LIBERIA

Updated June 2024

We began working in Liberia in 2016. Located at the John F Kennedy Medical Centre in Monrovia, the Liberia Eye Centre is operated by our partner, the LV Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI). We have supported the facility in expanding the capacity of its staff through a residency program and on-the-job training.

Seven ophthalmologists are currently enrolled in the residency training program, and in 2023, three hospital staff spent three months training in ophthalmic diagnostics, nursing, and low vision. In addition, five ophthalmologists from LVPEI’s campuses in India were deputed to the Liberia Eye Centre to provide specialty eye care services.

Through these initiatives, the facility is able to provide comprehensive and advanced eye health care to patients regardless of their ability to pay. Through a cost-recovery model, proceeds from patients who are able to pay for services help support the cost of providing care to patients who are unable to pay. In 2023, the facility performed 1,872 eye surgeries, and 48 per cent were provided to non-paying patients.

896

Cataract surgeries

412

Other sight-saving surgeries

15,179

Outpatient examinations