The CLASS OF 2010: The 18 New Graduate Nurses of Winifred J. Harley College of Health Sciences

Even animals get medical attention in Ganta

Veterinarians Without Borders visited Liberia and Dr. Julie Hunt, a returnee from a few years ago, came to Ganta to treat animals for various conditions. Mostly, she did de-worming but also gave rabies vaccine. Besides de-worming, the goats also received a vaccine for Peste des Petits Ruminants, a disease that can cause pneumonia and gastrointestinal problems, and ultimately, death. The list of animals she treated included dogs, cats, poultry, pigs, rhesus macaques, and even two guinea pigs. This is a program we hope can be continued in the future. Especially the distribution of rabies vaccine for which there is no treatment for in Liberia and it is usually too expensive for people to get from Guinea.