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Liberia’s Failed 166 Years Journey: A Time to Detour with a Team that Has a Plan

Liberia’s Failed 166 Years Journey: A Time to Detour with a Team that Has a Plan. By Jeremiah Z. Whapoe Transformational Officer Vision for Liberia Transformation (VOLT). . Liberia: 1944-1971 Under Pres. William V. S. Tubman . President Tubman. The boom of investment in the 50s

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Liberia’s Failed 166 Years Journey: A Time to Detour with a Team that Has a Plan

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  1. Liberia’s Failed 166 Years Journey: A Time to Detour with a Team that Has a Plan By Jeremiah Z. Whapoe Transformational Officer Vision for Liberia Transformation (VOLT).

  2. Liberia: 1944-1971 Under Pres. William V. S. Tubman

  3. President Tubman • The boom of investment in the 50s • Liberia had the fastest growing economy in the world • Liberia had the largest mercantile fleet in the world • It hosted the largest rubber plantation and latex factory in the world

  4. President Tubman • Liberia was the main Exporter of Iron Ore and ranked 3 on the world market • It attracted an average of US$1billion in investment per annual • Liberia had the largest Swedish and German Investment in Africa

  5. Liberia’s Illiteracy During Tubman’s Administration • Minimum or no education for the indigenous • Assimilation policy introduced • Tubman was loved and hated at the same time • No major economy development • Continued US$ as legal tender-a source of capital flight

  6. President William R. Tolbert

  7. President William R. Tolbert • The economy was in the hands of foreign investors • Tolbert recognized that the national wealth was unevenly distributed • Introduced humanistic capitalism • Introduced policy of “Total Involvement for Higher Heights”

  8. Unrealized Good Intentions of Tolbert • Introduce the policy of Rally Time • From mat to mattress • Intends to improve the living conditions of the majority • Intended to create a wholesome and civilized society • Intended to win war against ignorance, diseases and poverty

  9. President Tolbert Became Corrupt • Tolbert appointed relatives in lucrative public positions • Several cabinet positions belonged to the Tolberts • Minister of Finance, his brother • His brother, President Pro. Tempore • His Cousin, city mayor and many more Tolbert was brought down by military coup in 1980

  10. Commander-in-Chief Samuel K. Doe

  11. Firing Squad • The people’s Redemption Council • Charged every government Official with rampant corruption • Executed all the Tolbert’s regime cabinet ministers • Regimes became notorious for attempted coups • Gave executive clemencies

  12. Samuel K. Doe, A Giant of National Development

  13. The Rise and Fall of Doe • The military government of Doe continued for 5 years • Became 20th President in 1985 • Thomas Quiwonkpa was killed in November, 1985, as a result of a failed coup • September 9, 1990 Samuel Doe was captured and executed by NPFL/INPFL

  14. Rebel Leader /President Charles G. Taylor

  15. Liberian Civil War • Over 220,000 people were killed • Innocent women and children were killed • Road network disrupted or damaged • Killer disease endemic • Social fabric destroyed • Illiteracy rate increased • Moral values disappeared

  16. The Result of Violence The Liberian Civil War

  17. The Fate of Charles Taylor • Taylor Ends Up in Prison in Netherlands

  18. Overall Liberian Living Conditions Under President Ellen Sirleaf

  19. Living Condition The average Liberian lives in garbage everyday making him or her vulnerable to diseases from human wastes. Problem: No proper waste management system. Unsanitary living style is the everyday life of many Liberians.

  20. Hardship on Liberians Rice price in US$ 50.00 Rice consumption by family of 5 per month =US$50.00 Per Year US$600.00 Per 800,000 household =US$ 480,000.000.00 per annual US$480,000,000/4,00000,000 people $120.00 per person

  21. Corruption in Ellen’s Gov. Sovereignty of Corruption & Ellen’s Government Disparities in Salary Structure Relatives in Lucrative Positions The Sirleaf holding major government positions Huge Salary $8,000.00-20,000.00 per month Increase Bribery Transparency International ranked Liberia # 2 Country of bribery in Africa Next to Libya

  22. Measuring Poverty Liberian $ vs. US $ who Wins? Increased in food price Producers Benefit Consumers lost Consumers get poorer Consumer cannot afford-they are underfed- consume less nutritional food People get sick Children don’t go to school Children have to wait until their parents can afford school fees Sex workers increase to get income Underground economy becomes the order of the day The society becomes violent and volatile

  23. Living Condition in Liberia Liberians’ living conditions and perceptions of health are evaluated on a scale of bad and worst. This means that there is no living condition that is being considered good.

