48 hours of field reporting from clinics in Liberia
Our journalist Liz Ford travelled to Liberia with Save the Children's CEO Justin Forsyth and reported live from the field on vaccination programmes and maternal health care.
- Arriving and setting the scene
Just landed at Freetown, Sierra Leone. Last time I was here was with @tonyblairoffice - he was greeted as hero for helping save the country- Just getting security brief from Odartey Karmu at @savechildrenuk office in #Liberia. He has worked for us for 15 yrs through tough times
Following the journey of a vaccine from depot to field in Liberia with @savethechildren #gdndevelopment #bornto- Liz in Liberia: at JFK hospital in Monrovia, national vaccine depot #gdndevelopment
- Augustine Newray, from Liberia's immunisation prog tells me of huge progress and huge challenges #gdndevelopment @savechildrenuk
- The biggest problem is keeping vaccines cool on long journey up country in Liberia.#gdndevelopment @savechildrenuk
- We're off to Kingsville, about an hour outside Monrovia, to look at vaccination work #gdndevelopment @savechildrenuk
- Passing busy market in Red Light area of Monrovia-it used to have traffic lights. We're on road that leads to Ivory Coast #gdndevelopment
- Kingsville clinic was built in 1998 to support people displaced by Liberia civil war #gdndevelopment @savechildrenuk
- 6 month Anita and her mum Nancy @savethechildrenuk clinic being treated for pneumonia http://twitpic.com/529dds
- At kingsville clinic, 1 hour from Monrovia. It services more than 20,000 people with just 7 staff #gdndevelopment @savechildrenuk
- Me with two week twins Mary and Peter just vaccinated @savethechildrenuk clinic http://twitpic.com/529p9u
- Heading out with Kingsville vaccinator Jemama for community immunisation programme #gdndevelopment
- Aretha the head of @savethechildrenuk clinic below sign on free health care and to stop corruption http://twitpic.com/52a1gw
