Photos show Liberia’s health clinics shuttered after US aid cuts
Gbango Kemu, 36, who got pregnant after failing to get access to contraceptives, sits with her daughter Garmah at their house in Bong County, Liberia, Friday, June 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Annie Risemberg)
SARWORLOR, Liberia (AP) — As cuts to U.S. aid take hold, medical services in Liberia are feeling the pinch.
Clinics, undernourished children and overwhelmed families are grappling with the sudden loss of support that once funded health care, medicine and basic services across the country.
This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.
An almost-empty shelf, that once held contraceptives for patients, is seen at the Palala Clinic in Bong County, Liberia, Friday, June 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Annie Risemberg)
An almost-empty shelf, that once held contraceptives for patients, is seen at the Palala Clinic in Bong County, Liberia, Friday, June 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Annie Risemberg)
Roseline Phay, 32, looks at pictures of her first daughter, Promise, who she sent to Monrovia to stay with family in hopes of getting her a better education, Saturday, June 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Annie Risemberg)
Roseline Phay, 32, looks at pictures of her first daughter, Promise, who she sent to Monrovia to stay with family in hopes of getting her a better education, Saturday, June 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Annie Risemberg)
Alice Togbah, a community health worker, looks at a log of residents she provides health services to, in Bong County, Liberia, Saturday, June 14, 2025.(AP Photo/Annie Risemberg)
Alice Togbah, a community health worker, looks at a log of residents she provides health services to, in Bong County, Liberia, Saturday, June 14, 2025.(AP Photo/Annie Risemberg)
Morris Wamah, the director for the Liberian Initiative for Development Services, who worked implementing USAID funding in Liberian land reform, looks at a map of Bong County in Gbarnga, Liberia, Saturday, June 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Annie Risemberg)
Morris Wamah, the director for the Liberian Initiative for Development Services, who worked implementing USAID funding in Liberian land reform, looks at a map of Bong County in Gbarnga, Liberia, Saturday, June 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Annie Risemberg)
Adakemue Kollai, who worked implementing one of USAID’s programs in Liberia, stands in front of an ambulance provided by USAID at the Phebe Hospital in Bong County, Liberia, Thursday, June 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Annie Risemberg)
Adakemue Kollai, who worked implementing one of USAID’s programs in Liberia, stands in front of an ambulance provided by USAID at the Phebe Hospital in Bong County, Liberia, Thursday, June 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Annie Risemberg)
Irene A Kerkulah, the health officer in charge at the Palala Clinic, looks at an almost-empty shelf at the clinic that once held contraceptives, in Bong County, Friday, June 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Annie Risemberg)
Irene A Kerkulah, the health officer in charge at the Palala Clinic, looks at an almost-empty shelf at the clinic that once held contraceptives, in Bong County, Friday, June 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Annie Risemberg)
Viola K. Major, a midwife who runs maternal “waiting homes” in Bong County, Liberia, which were partly funded by USAID, stands in the vestibule of one of the homes, on Thursday, June 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Annie Risemberg)
Viola K. Major, a midwife who runs maternal “waiting homes” in Bong County, Liberia, which were partly funded by USAID, stands in the vestibule of one of the homes, on Thursday, June 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Annie Risemberg)
Gbango Kemu, 36, who got pregnant after failing to get access to contraceptives, sits with her daughter Garmah at their house in Bong County, Liberia, Friday, June 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Annie Risemberg)
Gbango Kemu, 36, who got pregnant after failing to get access to contraceptives, sits with her daughter Garmah at their house in Bong County, Liberia, Friday, June 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Annie Risemberg)