Liberia 5th Highest in Baby Deaths, 'Difficult Problems' Linger

Forkpah Town, Clay Ashland — Tiny Pewee Wamah tries to hold the piece of boiled cassava his mother hands to him, but his tiny trembling hands soon let go and the cassava falls to the bright red earth. The 14-month-old baby tries to find strength to cry but his voice soon fades. He has pale skin, a shining forehead and very skinny legs and arms. Pewee is practically a skeleton, with almost no flesh to cover his bones.

Health workers at this clinic from the capital think he may only have a few months left to live before disease or starvation kill him. They say he needs immediate intensive care in a hospital but it is unlikely his poor mother will have the means to get him there.

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