[Leish-l] Human Lehismaniasis in children from Syria

Nabil Haddad haddad-n at cyberia.net.lb
Mon May 20 14:11:19 BRT 2013


Dear colleagues,



The situation of Leishmaniasis in Syria is well known since many years now. 
In the past decade, the incidence of this disease increased 4 to 5 folds. 
The Syrian Ministry of Health declared in 2011 and 2012 an incidence 
exceeding 55 000 cases/year. The extreme majority of Leishmaniasis cases in 
Syria are due to the cutaneous form (CL). More than 85% of these cases are 
due to Leishmania tropica. Syrian Health authorities has established during 
the past decades a huge net of health centers around the country to treat 
infected people (free of charge) . The WHO, had more than one control 
program implemented in the country (especially in Aleppo). The present war 
situation has lead to a dramatic decrease to treatment access which 
certainly aggravates the problem. In addition, important population 
displacement within the country contributed to the appearance of new 
outbreaks.

In Lebanon, a neighboring country affected by a massive flow of displaced 
Syrians, cutaneous Leishmaniasis outbreak is expected to happen. Control 
prevention methods are difficult to apply since the Syrian refugees are not 
located in geographically delimited camps. They live among Lebanese people 
in several villages and cities.



The video on Leishmaniasis in children from Syria diffused in a previous 
email attracts the attention on the dramatic situation aggravated by the 
lack of medication. I need to say that the video includes scientific 
fundamental mistakes that you have certainly noticed.



Thank You



Nabil Haddad,

Parasitologist, Medical Entomologist

Laboratory of Immunology

Faculty of Public Health

Lebanese University


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> A syrian colleague, send to me this link on a video about lehismania in
> children and how the civil war increased dramatically the cases of
> lehismaniasis in this country. Of course it is hard to listen the local 
> doctor
> comments and to separate its from the political situation but  even so, 
> this
> video do not invalidate the lehismaniosis effects in the syrian children.
> http://vimeo.com/65205724
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> Of course I am shocked about the real impact of this outbreak (see video
> and paper)  but probably it is the only way to understand the sanitary and
> social problem dimension.
>
> More scientific information about the outbreak of lehismaniasis in Syria:
> http://www.parasitesandvectors.com/content/6/1/94
> Cite this article as: Alasaad: War diseases revealed by the social media:
> massive leishmaniasis outbreak in the Syrian Spring. Parasites & Vectors
> 2013 6:94.
> doi:10.1186/1756-3305-6-94
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> Ramon
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