Ghanaian Firefighters Face Hidden Health Toll and Insufficient Support

Fighting fires, fighting for breath: The hidden health toll on Ghana’s firefighters – and the support that still falls short

Station Officer Abubakar Mohammed has spent fifteen years running into burning buildings so that other people could get out alive. Now, as he thinks about retirement, one question won't leave him alone: will he leave the Ghana National Fire Service with healthy lungs, or with a disease he can't see?

By David Apinga