The Liberia NCDI Poverty Commission report was launched on November 14, 2018, at a World Diabetes Day event at Ministry of Health and Social Welfare Headquarters in Monrovia. To learn more about the event and access the full report, click here to go to www.ncdipoverty.org/liberia-report.
The Liberia NCDI Poverty Commission recently held a meeting on 28 November, 2019 in Monrovia. The Commissioners reviewed their workplan for 2020 and discussed next steps for beginning to expand NCD services across the country.
Co-Chairs
Dr. Anthony Tucker
Dr. Anthony Tucker (MD) is the Director of the NCD Division in the Liberia Ministry of Health and
Dr. Jacquelin Pierre
Dr. Jaquelin Pierre (MD) is an internist and the NCD Program Director for Partners in Health (PIH) Liberia. He is also the internal medicine lead and a member of the clinical medicine teaching faculty for the University of Liberia School of Medicine. Prior to his current position, he worked in Hinche, Haiti as an Internal Medicine and NCD lead for Zanmi Lasante/Partners In Health Haiti while also serving as a member of the Internal Medicine Board for Zanmi Lasante (ZL). From 2013 - 2018, Dr. Pierre was the Chief Academic Officer at Sainte Therese Hospital in Hinche and from 2015-2018 was a Clinical Professor for the UCCC School of Medicine at Sainte Therese Hospital. He was also the clinical point person for the Global Health Nursing Fellowship at Sainte Therese Hospital run by the University of California San Francisco and ZL.
He has worked as a global health clinician for over 13 years and continuously advocates on behalf of vulnerable people. Dr. Pierre prides himself on always fighting for health equity and social justice, and has worked with colleagues across Partners in Health to strive for the organization’s universal health care goals. He strongly believes in capacity building for sustainable development in low income countries.
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
Lydia Mai Sherman - Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection
Samuel Slewion - Cancer Registry
Daniel B. Smith - Diabetes Management Association
Maude Somah - Ministry of Justice
Adoley Sonii - Sightsavers
Patrick Ulysse - Partners In Health, Liberia
Albert Willicor - Liberia NCDI Poverty Commission