Liberia decries lack of doctors

by Jonathan Paye-Layleh

An acute shortage of trained doctors is sabotaging Liberia’s efforts to deliver health care to its people.

Health Minister Walter Gwenigale says Liberia needs at least 1,200 doctors to grapple with its post-war situation but currently it has only 120.

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