Go with a plan.

Active notices

• • Clade II Monkeypox in Ghana and Liberia
• • Global Measles

Vaccines

Recommended:

Staying safe

• •Do not walk around at night, and make sure that your car doors are locked when you drive around.
• •There are some gangs of former combatants, armed with machetes and sometimes guns, who walk around poorer areas of Monrovia (Redlight).
• •The corner of Randall and Carey is also considered dangerous and supposedly a hang-out for drug dealers.
• •Avoid any desolate places, and stay in groups.
• •Keep an eye on the locals, if they are carrying on as normal and you see plenty of women and children about, it is unlikely that there will be major sources of concern.
• •UNMIL has calmed the country (in general) but it is already now anticipated that when UNMIL leaves the security situation will be worse.

Staying healthy

• •HIV, while still low, is on the increase. Prostitution is rampant.
• •Typhoid, malaria, and worms are very common. In general Liberia is a hotbed for infectious diseases so disinfectants and gels are advisable (especially as handshakes are the norm).
• •There are few doctors usable by international visitors so getting medical help may pose problems.
• •Bagged water is sold on most street corners.
• •Liberia experienced a terrible Ebola outbreak in 2014 and 2015 but was declared completely Ebola-free. However, there has been a single case of the disease afterwards.