Hard-to-Reach Areas Targeted in Nationwide Vaccination Push in Border Towns
August 6, 2025
Monrovia: A nationwide immunization campaign is currently underway across the nation, reaching deep into its border towns and remote communities in an ambitious effort to protect children from life-threatening, vaccine-preventable diseases.
According to the Ministry of Health, the campaign is being conducted under the Periodic Intensification of Routine Immunization (PIRI) strategy. It aims to increase immunization coverage, reach zero-dose children, and target under-immunized populations, particularly in hard-to-reach communities.
The primary focus is on children under two years of age, including infants and toddlers who are either unvaccinated or partially vaccinated, those who have missed one or more routine immunization doses as outlined in the national immunization schedule.
The campaign also targets communities located near international and administrative borders, as well as areas with poor sanitation or high disease burden.
Cross-border immunization efforts are taking place in towns such as Buutou and Cavalla (bordering Côte d’Ivoire), Ganta (near the Guinea border), and regions along the Sierra Leone–Liberia border, in addition to other communities across all fifteen counties of Liberia.
Health workers, supported by the Ministry of Health and development partners, are going door-to-door and establishing temporary outreach sites to ensure that no child is left behind.
