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Hafsa Mustafa Posted in World

Gaza sees sharp rise in skin diseases amid severe heat wave

Gaza is experiencing a widespread increase in skin diseases due to a severe heat wave, Al-Shifa Hospital director Mohammed Abu Salmiya said. Abu Salmiya highlighted that soaring temperatures combined with a severe shortage of drinking water are putting residents of all ages at increased health risk across the Gaza Strip, local media reported. He stressed that hospitals are struggling to operate essential medical devices because fuel deliveries have been halted, directly threatening the lives of patients and the the injured. Meanwhile, health care workers continue to serve under harsh conditions. Read More…

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Hafsa Mustafa Posted in World

Rains add to challenge for Myanmar quake relief, toll at 3,471

‍Rains fell on parts of earthquake-hit Myanmar over the weekend, which aid agencies said could complicate relief efforts and raise the risk of disease as the United Nations aid chief said more tents were needed to shelter those left homeless. The death toll from the powerful quake that hit on March 28 rose to 3,471, state media reported, with 4,671 people injured and another 214 still missing. Aid agencies have warned the combination of the unseasonable rains and extreme heat could cause outbreaks of disease, including cholera, among quake survivors… Read More…

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Alina Hashmi Posted in World

Lack of clean water poses new disease outbreaks risk

The desalination plant in Deir el-Balah is now running on solar panels and generators. It has some fuel stored, but as soon as it runs out, it will only be able to run on solar panels. Right now, it can only produce about 2,500 cubic metres (660,000 gallons) of water, compared with 18,000 (about 5 million gallons) before Israel cut off its electricity. This could deprive more than 500,000 Palestinians, who are completely reliant on this desalination point, from clean drinking water. Keep in mind we already have a history… Read More…

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Hafsa Mustafa Posted in World

WHO declares Egypt malaria free after nearly century of efforts

Egypt has achieved a significant milestone in public health as the World Health Organization (WHO) certified the nation as malaria-free, marking the elimination of a disease that had pagued the country since ancient times. The WHO grants certification to countries that prove, beyond reasonable doubt, that the chain of indigenous malaria transmission by Anopheles mosquitoes has been interrupted for at least the previous three consecutive years. Now, the status has been granted to a total of 44 countries and one territory globally, the WHO said in a statement. Read More…

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Hafsa Mustafa Posted in Science

Chinese scientists develop cure for Type-1 diabetes

Chinese scientists have reportedly found a way to reverse Type-1 diabetes, a disease that until now could only be managed but never cured. The medical breakthrough is likely to help millions of people worldwide overcome a serious condition that usually starts in childhood. The disease makes the human body’s immune system mistakenly attack the insulin-producing cells in the pancreas, a gland in the abdomen that releases digestive enzymes. Read More…

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Alina Hashmi Posted in World

UN says 1.7 million cases of disease recorded in Gaza since start of war

The destruction of Gaza's water and sanitation systems have led to about 1.7 million cases of various diseases since the war began, the UN said on Monday. "A lack of clean water has led to 1.7 million cases of infectious diseases, mainly diarrhoea, dysentery and hepatitis A," Pedro Arrojo-Agudo, UN special rapporteur on the rights to water and sanitation, said at a Geneva press briefing. Polio and other diseases have also attributed to a lack of clean water, he added, saying the shortage "is no less lethal than a bomb". Read More…

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Alina Hashmi Posted in World

Israel pauses attacks on Gaza as UN begins polio vaccinations

A pause in Israeli attacks on Gaza began on Sunday morning as the UN launched polio vaccinations, hoping to inoculate more than 600,000 children after the disease re-emerged in the strip for the first time in 25 years. There was no immediate report of morning air strikes on the enclave, where about 40,700 people have been killed since the war began in October. Health workers hope to vaccinate at least 90 per cent of children up to 10 years old – an enormous task in the besieged territory, which has… Read More…

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Hafsa Mustafa Posted in World

Skin diseases afflict Gaza's children amid Israel's genocidal war

Like thousands of Gaza children, Yasmine al-Shanbari, 3, is not only suffering from the upheaval of Israel's genocidal war all around them. She is ravaged by skin disease, and no relief is in sight, with medicine scarce and few hospitals functioning due to the Israeli invasion and siege. The 10-month-old genocidal war has left the blockaded enclave with no clean running water, a shortage of aid and medicine and raw sewage everywhere, giving rise to skin diseases and other afflictions. Read More…

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Alina Hashmi Posted in World

Lice, scabies, rashes plague Palestinian children in Gaza

Skin diseases are running rampant in Gaza, health officials say, from appalling conditions in overcrowded tent camps housing hundreds of thousands of Palestinians driven from their homes by Israel’s war now entering its 10th month. Palestinians have no soap to wash themselves, their children or their clothes during the summer heat, a report by the AP said. According to the UN, the sanitation system has collapsed amid Israel’s bombardment and offensives. Read More…

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Alina Hashmi Posted in World

WHO 'extremely worried' at prospect of polio, other outbreaks in Gaza

A senior World Health Organisation official on Tuesday said he was "extremely worried" by the possibility of disease outbreaks after poliovirus was reported in sewage, warning that communicable diseases could cause more deaths than injuries. Ayadil Saparbekov, the WHO’s head of health emergencies in the occupied Palestinian territories, said that "We have not yet collected human samples," so it is unclear if anyone has been infected with the virus. Read More…

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