Published : 10-12-2018
Syrians for Truth and Justice Organization (STJ) said at least 100 persons have caught Leishmania in Deir Ballout Camp, in Afrin, in Aleppo, and are left without treatment in the poverty-stricken area.
Speaking on condition of anonymity, a medic in Deir Ballout Camp was quoted by STJ as stating that pentostame medicines needed to treat Leishmania disease do not exist in the camp.
The doctor added that though Leishmania can be healed by drugs that should be taken in by the patient for one year nonstop, disfigurements are usually left on the body and the risks for the reemergence of infections and ulcerations remain high.
According to the medic, treatment is not available in the camp and those seeking therapy should head for Idlib. One dose of medicines is worth 5,000 Syrian Pounds ($10), which far outlives the residents’ capacity to shell it out.
Umm Mohammed, he mother of a Leishmania-stricken child, said that she does not have enough money for transportation to reach Idlib in order to treat her son and that she is unable to secure the treatment costs.
Coetaneous Leishmaniasis is a type of skin disease caused by Leishmania Tropica, also known as the “Aleppo Evil”, “Aleppo ulcer”, “Aleppo boil”, “Aleppo button” or “habbat halab”. It can produce permanent disfiguring scars on the body, especially of young people.
Coetaneous Leishmaniasis is mainly found in areas associated with poor waste disposal. Water shortage, poor sanitation, and lack of other public services in Deir Ballout combine to create ripe conditions for the transmission of the disease. It is a vector-borne disease transmitted by infected sandflies.
Some 600 families, including 300 Palestinian families, taking shelter in Deir Ballout, have been shorn of their right to health care and medical treatment.
Syrians for Truth and Justice Organization (STJ) said at least 100 persons have caught Leishmania in Deir Ballout Camp, in Afrin, in Aleppo, and are left without treatment in the poverty-stricken area.
Speaking on condition of anonymity, a medic in Deir Ballout Camp was quoted by STJ as stating that pentostame medicines needed to treat Leishmania disease do not exist in the camp.
The doctor added that though Leishmania can be healed by drugs that should be taken in by the patient for one year nonstop, disfigurements are usually left on the body and the risks for the reemergence of infections and ulcerations remain high.
According to the medic, treatment is not available in the camp and those seeking therapy should head for Idlib. One dose of medicines is worth 5,000 Syrian Pounds ($10), which far outlives the residents’ capacity to shell it out.
Umm Mohammed, he mother of a Leishmania-stricken child, said that she does not have enough money for transportation to reach Idlib in order to treat her son and that she is unable to secure the treatment costs.
Coetaneous Leishmaniasis is a type of skin disease caused by Leishmania Tropica, also known as the “Aleppo Evil”, “Aleppo ulcer”, “Aleppo boil”, “Aleppo button” or “habbat halab”. It can produce permanent disfiguring scars on the body, especially of young people.
Coetaneous Leishmaniasis is mainly found in areas associated with poor waste disposal. Water shortage, poor sanitation, and lack of other public services in Deir Ballout combine to create ripe conditions for the transmission of the disease. It is a vector-borne disease transmitted by infected sandflies.
Some 600 families, including 300 Palestinian families, taking shelter in Deir Ballout, have been shorn of their right to health care and medical treatment.
