Lice, scabies, rashes plague Palestinian children as skin disease runs rampant in Gaza's tent camps

Children suffer as skin disease runs rampant in Gaza tent camps

GAZA STRIP: A steady stream of miserable children and worried parents flowed into the dermatology office at Nasser Hospital in central Gaza. A toddler with a blue hair bow sobbed as her mother showed how the red and white spots covering her face have spread to her neck and chest.  Another woman lifted her little boy’s clothes to reveal the rashes on his back, butt, thighs and stomach. On his wrists, he had open sores from scratching. A father …

Lice, scabies, rashes plague Palestinian children as skin disease runs rampant in Gaza's tent camps

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — A steady stream of miserable children and worried parents flowed into the dermatology office at Nasser Hospital in central Gaza.

Lice, scabies, rashes plague Palestinian children as skin disease runs rampant in Gaza's tent camps

The cause, they say, is the appalling conditions in overcrowded tent camps housing hundreds of thousands of Palestinians driven from their homes.

Skin diseases spread in Gaza tent camps as sanitation crisis worsens

As Israel's war against Hamas continues in Gaza, the humanitarian crisis among Palestinians is growing more dire. Not only are many Palestinians facing a food shortage, but on Tuesday, July 30, doctors reported that skin diseases are rampant in Gaza's tent camps, mostly among children. The World Health Organization (WHO) said that more than 103,000 cases of lice and scabies, and 65,000 cases of skin rashes have been reported as unsanitary condit…

Gaza war: Skin diseases spread among children in overcrowded camps

The distribution of humanitarian supplies, including soap, shampoo and medicines, has slowed to a trickle, UN officials say, because Israeli military operations and the lawlessness it has induced make it too dangerous for relief trucks to move.