LiberiAlive

LiberiAlive

The main objective of the Liberia Music Project was to create and disseminate a compilation album of HIV and AIDS music by Liberian musicians. Its specific objectives were:

  • to empower musicians and local partners to take part in the fight against HIV and AIDS, and
  • to effectively reach Liberian youth with HIV and AIDS awareness music.


    The LiberiAlive album was played on nationally broadcasted UNMIL Radio, as well as on eight Monrovia-based stations and twenty community radios.

    In addition to radio broadcasting, the Liberia Music Project utilized tape cassettes to extend the music’s reach. LiberiAlive tape cassette distribution targeted long-distance taxis and HIV-testing centers. These distribution outlets were strategically chosen to reach high-risk populations and encourage participation in HIV voluntary counseling and testing.

    HIV and Liberian Youth

  • 50% of the country’s population is under age 25
  • 1.5% (51,000 out of 3.4 million) of the population has HIV
  • 23% of adolescent girls give birth before age 18
  • 59% of sexually-active female youth and 86.7% of sexually active male youth have engaged in high risk sexual practices
  • 14% of women and 21% of men say they use a condom
    2007 Liberia Demographic Health Survey