Heart disease, cancer, mental illness and diabetes are some of a group of diseases that are growing at an alarming rate in Liberia, killing far more people than better known killers like malaria and typhoid.
More than one in three deaths are now caused by so-called lifestyle diseases – preventable diseases that are primarily caused by diet, stress, a lack of exercise and sleep, and environmental pollutants. But doctors say they are silent killers because, so few Liberians know about them.
Senior New Narratives reporter Tetee Gebro takes us to Neezoe, Montserrado County, to see the crisis unfolding.

Part 2 of this series will look at Liberians’ difficulty in accessing healthier food, the obstacles to raising awareness and the worrying rise of NCDs in children.

This series is a collaboration with New Narratives. Funding was provided by the Swedish Embassy in Liberia which had no say in the story’s content.