WHO 'very concerned' by Gaza infectious disease threat amid war

WHO chief 'very concerned' by Gaza infectious disease threat

GENEVA — World Health Organisation chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Friday he was "very concerned" about the growing threat of infectious diseases in the Gaza Strip. "As people continue to be massively displaced across the south of Gaza, with some families forced to move multiple times and many sheltering in overcrowded health facilities, my WHO colleagues and I remain very concerned about the increasing threat of infectious diseases," T…

Disease threatens tens of thousands in Gazan shelters, UN and WHO say

GAZA — The threat of disease is intensifying in temporary shelters in the Gaza Strip, where tens of thousands of people fleeing Israeli bombardment are living in cramped conditions, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Health services in the area have long been overstretched, and fresh waves of displacement ordered by Israeli forces have made ...

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According to the WHO chief, 180,000 people suffer from respiratory infections, and over 136,000 children under five years of age suffer from diarrhea.

The director of the World Health Organization (WHO) expressed deep concern about the growing threat posed by infectious diseases in the Gaza Strip.