MEDIA ADVISORY: President Clinton and Chelsea Clinton to Visit Liberia May 4
Visit to Liberia will highlight Clinton Health Access Initiative and Clinton Global Initiative work
NEW YORK – On Monday, May 4, President Clinton and Chelsea Clinton will convene a working meeting on the healthcare system in Liberia with Paul Farmer of Partners in Health, and Raj Punjabi of Last Mile Health. This visit is part of a larger trip by President Clinton and Chelsea Clinton that includes Tanzania, Kenya, and Morocco. Previous pool reports from Tanzania and Kenya can be found here:
More information on the trip can be found here.
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4:15 PM GMT (Pre-set: 3:30 PM GMT)
Response visit
National Ebola Command Center (Emergency Operations Center), Liberian Telecom Building
18th St and Tubman Blvd
Sinkor, Monrovia, Liberia
President Clinton and Chelsea Clinton will visit with several Ebola survivors, including health care workers who were addressing the epidemic, and survivors who have started working to help address the epidemic in the health care sector. They will convene a working meeting with Paul Farmer of Partners in Health, and Raj Punjabi of Last Mile Health.
For the past decade, the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) has been supporting the government of Liberia in combatting HIV/AIDS, improving maternal and child health, and strengthening the overall health system. They also provided integral support during the Ebola epidemic, including assisting the Ministry of Health in selecting and prioritizing items of the greatest need, placing orders for essential drugs to jumpstart essential health services, and coordinating supply chains. CHAI also remains committed to the long term healthcare in Liberia and is working with the government to create an ambitious healthcare work force plan to scale up primary and tertiary healthcare needs, increase human resources for health, and address the gaps that the Ebola epidemic created. The Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) also played a critical role as they coordinated members such as Partners in Health and Last Mile Health for who helped secure the delivery of medical equipment and supplies.
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