Monrovia, Sept. 30 -- .S. Charge d'Affaires Joseph Zadrozny has met with Dr. Linda Birch, Chief Executive Officer of the John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital and her team during a tour of Liberia's largest referral hospital, founded in 1971 with U.S. support under President John F. Kennedy and now managed by the Government of Liberia.

By Patience M. Jones

The visit included a stop at the U.S.-Liberia Partnership for Research on Vaccines and Infectious Diseases in Liberia (PREVAIL) where collaborative clinical trials and research are being conducted on diseases of mutual concern.

These studies continue to play a significant role in shaping global public health policy, vaccines, and therapeutics.

The delegation also toured diagnostic facil...