The General Health, Labor, and Social Affairs parliamentary committees convened on Thursday at parliament and warned following the meeting of the spreading of epidemics among Syrian refugees.
“There are cases of contagious diseases such as Tuberculosis, Leishmaniasis, Scabies, and Hepatitis. These cases can be controlled by the Health Ministry but not entirely due to the difficult circumstances for conducting studies,” the National News Agency quoted Health Committee Chief MP Atef Majdalani as saying following the meeting.
Majdalani explained: “These difficulties are caused by the random distribution of refugees in more than a thousand cities and towns.
“The Health Ministry has formed a committee tasked with following up with the health situation, especially contagious diseases.”
He also called for holding an Arab and international conference either in Lebanon or outside the country to look into this issue.
Majdalani stressed that “Lebanon is facing a big health, environmental, social, and security problem which [we] need help with in order to face all these dangers.”
Lebanon is facing difficulties dealing with the increasingly high number of Syrian refugees who look to neighboring Lebanon for safe haven. More than 416,000 refugees are now registered with the UNHCR in Lebanon.
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