Rural Liberia Gets Our Attention: Where Giving Birth Means Risking Death, Land Title Process Cost Too Much, A Malaria Vaccine Rolls Out, and Drug Addiction Grows Among Women

Liberia: Democracy in Focus

Looking at Liberia’s newsmedia, one might think that no one lives outside the capital, Monrovia. We devote this episode to bringing some of rural Liberia's most pressing issues to light.

We visit a maternity clinic where giving birth means risking death. Six years since the land rights act just 16 communities have received land title. Experts say its time to go back to the drawing board.

A malaria vaccine finally rolls out across the country – promising to save the lives of thousands of children.

The trash crisis is bad in Monrovia and Paynesville but in rural areas things can be even worse.

And finally, experts say the number of women drug users in rural areas is growing with terrible consequences for their children and families.

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Funding for this podcast comes from the Swedish and US embassies in Liberia and the American Jewish World Service. See more of our collaborations with media in West Africa at www.newnarratives.org