QRCS supports pandemic control efforts in Liberia – The Peninsula

QRCS supports pandemic control efforts in Liberia – The Peninsula

Doha: Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) has implemented a COVID-19 response project in Liberia, with the aim of supporting the government in the fight against the spread and infections of COVID-19.

Under the project, several activities were executed for the benefit of 28,417 people in four districts (Buchanan, Kakata, Tubmanburg, and Paynesville), in cooperation with the Liberian National Red Cross Society (LNRCS) and local partners.

The $20,000 project involved deploying 20 volunteers to carry out health promotion and social mobilisation actions. These volunteers were trained under the ongoing measles operations with the support of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). The number of beneficiaries is around 25,000 women, people with underlying health problems, health workers, and others.

The volunteers began health promotion, social mobilisation, and mass awareness activities in the four locations. They are mobilising communities with sound trucks.

They are visiting disabled homes, orphanages, and markets among other places to promote vaccination, testing, social distancing, face masks, and handwashing.

The vaccine promotion exercises provided clarifications on misconceptions and myths amongst community members on vaccine hesitancy.