UNICEF warning about the doubling of child mortality

According to the international group Tasnim News Agency, in a situation where numerous reports about famine and death due to There is hunger in different areas of Gaza, especially in the north of this area, following the continuous and brutal aggression of the Zionists. The United Nations warned yesterday about the severe lack of food and acute malnutrition among the people of Gaza and the rapid spread of diseases, and announced that this situation could lead to a A big explosion in the death rate of children in Gaza.

After almost 5 months of the genocidal war of the Zionist regime against Gaza, the United Nations agencies announced that clean water and food in the besieged Gaza Strip is severely lacking. It is rare and almost all young children suffer from infectious diseases. Ted Chaiban, the deputy executive director of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), said in this context: Gaza is about to explode in terms of the death rate and It is the death of children that can double the death rate of children in this region.

According to the report issued by UNICEF and the World Health Organization and the World Food Program, 90% of children under 5 years of age In Gaza, they are suffering from one or more infectious diseases. 70% of these children had severe diarrhea in the last two weeks, which has increased by 23 times compared to 2022. On the other hand, Mike Ryan, head of the emergency department of the World Health Organization, said that hunger and The combined disease is deadly for the people of Gaza. Meanwhile, hungry and weak children who are suffering from various mental problems are the most vulnerable. The number of children suffering from diarrhea in Gaza is very high; because nutrients do not reach them.

According to the United Nations assessment, more than 15% of children under 2 years of age in Gaza suffer from severe abuse They suffer and are completely deprived of humanitarian aid. Of course, this information is from January and the situation is much worse today. The United Nations agencies reported that the deterioration of the nutritional status of the people of Gaza in just 3 months is unprecedented in the whole world. /p>

According to the United Nations report, some people in Gaza have turned to eating fodder and hunger has spread throughout the region. Also, clean and potable water is not found at all, and people find only one and a half or two liters of non-potable water per day to meet their daily needs. is severe and since the beginning of the war in the past four months, the occupiers have not allowed any aid to the refugees in the north of Gaza. A few days ago, Dr. Hossam Abu Sofia, the director of the Kamal Adwan Hospital in the north of the Gaza Strip, reported that during the days In the past, a large number of children in the north of the Gaza Strip died due to malnutrition, lack of food, and diseases and epidemics caused by the enemy’s aggression and continuous siege against this area.

He emphasized. Also, babies arrive at the hospital in very critical conditions and are very weak and pale due to the malnutrition of their mothers. In the shadow of the severe shortage of powdered milk, which makes this situation much worse, the condition of babies is catastrophic, and if immediate aid is not provided to this hospital, more children and babies are at risk of death.

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