Worsening air pollution in the Monrovia Metropolitan Area (MMA) is seriously threatening the health and well-being of the region's estimated 1.5 million residents. Many residents especially the young and elderly are facing serious air pollution challenges which are fast becoming a serious and visible health problem. The Environmental Protection Agency of Liberia (EPA) along with the Ministry of Health needs to consider a comprehensive strategy to reduce air pollution in Liberia, which is costing million of dollars that the government can least afford.

Public health experts in Monrovia readily admit that air pollution causes respiratory disorders, eye and nasal problems, and is one of the major causes of lung disease in the country apart from smoking. For instance, specialists at the Ministry of Health maintains that over the past two decades, diagnosed cases of persistent respiratory ailments and cancer have increased considerably throughout the MMA however, in many instances these conditions are quickly dismissed as not having any scientific or medical explanation in favor of something else, usually witchcraft.