Diseases like polio and hepatitis are impacting many Gazans, including the elderly and children. NBC News' Richard Engel reports on the humanitarian crisis that is worrying the World Health Organization and the United Nations.
The blistering rash on 7-month-old Sobhia’s skin is the result of bacteria from polluted water, doctors told her mother. The infant, who was born a few months after the start of the Israel-Hamas war, is one of many young children in Gaza coming down with ailments associated with drinking or bathing in contaminated water, according to families, doctors and humanitarian groups in the area. Common issues include hepatitis and skin infections.
Ingesting food or water contaminated with feces can result in hepatitis A, a liver disease that can resolve on its own — but poor nutrition and sanitation can increase the risk of complications. “Hepatitis A is widely spread nowadays in Gaza Strip due to bad sanitation and bad quality of food and the pollution of the water,” Dr. Ahmed Al-Farra, head of the pediatric department at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, said in June.
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