The World Health Organization announced in 1999 that the polio virus that causes polio has been effectively eradicated. However, the latest reports from the Gaza Strip raise legitimate concerns, as they confirm that the dangerous epidemic is making a comeback.
The health catastrophe in the Gaza Strip has become a reality. Tragic sanitary conditions, lack of drinking water and food, and non-existent hospital infrastructure are making it increasingly difficult to control the spread of disease. In recent days, the French Press Agency (AFP) confirmed that after nine months of warfare, a sewage pumping station in the center of the zone has stopped working due to lack of fuel. As a result, in no way unfiltered sewage is flowing between the refugees' tents, exposing those staying there to a health disaster. Rats are rampant on piles of rubble, and lice, scabies and smallpox are ubiquitou...
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