This is so painful to look at and read about, we are seeing a rise in pestilence. This one effects children and women the most and is very visual. Heart breaking pictures if you click through the two articles below. God warned us this would increase as we entered the end times…
Luke 21:10-11 (NIV) – “10Then he said to them: “Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. 11There will be great earthquakes, famines and pestilences in various places, and fearful events and great signs from heaven.”
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Afghanistan hit by disfiguring tropical disease
The Afghan capital, Kabul, has been hit by a disfiguring tropical skin disease, the World Health Organization says.
The WHO warned that the disease, cutaneous leishmaniasis, threatens the health of 13 million Afghans, especially women and girls.
Cutaneous leishmaniasis is a parasitic disease transmitted through the bites of certain species of sand-fly.
It can lead to severe scarring, often on the face, and regularly goes undiagnosed and untreated.
”The number of new reported cases in Kabul dramatically rose from the estimated yearly figure of 17,000 to 65,000 in 2009, mainly among women and children,” said WHO representative to Afghanistan Peter Graaff.
”This number is likely to be the tip of the iceberg as cases are grossly underreported.”
Several other major cities such as Herat, Kandahar and Mazar-e Sharif are also centres of leishmaniasis.
Social stigma
Leishmaniasis has exploded in crowded neighbourhoods of Afghanistan and spread to hundreds of thousands of people.
”I had the disease – and didn’t go to a doctor – but it healed itself after a year,” said Abdul Ghaffar, 12, in Kabul.
”I am fine now, but I am worried about the scar.”
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