Paynesville, Monrovia-At least five of President Joseph Nyuma Boakai’s home aides, consisting of bodyguards and PSU Police officers, attended an hour-long lecture here on the Monkeypox virus Wednesday, watching slides on its dangers and how people can prevent the disease. 

Wednesday’s Mpox seminar is one in series organized by the JNB Foundation (the president’s charity) to help train workers and presidential guards within close proximity to the First Family on what to do in wake of the current Mpox outbreak to avoid jeopardizing their own health and those of the First Family.

Altogether, close to a dozen people participated in the seminar: five presidential aides, while the rest came from the foundation, President Boakai’s own charity set up in 2018 to help improve the healthcare system as well as living conditions of Liberians in general. 

The workshop’s main presenter, Dr. Tamba Cembianor works for John F. Kennedy Hospital and heads the JNB Foundation’s medical department as well. He narrated the origin of this virus, its fatality in humans, and the methods through which it can be spread. 

Journalist James Kokulo Fasuekoi later picked up where Dr. Tamba Cembianor left off, showing a slide on Global Ekklesia’s exclusive coverage of the disease last year in the countryside. 

He showed photos of an infected toddler cuddled on the mother’s side and spoke of the tension that hung in the air as he and his press team entered the town of Yeala-the epic center at the time near Guinea Border.

JNB Foundation’s deputy boss, Mr. Henry Saah Flanpor, the main brain behind the workshop, contributed to the lecture series on the Mpox virus. He staged a demonstration on the proper use of hand sanitizing dispensers. 

The foundation donated hand sanitizer liquid and dispensers for use in the president’s compound. 

The seminar, meanwhile, continues today at the same venue (JNB Foundation) in Paynesville, with Dr. Tamba Cembianor serving as lead presenter.