International Rescue Committee (IRC)

A health system on life support

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A midwife feeding a malnourished infant at a pediatric facility in Monrovia.
Two boys who are being treated for acute malnutrition at a Monrovia hospital
A mother feeds her infant daughter milk at an IRC-supported hospital.
A young girl recovering from surgery in a Monrovia, Liberia hospital.
The IRC's Dr. Jude Senkungu examines a malnourished child.
Dr. Jude Senkungu with young patients at an IRC-supported hospital
A mother tends to her newborn baby in a Monrovia, Liberia hospital.
The IRC's Celia Kohn operates on a woman suffering from internal injuries
The IRC's Celia Kohn (right), one of only three gynecologists working in Liberia
A malnourished baby in a hospital in Monrovia, Liberia
The IRC's Celia Kohn examines a young patient at a Monrovia hospital
Mothers walk by their children’s beds in the pediatric ward
A nurse in Monrovia treats a child suspected of having contracted malaria.
Photo: Peter Biro/IRC

Fifteen years of civil war left Liberia's healthcare system in ruins.  The IRC is providing medicine, doctors and equipment to 33 rural clinics and five hospitals that serve more than 320,000 people. The IRC also supports the largest pediatric facility in the capital, Monrovia.