ensure that none are dangerously contageous. Before entering everyone washes their hands in a bleach solution. Once inside the gate the wait is also long, but the Healthy Women, Healthy Liberia staff tends to every patient before the day is over. No one is turned away. The after school reading program and expanded sewing program have been moved inside the fence, so every inch of the yard is bustling with activity throughout the day.
At the same time our Community Health Workers travel out of town extending healthcare to the villages. Through home health visits they provide immediate care to community members when they are hurt or sick. They lead health education sessions on first aid and wound care, malaria, respiritory and diarrheal disease, nutrition and micronutrients, immunizations, child spacing, maternal and newborn care, child and women’s health services, clean water and sanitation. They track community and individuals’ health status, and support vaccination and immunization campaigns. They encourage pregnant women to seek health care and new mothers to seek postnatal and newborn care. They are the first responders and work as full-time advocates for the women in their communities.
Through your continuing support we have continued construction of our new Medical Center facility. The construction crew is working on floors and interior finishes this month. A container filled with the solar system components should arrive in Liberia before Thanksgiving. And we have a lot to be thankful about, with your help, soon we will be operating in our new space. Thank You!
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