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Typhoid, hepatitis outbreaks afflict Syria's Yarmouk refugee camp

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Editor, Senior Moderator
Source: http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Mi...hoid-hepatitis-outbreaks-afflict-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...
 
Source: https://en-maktoob.news.yahoo.com/typhoid-outbreak-grips-syrias-yarmouk-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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