Women at a Gaza camp avoid communal toilets, at a cost to health
Sanitary conditions at al-Deira are driving avoidance.
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Women at the al-Deira displacement camp in Gaza are avoiding the communal bathrooms because of their condition, with consequences for their health.
Deliberately withholding fluids and delaying use of a toilet leads to urinary infections and kidney complications, effects that accumulate over weeks rather than appearing at once.
The camp's sanitation facilities are shared between large numbers of families.