Published : 09-10-2022
Residents of AlHusainiya Camp expressed deep concern over the potential propagation of cholera as agricultural crops are being irrigated with untreated waste water.
Civilians called on the concerned authorities, the Ministry of Health and the General Union of Peasants to take urgent step in order to prevent farmers from irrigating crops with life-threatening sewage water.
Water shortages are forcing households to resort to negative coping mechanisms, such as changing hygiene practices or increasing household debt to afford water costs.
AGPS is concerned that cholera will turn into an endemic in a country where the infrastructure, health care facilities, and vital services have been ravaged.
AGPS calls on Syrian authorities to increase water supplies in the region and provide vulnerable families with potable water to help them combat the deadly disease.
Residents of AlHusainiya Camp expressed deep concern over the potential propagation of cholera as agricultural crops are being irrigated with untreated waste water.
Civilians called on the concerned authorities, the Ministry of Health and the General Union of Peasants to take urgent step in order to prevent farmers from irrigating crops with life-threatening sewage water.
Water shortages are forcing households to resort to negative coping mechanisms, such as changing hygiene practices or increasing household debt to afford water costs.
AGPS is concerned that cholera will turn into an endemic in a country where the infrastructure, health care facilities, and vital services have been ravaged.
AGPS calls on Syrian authorities to increase water supplies in the region and provide vulnerable families with potable water to help them combat the deadly disease.
