The fourteen (14) years of conflict have contributed to the deterioration of health care services in Liberia. Over the last two years, there has been a gradual expansion in humanitarian emergency health actions to in-accessible and remote areas of the country. However, the health care delivery system is still in the emergency phase and is heavily reliant on additional external resources in order to increase primary health care coverage and build human and institutional capacity.
The healthcare system in Liberia is highly dependent on support from Agencies and NGOs, which currently implements and delivers more than 90% of the health services. Access to basic and secondary healthcare services is still a major problem as more than 75% of the population has no access to referral care services, such as essential and emergency obstetric care.