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04-10-2009, 01:03 PM
Sky News, Liberian Healthcare (http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Liberia-The-British-Government-Pledges-More-Funding-For-Liberias-Healthcare-plan/Article/200910115398969?lpos=World_News_First_Home_Page_Fe ature_Teaser_Region_0&lid=ARTICLE_15398969_Liberia%3A_The_British_Govern ment_Pledges_More_Funding_For_Liberias_Healthcare_ plan)
The West African Nation of Liberia is trying to give free medical treatment to its population, but is still working to rebuild a country decimated by civil war. With international support, the country's president Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf abolished health fees in 2006. The British government has pledged over £12m in aid to the country over the last three years.
The money has been used to help build clinics, train staff and buy drugs.
The Department for International Development has announced that a further £12m will be given over the next three years to help the Liberian government continue to build a functioning health system.
Eighty-four per cent of Liberians still live below the poverty line six years after the end of the country's civil war in which 250,000 people died.
The country's shattered infrastructure and economy are dual barriers to progress.
It is nice to help everybody, because if we could the whole world would be perfect. The thing that grinds my gears is that we have people in our NHS who pay their taxes who are refused certain treatments/life-extending drugs because we have no money (evidently not as this story proves). The Conservatives don't hold much hope either, apparently they pledge to increase foreign aid when we ourselves are going to have to suffer cuts of 20%+ across the board.
Liberia isn't even a ex-British colony, it is a former American colony so why are America not paying for this, we have nothing to do with it.
When will this country stop paying for the world and start paying for its own people?.
The West African Nation of Liberia is trying to give free medical treatment to its population, but is still working to rebuild a country decimated by civil war. With international support, the country's president Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf abolished health fees in 2006. The British government has pledged over £12m in aid to the country over the last three years.
The money has been used to help build clinics, train staff and buy drugs.
The Department for International Development has announced that a further £12m will be given over the next three years to help the Liberian government continue to build a functioning health system.
Eighty-four per cent of Liberians still live below the poverty line six years after the end of the country's civil war in which 250,000 people died.
The country's shattered infrastructure and economy are dual barriers to progress.
It is nice to help everybody, because if we could the whole world would be perfect. The thing that grinds my gears is that we have people in our NHS who pay their taxes who are refused certain treatments/life-extending drugs because we have no money (evidently not as this story proves). The Conservatives don't hold much hope either, apparently they pledge to increase foreign aid when we ourselves are going to have to suffer cuts of 20%+ across the board.
Liberia isn't even a ex-British colony, it is a former American colony so why are America not paying for this, we have nothing to do with it.
When will this country stop paying for the world and start paying for its own people?.