  24. Insanitary Living The common living environments of Liberians are as dangerous as the weapons of mass destruction.

  25. Problem with Road Net Work Due to lack of road networks, rural areas where majority of the population is located is inaccessible to medical care.

  26. Liberia National High Way A major health, economic, and social hazard

  27. One of the leading Causes of Death The fifteen years of civil conflict contributed to the deterioration of Liberia’s health system. Liberia’s health system is at present based on an emergency service only. Seventy-five percent of the population has no access to referral care services such as essential and emergency obstetric care.

  28. Death Rate Among Children Under age 5 235 per 1000 Life Expectancy= 41 years Government Health Expenditure $4.00 per head Percentage of population in poverty: 80%

  29. Child Mortality Rate Under Age 5 Diseases such as malaria, acute respiratory as well as skin and worms infections represent the most common causes of immobility and mortality rates among children in Liberia.

  30. Malnourished child with no money for hospitalization 80% poverty rate leads to families’ inabilities to provide adequate nutritional diets for their children; 86% of children 6-23 months are anaemic & 53% have vitamin A deficiency and 39% of children under age 5 are stunted.

  31. A woman losing her foot from nail wound No preventative care for curable problem such as tetanus

  32. Maternal and Child Health Liberia has the highest infant (157/1,000) mortality rate in the world Maternal death rate (580/100,000)

  33. Mortality Rate; Infant Per 1000 Live Births in Liberia • Mortality Rate female • Mortality Rate male • Mortality under 5 • Mortality adult female • Mortality adult male • Previous Last • 51.0 64.0 • 57.0 62.0 • 119.5 113.6 • 340.5 333.1 • 376.2 367.2

  34. Drinking Water for the Common People in Liberia A Major Killer of Liberians

  35. A CAUSE OF INFECTIOUS Diseases A Major Killer of Liberians

  36. Water Borne Diseases Account for more than 1.8 million Death in the World Reference: www.who.org

  37. WATER BORNE AND WATER BASED DISEASES ARE THE MOST COMMOM KILLER OF LIBERIANS Microorganisms that characteristically cause Water borne Diseases: PROTOZOA AND BACTERIA AND OTHER MATAZOAN

  38. How Does Tapeworm Affect People?

  39. Some common water borne diseases

  40. Common Water Borne Diseases: intestinal parasites Guinea Worm Disease, Dwarf Tapeworm Diseases, Multiceps,

  41. Parasitic Infections Kingdom & Symptoms • Schistosomiasis-Blood in urine (depending on the type of infection), rash or itchy skin. Fever, chills, cough and muscle aches • Guinea Worm Diseases-Allergic reaction, urticaria rash, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, asthmatic attack. • Tapeworm-Intestinal disturbances, neurologic manifestations, loss of weight, cysticercosis

  42. Parasitic Infections Kingdom & Symptoms • Fasciolopsiasis-GIT disturbance, diarrhea, liver enlargement, cholangitis, cholecystitis, obstructive jaundice. • Dwarf Tape Worm Infections-Abdominal pain, severe weight loss, itching around the anus, nervous manifestation • Echinococcosis-Liver enlargement, hydatid cysts press on bile duct and blood vessels; if cysts rupture they can cause anaphylactic shock

  43. Parasitic Infections Kingdom & Symptoms • Ceonurosis-increases intacranialtension • Ascariasis-Mostly, disease is asymptomatic or accompanied by inflammation, fever, and diarrhea. Severe cases involve Löffler'ssyndromein lungs, nausea, vomiting, malnutrition, and underdevelopment. • Enterobiasis-Peri-anal itch, nervous irritability, hyperactivity and insomnia

  44. Sources of the Diseases in Water Supply • Fresh water contaminated with certain types of snails that carry schistosomes • Stagnant water containing larvae, generally in parasitisedCopepoda • Drinking water contaminated with eggs • Drinking water contaminated with encysted metacercaria • Drinking water contaminated with eggs

  45. Sources of the Diseases in Water Supply • Drinking water contaminated with feces (usuallycanid) containing eggs • contaminated drinking water with eggs • Drinking water contaminated with feces (usually canid) containing eggs • Drinking water contaminated with eggs

  46. HIV/AIDS=8.2% Commercial sex industry, limited condom use, stigma, and misconception- No national medical drug procurement policy-limited vaccine for preventable diseases.

  47. References www.who.org www.merlinusa.org

  48. Time to Detour with Vision for Liberia Transformation (VOLT)visit www.vision4liberia.com

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