Liberia: Newborn Discharged Without Treatment As Drug Shortage Hits Clinic

Gbarnga — Sitting beneath the shade of an orange tree beside her mud-brick hut, Rebecca Blackie cradles her three-week-old baby, desperately trying to soothe his relentless cries. The 30-year-old mother, who gave birth on February 14 at Taylor’s Town Clinic, was discharged just a day later–not because she was fit to leave, but because the clinic had run out of essential medications.

“I don’t know what’s wrong with him,” Rebecca laments, glancing at her son, who suckles weakly at her breast….