During two years in al-Qabaitah More than 80 people die from malaria [Archives:2002/49/Local News]

More than 80 people are dead from malaria in al-Qabaitah in the last two years.
Last month, four people died in the areas adjacent to the Arreed in Wadi Dhahran.
Health reports from the Al-Thowra Hospital in Arraheda, and hospitals from Lahej and Taiz indicate that the al-Qabaitah district ranked first in the spread of malaria.
The contamination of the water in these areas has become an environment of hospitable to all kinds of insects and epidemics including malaria.
The spread of such diseases is a result of ignorance by the concerned bodies.
The worst thing is that the people of these areas are poverty-stricken and therefore they can’t afford medicines. There is not even a single water purification station. People are entirely depending on agriculture and animal husbandry.
The spread of malaria and other diseases in these areas has resulted in inescapable consequences unless there are cooperative efforts made by the concerned bodies, specially at the Ministry of Health.
More than 80 percent of the overall population in these areas depends on water which is basically contaminated.
In addition to this, people have depended on water from ditches, and thus exposed the dangers of many diseases.

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