Experts Raise an Alarm as Aid Cuts and Price Rise Lead to Acute Childhood Malnutrition Tripling as More Babies Die

Acute malnutrition among Liberian children under five has nearly tripled since 2020, driven by food insecurity, rising costs, climate impacts, and cuts to critical aid programs. In Grand Bassa County, reporter Nemenlah Cyrus Harmon meets families struggling to keep their children alive as clinics run out of life-saving nutrition treatments, with health workers warning that more children could die without urgent intervention. A report produced in collaboration with New Narratives.

This is a collaboration with New Narratives, I’m Nemenlah Cyrus Harmon reporting.