Liberia is taking a major step in the fight against sickle cell disease, a condition that affects an estimated 1,600 newborns each year and claims many lives before age five. Through a new government-led initiative, health authorities are working to improve early diagnosis, treatment, and public awareness, offering hope to families and aiming to reduce preventable deaths from one of the country’s most under-addressed childhood health challenges.

Gloria Wleh reports in this social media Video. To read more about this story click this link:Liberia: As Many as 1,600 Babies Are Born With Sickle Cell Disease Each Year and Up to Half Die Needlessly Before 5. Finally the Government is Doing Something About it – FrontPageAfrica

This story is a collaboration with New Narratives as part of the “Investigating Liberia” project. Funding was provided by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency. The funder had no say in the story’s content.