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Children living with epilepsy in Liberia can find it difficult to stay in school because of their seizures and the stigma attached to them.

Liberia

Children gather outside a school in Liberia. Young people living with epilepsy in Liberia can find it difficult to stay in school because of their seizures and the stigma attached to the disease. Our teams support students living with epilepsy. Liberia, June 2022. 
© Carielle Doe

We support five health facilities in Montserrado county with diagnosis, treatment, and essential medicines for people with mental health conditions and epilepsy. We also collaborate with psychosocial workers and volunteers to reduce the social stigma faced by people with neurological and mental health conditions.

Our activities in 2025 in Liberia

Data and information from the International Activity Report 2025.

MSF in Liberia in 2025 Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) runs a project for people living with mental health and neurological conditions in Liberia. Opened in 2017, the project works to improve medical and psychosocial support for patients.
Country map for the IAR 2025.
Country map for the IAR 2025.
© MSF

We work in five health facilities in Montserrado county, in collaboration with Ministry of Health clinical staff. MSF psychologists work with neurologists and psychiatrists from the Ministry of Health to provide care on an outpatient basis to people with epilepsy and mental health conditions. Our team supports people with epilepsy to manage their symptoms, and offers diagnosis and treatment to mental health patients.  

Depending on the level of care required, we also organise referrals to general healthcare centres or the psychiatric hospital. In addition, our psychosocial support workers and health volunteers work with patients’ families and communities to address the social stigma endured by people who live with neurological and mental health conditions.  

The project implements our ‘people and patients as partners’ approach, which aims to actively involve patients in decision-making about their own care plan, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health. 

 

In 2025

Liberia

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