The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued another clear warning about the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Gaza, and on Tuesday (19) a spokesperson said the number of babies on the “brink of death” from acute starvation is rising. growing.
“What doctors and medical staff are telling us is, increasingly, they are seeing the effects of starvation; they are seeing newborn babies simply dying because they (have) very low birth weight,” said WHO spokesperson Dr. Margaret Harris.
While children and babies are among the least able to cope with chronic hunger, the WHO says there are a growing number of pregnant women who are dangerously underweight.
“This is entirely man-made, everything we are seeing medically; this was territory where the health care system worked well,” Harris said.
The WHO intended to build emergency malnutrition stabilization centers in Gaza, but progress was hampered by a lack of security.
A center has been established in southern Gaza, and the WHO is trying to establish one in northern Gaza, “but we cannot bring them to scale and to people without access and security. So there is no response until there is a ceasefire,” Harris said.
Source: CNN Brasil
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