The Department of Health and Welfare works under the guidance and supervision of our UMC Health Board. The Department coordinates the health care activities of five UMC health facilities (Camphor Mission Clinic, John Dean Town Clinic, Weala Clinic, Diecke Health Center and Ganta United Methodist Hospital). Through these facilities, we provide Christ-centered, compassionate health care services for more than half a million people (mostly subsistence farming families) living in three counties in Liberia and one town in Guinea. Our facilities provide affordable healthcare and rely upon service fees to support operational budgets. Realistic fees cannot be charged to a public struggling to support their basic needs: food, shelter, and clothing. Through a collective staff of over 260 persons, our facilities provide treatment services through daily out-patient clinics, primary health care programs and activities, dental clinic, orthopedic clinic, eye clinic, diabetes clinic, HIV/Aids clinic, mental health services, surgical services (through the facilities in Ganta, Weala and Diecke), x-ray and ultrasonography services, emergency triage, laboratory services, prenatal and ante natal clinics, and in-patient services. Collective community based health care outreach activities include: water and sanitation, malaria prevention, construction of birthing houses, targeted health talks, general health screening, immunization, traditional birth attendants training, community health volunteer training, etc.
