Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has painted a gloomy picture of the war-battered country’s health sector, press reports said on Friday, with the country now having just 34 doctors, or just one per 80 000 people.
In the late 1980s, there were 400 doctors, she was quoted as telling a just-concluded meeting of aid donors.
Johnson-Sirleaf also said that 95% of the pre-war figure of 325 health stations in Liberia had been partially or completely destroyed. As a result, only 10% of people how had access to health care.
The government is now focusing its efforts on refurbishing the health facilities as well as six hospitals, she said. — Sapa-dpa