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The United States Delivers COVID-19 Vaccine Doses to Liberia

COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution

Since July, 2021 the United States has donated 1,798,140 safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine doses with the people of Liberia. This includes 991,740 Pfizer doses and 806,400 Johnson & Johnson doses. Of the 1,798,140 vaccine doses, 90% were donated in partnership with COVAX and 10% were donated through AVAT.

The United States is committed to leading an international and coordinated effort to accelerate access to safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines to meet global needs. The United States is working with other governments and partners including COVAX, Caricom, and the African Vaccine Acquisition Trust (AVAT) to protect communities from COVID-19 and apply lessons from this pandemic to enhance health security now and in the future.

Learn more about our work Delivering Vaccines and on COVID-19 Recovery.

U.S. Relationship

U.S.-Liberia Relations

The U.S. established diplomatic relations with Liberia in 1864; 17 years after it declared independence from the American Colonization Society, an organization that resettled free African-Americans and freed slaves in Liberia. Liberia is gradually recovering from the impact of the Ebola epidemic. Following the Ebola crisis, the U.S. continues to partner with government donors, international organizations especially the World Health
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U.S. Assistance to Liberia

U.S. assistance is focused on consolidating democratic progress; improving capacity, transparency, and accountability of governance institutions; promoting broad-based, market-driven economic growth; improving access to high-quality educational and health services; and professionalizing Liberia’s military and civilian security forces, while helping Liberia build capacity to plan, implement, and sustain its own development efforts in each sector.

Bilateral Economic Relations

Liberia is eligible for preferential trade benefits under the African Growth and Opportunity Act. The country’s revenues come primarily from rubber and iron ore exports, and revenues from its maritime registry program. Liberia’s U.S.-owned and -operated shipping and corporate registry is the world’s second-largest. U.S. exports to Liberia include agricultural products (with rice as the leading category), vehicles, machinery, optic
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