Of the one million wounded, there have to be many, many thousands who have not received adequate medical care.
1m wounded, diseases spread in Syria: WHO
December 20, 2014
BEIRUT: One million people have been wounded during Syria’s civil war and diseases are spreading as regular supplies of medicine fail to reach patients, the World Health Organisation’s Syria representative said.
A plunge in vaccination rates from 90 per cent before the war to 52 per cent this year and contaminated water have added to the woes, allowing typhoid and hepatitis to advance, Elizabeth Hoff said in an interview late on Thursday.
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1m wounded, diseases spread in Syria: WHO
December 20, 2014
BEIRUT: One million people have been wounded during Syria’s civil war and diseases are spreading as regular supplies of medicine fail to reach patients, the World Health Organisation’s Syria representative said.
A plunge in vaccination rates from 90 per cent before the war to 52 per cent this year and contaminated water have added to the woes, allowing typhoid and hepatitis to advance, Elizabeth Hoff said in an interview late on Thursday.
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