The cholera eruption was detected in the camp in early October and subsequently confirmed by laboratory studies. Because all holes do not have a specialized treatment center for acutely aqueous diarrhea, it is important that as many people are vaccinated as soon as possible, UNICEF insists UNICEF.

“For the first time we received the vaccine of cholera from northwestern Syria to the northeast to vaccinate people in Al Hol CampEven [despite] Stapping and security situation in the country, but we managed to access the people and get them with the vaccine, ”UNICEF HEALTH AND NUTRITION OFFICER KHOURCHID HASAN told UN news.

Mr. Hasan credited the caretaker authority in Damascus to make the shipment possible together with the local authorities in Syria’s northeast, facilitating the supply of the vaccines to the gates to Al Hol, which is controlled by the Kurdish-backed Syrian democratic forces (SDF).

Terms ‘Back to Normal’

And in spite of threats published on social media last December, “that there will be an attack on this camp and [that ISIL planned on] Releasing their families ”, which closed access to all holes for three days, insisted Mr. Hasan that the vaccine Rollout does not stop.

“Everything is back to normal,” he said, adding that at least 14,000 people have received a cholera vaccination so far: “The campaign is going on even during the season’s holiday, and the vaccination teams do a good job there to give this life -saving as treatment of children and their carers. “

Teams of vaccinators work by making their way on foot through the camp’s tented shelters with a Loudhailer who encourages families to bring themselves and their children to receive their dose. Once delivered, the vaccine protects from cholera, which can be deadly within a few hours if it is not properly treated.

Mr. Hasan emphasized that the campaign was able to move on after the agency successfully transported 25,000 doses of vaccine from northwestern Syria across previous active match lines. He also praised the consciousness-gathering work with UNICEF’s social behavior change and risk communication colleagues and partners who engaged in community networks to support Oral Cholera Vaccine Campaign and created confidence among Al Hol’s population.

For years, all Hol Huset has been the house wives and children of ISIL warriors, displaced people and refugees trapped in the Syrian war that broke out after the deadly government’s oppression of peaceful protesters in 2011.

Conditions remain serious

The majority of those held by the Kurdish-backed Syrian democratic forces (SDF) are Syrian and Iraqi citizens. Conditions are serious and have been the subject of several alarms from top rights experts reporting to Human Rights Council.

Foreign nationals who either went to or were forced to travel to Syria to join ISIL warriors and their children are held in an annex of the camp divided into five zones. In December, the population of the tent settlement was almost 40,000 people.

Al Holy are actually two different camps: Al Hol, which is close to the Iraqi border, and the Roj camp, which is on the border with Turkïye; They are both in Al-Hasakeh Governorate. Male ISIL fighters are held in a prison in al-Hasakeh City about 45 kilometers away.

Cholera was detected for the first time in Syria in 2022, but the camp escaped from infection. “We immediately vaccinated (in 2022) as a precautionary measure, but this time it showed up and started in Al Hol Camp,” explained UNICEF’s Mr. Hasan and quoted financing deficits, poor nutrition, dirty water and poor sanitation as contributing factors in the current outbreak.

Agencies on site

Several UN agencies have a presence in all holes in addition to the UN Children’s Fund, including the UN’s sexual and reproductive agency, UNFPA, the World Health Organization (WHO) and NES NGO Forum Network operating in northeastern Syria.

“You [NGOs] Supported by the local authority, but the need is still very high, especially for secondary health care, ”Mr. Hasan.

“There are three field hospitals in Al Hol Camp and a field hospital in Roj Camp, but there is still a huge need for medicine for non-infectious diseases for secondary healthcare. And now, because of the security situation, it is a major challenge to refer people from these camps outside the camp to go to private hospitals, for example in Al-Hasakeh or Qamishli. “