In north Syria, skin disease ravages young and old | The Malaysian Insight

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In north Syria, skin disease ravages young and old

A doctor injects a Syrian child with a treatment for leishmaniasis in Karama. – AFP pic, April 25, 2019

INSIDE 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.

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