Displaced Palestinian children living in tents in central Gaza are suffering from skin infections which are exacerbated by the extreme heat inside the tents, the lack of clean water and hygiene products, and by sewage pollution, which has no drainage channels following nearly ten months of war.
Pharmacist Sami Hamid reported a high incidence of scabies among the children as well as an increase in cases of chickenpox and hepatitis A. The children had to be isolated from their peers and Hamid provided treatment with the very limited means that were available.
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Негізгі бет Skin infections spread among displaced Palestinian children living in tents in central Gaza
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