Tag Archive for PRO/AH/EDR> Leishmaniasis – Syria (02): (RA) cutaneous
PRO/AH/EDR> Leishmaniasis – Syria (02): (RA) cutaneous
Leishmaniasis -- SyriaInside a dank clinic in the north of war-torn Syria, a girl covered in scabs wails and tries to wriggle out of her mother's arms to escape a nurse's needle. Gently holding fluffy cotton wool over her eyes, the male health worker injects a transparent liquid into the crusty blemishes on the tip of her nose.She is one of the hundreds in the northern province of Raqqa to be suffering from leishmaniasis, a skin disease caused by a microscopic parasite spread by sandflies. The illness Read more [...]
