Liberia NCDI Poverty Commission

Co-Chairs

Dr. Anthony Tucker

Dr. Jacquelin Pierre

Commissioners

Dr. Fred Amegashie - Executive Director, Liberia NCD Alliance

Pharm. Luke Bawo - HMER; Ministry of Health, Liberia

Joshua C. Bull - National Commission on Disabilities

Dr. Catherine Cooper - Ministry of Health, Liberia

Dawn Cooper-Barnes - Liberia Cancer Society

Zoe Taylor-Doe - NCD Division, Ministry of Health, Liberia

Dr. Eugene Dolopei - A.M. Dogliotti College of Medicine

Dr. Emmanuel Ekyinabah - JFK Memorial Hospital

Masoka P. Fallah - National Public Health Institute, Liberia

Jessica Farley - Partners In Health, Liberia

Dr. Methodius George - J.J. Dossen Hospital

Elizabeth Hope - Ministry of Education

Dr. Billy Johnson - JFK Hospital

Abdissa Kabeta - Partners In Health, Liberia

William Karloweah - Health Promotion Division, Ministry of Health

Victoria Katawera - NCD Focal Point, World Health Organization (Liberia)

Johnson Quiah Kei - Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information Services

Roland Kessely - Health Financing Unit, Ministry of Health, Liberia

Munirat Ogunlayi - Health Specialist, World Bank

Cate Oswald - Partners in Health

Dr. Clement Peter - World Health Organization

Dr. Mohammed Sankoh - Redemption Hospital

Liberia NCDI Poverty Commission Updates

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Network Joins UNICEF in Publishing Report on Childhood Noncommunicable Diseases
Network Joins UNICEF in Publishing Report on Childhood Noncommunicable Diseases

The NCDI Poverty Network—through one of its co-secretariats, the Center for Integration Science in Global Health Equity at Brigham and Women’s Hospital—has joined UNICEF in publishing a report on the burden on noncommunicable diseases on children, adolescents, and young adults in South Asia.

Overcoming Diabetes Stigma Through Community Education
Overcoming Diabetes Stigma Through Community Education

In a new video, Lucy Johnbosco, a member of the NCDI Poverty Network’s Steering Committee from Tanzania, offers her perspective of what it takes to change perceptions of type 1 diabetes in places where many people have limited understanding of the condition.

Training the Warrior Trainers
Training the Warrior Trainers

Two NCDI Poverty Network physicians lent their expertise during a recent diabetes training workshop that the Sonia Nabeta Foundation hosted in Uganda.