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  • Typhoid, hepatitis outbreaks afflict Syria's Yarmouk refugee camp

    Source: http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Mid...t-yarmouk.ashx

    Aug. 14, 2015 | 12:16 AM
    Typhoid, hepatitis outbreaks afflict Yarmouk
    | The Daily Star

    BEIRUT: As thousands of civilians remain trapped in Syria?s Yarmouk refugee camp, an outbreak of potentially fatal typhoid has been reported, amid a wider health care crisis.

    While the U.N. subtly declassified the area ? a Palestinian refugee camp south of Damascus which used to be home to over 200,000 people ? as a besieged area in June, thousands of civilians remain inside the camp, which ISIS entered in March, and has largely occupied since...

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    Source: http://www.news24.com/World/News/UN-...Syria-20150819


    UN: Typhoid outbreak among Palestinian refugees in Syria
    2015-08-19 09:36

    New York - The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees says there is a typhoid outbreak among civilians from a besieged Palestinian refugee camp on the outskirts of the Syrian capital, with at least six confirmed cases...

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      Source: https://en-maktoob.news.yahoo.com/ty...173702418.html

      Typhoid outbreak grips Syria's Yarmouk
      Al JazeeraAl Jazeera ? 6 hours ago

      The United Nations has called for access to Yarmouk in the Syrian capital as its health teams find "increasing evidence" of a typhoid outbreak among residents.

      The total number of typhoid cases in the camp reached 90 on Tuesday, according to Chris Gunness, spokesperson for UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees. "That is 90 too many," he said.

      Residents of Yarmouk include Palestinian refugees and, to a lesser extent, Syrians. They have struggled to deal with mounting humanitarian crises throughout the ongoing conflict in Syria, particularly since government forces imposed a blockade on the camp following clashes with rebel groups in December 2012...

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