# Ministry of Health, Liberia

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## TL;DR

Liberia's health ministry. In October 2025 it launched a breast cancer awareness campaign and pledged to build the country's radiotherapy centre, with the World Health Organization planning to expand screening and restart the national cancer registry.

## Summary

On 1 October 2025 the Ministry of Health launched an annual breast cancer awareness campaign and pledged to expand early detection and to construct a radiotherapy centre for Liberia, backed by the President and supported by WHO. WHO announced plans with the ministry to scale up breast cancer screening in 30 primary health care facilities within six months, train 120 health workers and reactivate the National Cancer Registry with updated software. The acting head of the oncology unit at JFK hospital spoke at the launch. IAEA DIRAC lists no radiotherapy centre in Liberia. The coordinates are an approximate Monrovia city point.

## Fields

- Kind: Institution
- Last checked: 2026-11-11
- Also known as: MOH Liberia
- City: Monrovia, LR
- Type: government
- Website: https://moh.gov.lr/

## Sources

- Ministry of Health, Liberia: breast cancer awareness launch (1 October 2025): https://moh.gov.lr/news/2025/moh-launches-breast-cancer-awarenesswith-new-focus-on-early-detection-and-treatment/
- IAEA DIRAC: directory of radiotherapy centres: https://dirac.iaea.org/Data/CountriesLight

## Connected records

- cancers: [Breast cancer (all types)](https://onco.cc/cancers/breast-cancer/), [Cervical cancer](https://onco.cc/cancers/cervical/)
- institutions: [John F. Kennedy Medical Center, Monrovia](https://onco.cc/institutions/jfk-medical-center-monrovia/), [Liberia Medicines and Health Products Regulatory Authority (LMHRA)](https://onco.cc/institutions/lmhra-liberia/), [World Health Organization Cancer Programme](https://onco.cc/institutions/who/)

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