BY: PETER MASSAQUOI for Ceasefire Liberia
Just a day before the start of the integrated yellow fever vaccination exercise in Liberia, some aggrieved health workers in Montserrado County have threatened to boycott the process if the ministry fails to augment their daily stipend.
According to the aggrieved health workers, they were informed by sources from the World Health Organization, one of the government’s implementing partners, that they are to receive $10 as a daily stipend, but the ministry has only allocated $5. The workers said as trained and qualified health workers they will not participate in the process unless they are given the allotted $10.
They maintain that government and its international partners have made available about four million United States dollars to carry out the process throughout the country.
The Ministry of Health and Social Welfare is yet to comment on the aggrieved health workers claim.
The yellow fever vaccination campaign was launched over the weekend by Vice President Joseph Boakai and is expected to take place from November 23-29, targeting almost three million people across the country.
Article originally published on www.ceasefireliberia.com
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