وقبل التصعيد الحالي لم تكن لدى معظم المجتمعات المحلية مرافق صحية عاملة، وفي مونروفيا كان مستشفى جون ف.
Prior to the recent escalation most communities did not have functional health facilities and in Monrovia the JFK and Catholic hospitals operated only with minimum staff and support from ICRC and NGOs like Médecins sans frontières (MSF).