COUNTRIES ACROSS AFRICA ARE CLOSELY MONITORING CASES OF AN OUTBREAK OF MPOX DISEASE. THE DISEASE HAS LONG SICKENED PEOPLE IN WEST AFRICA BUT IT HAS BEEN FAIRLY MILD WITH JUST ONE IN ONE HUNDRED PEOPLE DYING AFTER INFECTION.

THAT HAS CHANGED IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO WHERE MORE THAN THIRTY THOUSAND PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SICKENED AND MORE THAN A THOUSAND HAVE DIED.
THE NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE OF LIBERIA SAYS AT LEAST 17 CASES OF THE MPOX VIRUS HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED IN LIBERIA BUT FOR NOW, THE DEADLY NEW STRAIN IS NOT PRESENT.

IN THIS COLLABORATION WITH Lux FM GLORIA WLEH VISITS Yeala Town in LOFA COUNTY TO MEET A TWO-YEAR-OLD SURVIVOR AND HIS MOTHER.

This story was a collaboration with New Narratives as part of the Investigating Liberia project. Funding was provided by the Swedish Embassy in Liberia. The funder had no say in the story’s content.