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Liberia: Lassa fever prevention failing
Medical officials in a rural hospital say efforts to prevent outbreaks of Lassa fever, a hard-to treat-disease transmitted by rats, are failing because of a lack of investment in health services and public information.
WHO says the disease afflicts 300,000 to 500,000 and results in 5,000 deaths in West Africa every year. (Image: Nicholas Reader/IRIN)
"There are a few health talks and jingles on the radio, but not enough awareness about Lassa fever. Prevention is important because the prognosis of the disease is not very good,” said Jefferson Sibley, a specialist in viral diseases at Phebe Hospital in Bong county, northern Liberia.
