MONROVIA, Friday, November 6, 2026 — Liberia’s Ministry of Health says national and county-level teams are being prepared for a nationwide insecticide-treated mosquito net campaign that is expected to distribute more than 3.4 million nets by the end of December.

The Ministry’s National Malaria Control Program, working with Catholic Relief Services (CRS), began a four-day training of trainers on November 5. The training is intended to prepare logistics officers, third-party logistics providers, ICT4D administrators and other campaign personnel to coordinate, monitor and account for the distribution exercise.

A two-month national campaign

The Ministry says the 2026 Insecticide-Treated Net (ITN) Mass Campaign is scheduled to run from November 1 through December 31, with more than 3.4 million nets expected to be distributed nationwide. The November 5–8 training is designed to strengthen the teams responsible for implementing and monitoring the campaign.

The Ministry’s announcement does not provide a county-by-county allocation table, household entitlement or detailed local distribution calendar. Those details will be important for residents seeking to know when and where nets will be available in their communities.

Digital registration and logistics oversight

Training topics include campaign strategy, monitoring and evaluation, social and behaviour change, digital household registration, ITN distribution and logistics management. Participants are also being trained to use the Digital Household Registration and Campaign Management application, known as DIGIT HCM, for household registration, data management, monitoring and reporting.

The Ministry says the training is intended to improve coordination between national personnel and County Health Teams, strengthen supply-chain management and make campaign reporting more accountable. It also warns that implementation will involve operational challenges requiring close coordination at county level.

Public-health importance and budget accountability

The Ministry identifies insecticide-treated nets as an important malaria-prevention intervention, particularly for pregnant women and children under five. National Malaria Control Program Manager Dr. Trokon T. Washington said approximately one-third of the malaria program’s budget is allocated to the campaign, describing it as a major national investment.

The Ministry has not published a dollar value for the campaign in this announcement, nor a procurement breakdown showing the cost per net, distribution and transport costs, or the amount assigned to each county. Those figures would help the public assess the scale of the investment and the resources reaching frontline teams.

What communities should be able to verify

As distribution proceeds, useful public information would include county and district schedules, the number of nets delivered to each location, how households are registered, the arrangements for people who are absent during registration, and how unused or damaged stock is reconciled. The Ministry’s emphasis on digital reporting and accountability makes publication of those details especially important.

This report describes the campaign plan and training announced by the Ministry; it does not claim that all 3.4 million nets have already been delivered or that every county has completed distribution.

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Sources

• Liberia Ministry of Health: “MOH and Partners Begin National Training of Trainers for 2026 ITN Mass Campaign,” November 6, 2026.
• Catholic Relief Services: 2026 ITN Mass Campaign logistics and warehouse procurement notices.

Image note: The accompanying graphic is an AI-generated editorial illustration, not a documentary photograph of the campaign or a distribution site.

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