According to Joe Wilson, the urgency for better health services in the country cannot be overemphasized when people continue to die from preventable diseases due to the lack of basic healthcare services in the Country. “Liberia needs a comprehensive health sector reform,” he said, adding that the country cannot grow if access to basic health care services are inaccessible. Payment to access health services creates an extra financial burden for the already impoverished Liberians. “The Legislature is responsible to make laws and budgetary appropriations that would strengthen and support affordable healthcare for the Liberian masses. Economic reform that would spur growth and job creation is tied to creating innovative policies strategically targeting resource mobilization both domestically and internationally.

Source: Front Page Africa August 22, 2020 17:01 UTC