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Acute drug shortage in Lofa

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    A senior health official in the north Liberian county of Lofa says there is a severe shortage of drugs at many health centres in the region, ‘Star’ radio reported on Saturday.

    Lofa County Health Officer Karson Jallah said the shortages resulted from the withdrawal from Lofa by non-governmental organisations following a rebel incursion in August 1999, and from the fact that lack of transport had prevented government and the National Drug Service from delivering drugs there. He said vehicles assigned to the county health team had been looted during last year’s fighting in Lofa between government troops and rebels.

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