Mary Wilson
Well-known member
3 Jul 2024
Al Jazeera
... The boy has white and red blotches over his feet and legs, and more under his shirt. He is one of many in Gaza suffering from skin infections, ranging from scabies to chicken pox, lice, impetigo and other debilitating rashes.
More than 150,000 people in the Palestinian territory have contracted skin diseases in the squalid conditions into which displaced people in the enclave have been forced since the start of Israel’s war on Gaza, according to the World Health Organization.
“We sleep on the ground, on sand where worms come out underneath us,” said Elwan. ...
“The sea is all sewage. They even throw garbage and baby napkins into the sea,” she said.
The WHO has reported 96,417 cases of scabies and lice since the start of the war, 9,274 cases of chickenpox, 60,130 cases of skin rashes and 10,038 impetigo cases. ...
MSF doctors fear the appearance of other skin conditions, such as leishmaniasis, which can be fatal in its most virulent form. ...
https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2024/7/3/dangerous-skin-diseases-spreading-among-children-in-gaza
Al Jazeera
... The boy has white and red blotches over his feet and legs, and more under his shirt. He is one of many in Gaza suffering from skin infections, ranging from scabies to chicken pox, lice, impetigo and other debilitating rashes.
More than 150,000 people in the Palestinian territory have contracted skin diseases in the squalid conditions into which displaced people in the enclave have been forced since the start of Israel’s war on Gaza, according to the World Health Organization.
“We sleep on the ground, on sand where worms come out underneath us,” said Elwan. ...
“The sea is all sewage. They even throw garbage and baby napkins into the sea,” she said.
The WHO has reported 96,417 cases of scabies and lice since the start of the war, 9,274 cases of chickenpox, 60,130 cases of skin rashes and 10,038 impetigo cases. ...
MSF doctors fear the appearance of other skin conditions, such as leishmaniasis, which can be fatal in its most virulent form. ...
https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2024/7/3/dangerous-skin-diseases-spreading-among-children-in-gaza