In Liberia, health experts are sounding the alarm as childhood acute malnutrition has nearly tripled, driven by aid cuts, rising food prices, and growing poverty. Families in rural communities are struggling to feed their children, while clinics report shortages of lifesaving nutritional treatments that once helped keep vulnerable babies alive. Officials warn that without urgent action, the crisis will leave lasting impacts on a generation of children and undermine the country’s future development.

Nemenlah Cyrus Harmon reports in this social media Video. To read more about this story click this link: Liberia: Experts Raise an Alarm as Aid Cuts and Price Rises Lead to Tripling of Babies Suffering Acute Malnutrition – FrontPageAfrica

This story was produced in collaboration with New Narratives as part of the Investigating Liberia Project. Funding was provided by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency. The funders had no say in the story’s content.