University of Liberia Medical Students To Produce Free 50,000 Hand Sanitizers to Fight Coronavirus

In the wake of confirmed coronavirus cases in Liberia, students at the University of Liberia School of Pharmacy have begun the production of hand sanitizers, with a target of supplying at least 50,000 products to workers, students, public institutions and the public to control the spread of COVID-19 infection.

The hand sanitizer production project started by the faculty of the School of Pharmacy along with students involves second, third and fourth-year pharmacy students who have gone through the practical training, have the manual and are familiar with the process.

The students had already produced prior to an interview conducted over the weekend with the Dean of the School of Pharmacy Dr. Ezekiel F. Hallie regarding the project and are ready to be used.

“It is not only for coronavirus, but because it is very immediate, we want to attack it right away. But it is their regular ‘practical’…. We conduct laboratory experiments. You know those courses that have laboratories, one of them is this that they are going through and then they are doing the production very well.” Dean, Hallie said.

In an effort to get donor’s support to expand the project, Dean Hallie revealed that the School of Pharmacy is writing a proposal to enhance its capacity for mass production.

Dean Hallie recalled that during the Ebola crisis in Liberia, pharmacists were limited in taking control and preventing the spread of Ebola, but with their current expertise and capacity, they have decided to undertake this initiative to help halt the transmission of the coronavirus in Liberia.

According to him, through the help of the Pharmacy Division, the Swiss Government sent medical experts to the School of Pharmacy during the Ebola crisis who conducted training on the production of hand sanitizers.

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