MONROVIA, October 18 (LINA) - United States Ambassador to Liberia, Deborah Malac, has reiterated that the American government is committed to help build the capacity of Liberians, especially health practitioners.

Ambassador Malac said this was necessary to position Liberia to adequately tackle or fight any post-Ebola eventuality, adding that the U.S. will work with Liberia and other partners to implement the plan to build the human resource capacity.

The U. S. Envoy was speaking Friday when she addressed the Ministry of Information, Cultural Affairs and Tourism regular press briefing in Monrovia.
Also on the panel were the Commander of the U.S Army Africa Mission, Major General Darryl Williams, Deputy head of USAID, Ben Hemingway, and an official of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as well as Assistant Minister for Disease and Preventive Health Services, Tolbert Nyeswah.

The American diplomat also indicated that the medical equipment, including mobile laboratories, that the U.S Government brought into the country to fight the Ebola virus, will remain after the eradication of the epidemic.
Malac expressed the conviction that as the Liberian and U.S. governments along with other partners are working together assiduously, they will defeat the virus, though it might take some time.

Meanwhile, Ambassador Malac has challenged the Liberian media to encourage Liberians at the community level through their reportage to make use of Ebola testing centers as a means of contributing to the Ebola fight.
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