Medical Experts are raising a warning saying more and more people are staying sick because the medicines meant to kill harmful germs that cause malaria, diarrhea and other dangerous illnesses —aren’t working anymore.
The reason? Many Liberians are using antibiotics and other powerful drugs the wrong way, and that misuse is making these medicines weaker and less able to fight infections.
In this collaboration with Lux FM, Gloria Wleh finds thousands of Liberians are dying as a result and many more are no longer able to get treatment.

New Narratives’ Gloria Wleh reports from Montserrado County for Lux FM.

This report is a collaboration with New Narratives as part of the “Investigating Liberia” project. Funding was provided by the Swedish embassy in Liberia which had no say in the story’s content.