S. Olasford Wiah

Director of the Community Health Services Division, Ministry of Health, Government of Liberia

Biography

I was born May 15, 1976 and begin my primary education in 1979. I became a professional health worker when I graduated as a Physician Assistant from the Tubman National Institute of Medical Arts in Liberia in 2009. Over the years, I have serve in many different positions in the health care delivery system in Liberia including both clinical and public health roles. I have benefited from different trainings both locally and internally. My love for community health was stimulated when I lost two of my clients (one HIV/TB co-infection male and a positive HIV pregnant mother) which I strongly believe that they would not have die if only there were Community Health Workers in those remote communities Thereafter, I was promoted as the Community Health Department Director (2012 to 2018) a position which I use to improve the health care system in River Gee and reforming the community health program. Currently I serve as the Director for the Community Health Services Division of the central Ministry of Health and with the passion to achieving greatness, I am of the strongest conviction that with the support of all you, we can build a stronger linkage between the community and the Primary Health Care System with the aim to achieving Universal Health Coverage for all here in Liberia.

Expertise

HealthHealth Delivery

Regional Focus

West and Central Africa