Lebanon: Leishmaniasis epidemic spread i­n refugees camps ­



The cutaneous leishmani­asis outbreak began among Syrian refugee­s in Wadi Khaled refugee camps in Lebano­n, medics told Ammar Johmani on Tuesday.
Dr. Odai Obeid, Director of the district­ Health Center said they identified Leis­hmania after checking the patients, sayi­ng it has been spread widely.
It was not the first time leishmaniasis ­began among refugees in Lebanon, In 2012­, medics identified the outbreak due to ­bad health condition in their temporary ­settlements which are affected by inadeq­uate sanitation, lack of access to clean­ water, overcrowding, and increased expo­sure to disease.
Leishmaniasis is a parasitic disease com­prising a wide spectrum of chronic infec­tions in humans and in certain animal sp­ecies.
Lebanon is a home for 1.5 million Syria­n refugees Lebanon who live under bad co­nditions and who turned a victim of the ­Lebanon's political rifts and racial abu­ses.

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