Thousands of injuries per week .. Unrwa warns about the outbreak of hepatitis in Gaza

The United Nations Agency for Relief and Works (Unrwa) on Tuesday warned against the dangers of an outbreak of hepatitis virus among the displaced people in the Gaza Strip, pointing out that matters have risen to 40,000 since the Israeli war began on the strip. In a statement, the organization said: “More children in Gaza are at risk of infection with the hepatitis A virus, and this is due to the mass displacement of the population, the crowd shelters, the lack of clean water, soap and other personal hygiene requirements.” She added: “After ten months of this cruel conflict, the serious restrictions imposed on the arrival of humanitarian aid, and the lack of adequate medical care and preventative measures, the ideal mix of diseases, including hepatitis A in the Gaza Strip, especially among children in the stacked shelters.” “This life is tired,” quoted the Mahmoud (12 years) agency, which is one of the children who had to flee from their homes in northern Gaza and now have to live in a shelter from Unrwa in the “refugee” refugee camp, and the toilets participate with hundreds of others and say, “I was tired of this life.” Mahmoud added: “If you want to use the toilet, I have to wait in a long rope. The same goes for water.” According to the data from the Unrwa’s health programs, 800 to 1,000 new liver inflammation per week of Unrwa health centers and its shelters is reported throughout the sector. The agency pointed to “the high cases of hepatitis A of only 85 cases registered before the war to nearly 40,000 cases registered since the beginning of the war.” Unrwa noted that she “responded early, with diagnosis, awareness and consultation,” and explains that “there is no specific treatment for hepatitis A.” is not, “she emphasized that since the beginning of the military operation of the Israeli forces in Rafah on May 6, it has become increasingly difficult to bring the basic supplies. Meanwhile, the spread of hepatitis A, also in Unrwa shelters. Conditions in stacked camps and shelters. They do not have clean water and personal hygiene supplies, and the treatment of waste and sanitation appropriate. ” that the discovery of new cases of polio eliminated in the strip “pose a health threat to the residents of the Gaza Strip and neighboring countries and a setback for the global polio eradication program.” The ministry attributed this to “the miserable situation that the residents of the Gaza Strip have reached as a result of the Israeli aggression that caused the population to be deprived of the water suitable for use, the destruction of the sewerage infrastructure, the accumulation of thousands of tons of garbage, the lack of food security, and the accumulations of residue in the places of water.” caused by poor sanitation worsen. Hossam Abu Safia, director of the “Kamal Adwan” hospital in northern Gaza, said many of the displaced were injured by skin diseases, children suffer from fever, cry constantly and reject food or breastfeeding. According to the health authorities in the strip, the war launched by the Israeli forces was killed about 39,400 Palestinians in Gaza, saying that more than half of the victims are women and children.