WiRED Vaccinator Training Conducted in Liberia

WiRED Vaccinator Training Conducted in Liberia

Graduates Ready to Administer COVID-19 Jabs

By Allison Kozicharow; Edited by Jessie Crowdy

WiRED International announces the successful completion of our first class in vaccinator training in Monrovia, Liberia, in early September. The Liberia training now joins Kenya and Uganda, where WiRED’s Vaccinator Training Program has already been launched.

A Liberian doctor conducted the training for health professionals and citizen vaccinator volunteers, in sessions organized by Mr. John Duco of The Vulnerable Empowerment Foundation International Liberia Inc. (VEFIL). Eleven people took the 45 hours of WiRED training — based on the World Health Organization’s vaccinator program — after which they sat for a final exam and received WiRED certificates of graduation. Soon, they will prepare local communities by disseminating basic information about the COVID-19 vaccination so that residents understand the value of the shot and can be ready when vaccines arrive.

The training took place in face-to-face (and masked) sessions. Trainers in Kisumu, Kenya, stood by to answer any questions about the curriculum. All 11 students took the final exam online, administered directly by WiRED. 

Only 3.6% of Liberia’s population have been vaccinated against COVID-19. When vaccines arrive in sufficient quantities to inoculate significant portions of the population, the medical community will need trained workers to assist with the large task of administering hundreds of thousands of shots. The WiRED-trained team in Liberia stand at the ready to distribute and give the shots in local communities. They will become force multipliers, allowing local doctors and nurses to increase the capacity to move vaccines, set up shot clinics and administer the vaccinations.