International Organization: 7 out of 10 pregnant women and breastfeeding women in Gaza suffer from malnutrition
The International Action Organization warned, today, Saturday, of the high rates of malnutrition between pregnant and lactating women in the Gaza Strip, confirming that 70 to 75% of 300 women are reviewing the Al -Awda Hospital per day, the Foundation’s partner, suffering from lack of food and supplements necessary for pregnancy. (Wafa) that she received certificates from doctors and pregnant women in the Gaza Strip about the complications of pregnancy caused by hunger and the lack of medical supplies after a week after confirming & quot; the integrated interim classification of food security & quot; (IPC) a famine in Gaza City & quot;. The fetus & quot;
Doctors warned that a lack of calories and nutrients exposes the lives of pregnant mothers and their incarnation, noting the high complications of pregnancy, including miscarriage. For his part, Dr. Mohamed Salha, Acting Director of Al -Awda Hospital – said the situation in Gaza is very difficult, more than 60,000 women were affected by the lack of food, and many of them face malnutrition, and although the nutrition department distributes supplements, but the need is greater than our ability. Medical supplies and fuel, stressing that the human cost of the siege is very high and daily, the complications of pregnancy resulting from the lack of food and medical care. Hospitals. Noting that the health conditions in the sector are in a state of collapse. In acute medical residences needed to diagnose the nature of these cases and leave the basic blood analysis, while medical staff forced medicine with primitive means as a result of the siege and lack of capabilities, while global health confirmed the emergence of cases suffering from syndrome that causes paralysis and muscle weakness in the Gaza Strip and there are no drugs to combat diseases, which causes the speed of its spread.
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