Tina S. Mehnpaine

Liberia’s community health assistants are up at dawn to work at the healthcare frontline

Launched after the Ebola epidemic of 2014–2016, the community health assistant programme has proven itself valuable. Is it now at risk?

8 May 2026

5 min read

Health worker heroes

Alphonso N. Dokpo, community health assistant, Liberia. Credit: Tina S. Mehnpaine.

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Jerry Karn, a rural vaccinator, administers the HPV vaccine to a nine-year-old during an outreach in Zuoplay, Nimba County. Credit: Tina S. Mehnpaine

In Liberia, a five-day vaccine push levels up protection against cervical cancer

18 Dec 2025

5 min read

HPV Vaccine campaigns

Jerry Karn and others on outreach, crossing a creek on a raft in order to reach far-flung members of the community. Credit: Tina S. Mehnpaine

Risky, tiring and worth it: the volunteer vaccinators protecting children in rural Liberia

11 Nov 2025

5 min read

Health worker heroes Zero-dose children

A vaccinator at the Star of the Sea injects Esther Sackie's daugther. Credit: Tina S. Mehnpaine

Three years on from a deadly measles outbreak, Liberian parents are choosing vaccination

8 Aug 2025

5 min read

Measles Spotlight on measles

Theresa Mkpanwone and her granddaughter at the vaccination site. Credit: Tina S. Mehnpaine

Communities in rural Liberia welcome malaria vaccine roll-out

28 Nov 2024

5 min read

Malaria Spotlight on malaria

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