Aleppo in need

• Autores: Pablo Marco
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3098, 2016, págs. 20-21
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Marco remarks on the bombing of rebel-held areas that's deepening a desperate health crisis in Aleppo. Months of siege and the recent intensification of indiscriminate bombing by the Syrian government and its allies have left the population of eastern Aleppo in desperate straits and its health system in tatters. The doctors report an increase in child malnutrition and waterborne diseases. Some mothers are too weak to breastfeed, and a lack of formula milk and other basics is leading to preventable deaths. What is needed is an end to the indiscriminate airstrikes on civilian areas, respect for medical facilities and patients, and an end to the crippling siege.