[HIGHLIGHTS] It's not witchcraft, it's a lack of development aid: how a political lurch from London can put the eradication of a disease in Liberia at risk

The withdrawal of cooperation funds from the United Kingdom threatens to reverse the path towards the elimination of the so-called neglected diseases in several African countries. The world was moving at a good pace towards their elimination, but now there is a setback – fueled not by science, but by politics – and they may once again pose a threat to public health.

The lack of money to travel has an influence, so does the lack of knowledge of the diseases that afflict them, their causes and their remedies. David Sumo, 18, suffers from lymphatic filariasis, a mosquito-borne disease, commonly known as elephantiasis.