Liberia: A Bucket for the Senate, While Health Facilities Struggle

The question is not whether senators deserve protection from disease, but whether a well-funded Legislature should be receiving basic hygiene supplies from a struggling public health institution when less-resourced facilities have more pressing needs.

There is something deeply troubling about the National Public Health Institute of Liberia (NPHIL), an institution struggling with severe budget cuts, presenting a handwashing barrel and thermometer to the Liberian Senate.

Not because senators do not…