Tina S. Mehnpaine

Beauty queens for HPV: how Liberian influencers took on vaccine disinformation

Worried that faceless rumour merchants might imperil a life-saving vaccination campaign, the Ministry of Health assembled a crack team of online superstars to fight back.

3 Sep 2026

5 min read

HPV Vaccine information

The pageant contestants pause to pose with fans at a local market as they drum up interest in HPV vaccination. Credit: Tina S. Mehnpaine

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

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

8 May 2026

5 min read

Health worker heroes

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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