Hunger Crisis due to conflict and violence – section on Gaza, Sudan and Haiti
Toronto Star – War’s silent killer is threatening a new disaster in Gaza — and beyond
A war zone isn’t known just for violent deaths but for lingering ones caused by the effects of starvation. The world’s aid groups are working to mitigate the danger as it surges in several spots on the globe at once.
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By Allan WoodsStaff Reporter
Sunday, March 10, 2024 | 6 min to read
Article was updated Mar 10, 2024
Dr. John Kahler has seen hunger up close, all around the world.
He treated it in Haiti. He battled starvation in Yemen and Syria. He cared for undernourished patients from Myanmar and Venezuela.
But none of those crises compare to what’s unfolding right now in the Gaza Strip.
« This is the worst I’ve ever seen anywhere, pure and simple, » Kahler, a pediatrician and co-founder of MedGlobal, a U.S.-based humanitarian group, told the Star on Friday from Rafah, at the southern edge of the Palestinian territory where borders can only be crossed with special permissions or for an exorbitant price.
« The kicker to this, as opposed to everywhere else I’ve been, is that there’s no place to go. »
War has many byproducts, death and displacement and violent death being the most obvious and immediate. However, the silent killer common to the worst of the world’s conflicts is the gnawing pain in an underfed belly, the absence of food and essential nutrients whose effects are particularly pronounced for children, infants and pregnant women.
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