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International experts concerned for Venezuela’s senior citizens
Senior citizens in Venezuela have been especially impacted by the country’s economic and humanitarian crisis. Interamerican Commission for Human Rights released a joint statement earlier this month detailing their findings. See the full press release here.
Read MoreNBC News reports, "In the chaos of Venezuela, a daughter fights for her father’s life"
In this heart-breaking report, MARIANA ATENCIO reports on her father’s illness and the Venezuelan health crisis. This NBC article illustrates the urgent need in Venezuela for medicine and medical supplies.
Read MoreDiphteria crisis in continues to escalate, spreading in the region
The World Health Organization reports on the Venezuelan Humanitarian Crisis “In Venezuela, the diphtheria outbreak that began in July 2016 remains active (Figure below). Since the start of the outbreak until EW 10 of 2018, a total of 1,602 suspected diphtheria cases were reported (324 cases in 2016, 1,040 in 2017, and 238 in 2018),…
Read MoreNY Times reports: ‘We’re Losing the Fight’: Tuberculosis Batters a Venezuela in Crisis
From The New York Times: ‘We’re Losing the Fight’: Tuberculosis Batters a Venezuela in Crisis The disease, which until recently seemed to be under control in Venezuela, is making an aggressive comeback in the nation, overwhelming its broken health care system. Read more here.
Read MoreVenezuelan children are starving to death, report from Aleteia
“In my state of Monagas, in the first two and a half months of 2018 we have seen 34 children die of malnutrition. A family needs the equivalent of 22 salaries just to get a basic basket of food, to cover the basic nutrition for a month for children in their family.” This heart-breaking article…
Read More2018 Government Survey of National Hospitals – Visualizing Venezuela's critical health needs
For the fifth year in a row, the National Assembly’s Committee on Social Development has published the 2018 Government Survey of National Hospitals ENCUESTA NACIONAL DE HOSPITALES 2018). The results show an accelerating decline in hospital services and supplies and a rise in 79% of health centers have a critical lack medical and surgical supplies 86%…
Read MoreNew York Times reports on Venezuelan Food Crisis
Last week, the New York Times published an in-depth investigative report on children with severe malnutrition in Venezuela. The article is available in English and in Spanish. Warning: this article contains graphic pictures of infant mortality and malnutrition.
Read MoreVenezuela's Food Crisis among the worst in Latin America
This week, Bloomberg, The New Yorker and El Nacional all reported on the escalating food crisis in Venezuela. “Now, food shortages have become so dire that residents of downtown Caracas wake up to find their trash bags ransacked for food. About 40 percent of families in four of the most populous states have resorted to begging…
Read MoreWorld Health Organization Malaria report describes Venezuela's humanitarian crisis
Last week, the World Health Organization released its annual Malaria Report. The report discusses advances and setbacks in the ongoing fight against the disease. The report highlights how political unrest and instability are leading to humanitarian crises and malaria outbreaks in malaria endemic zones such as Nigeria, South Sudan, Venezuela and Yemen. “We are at a…
Read MoreMalaria Crisis Escalates in Venezuela
The malaria crisis in Venezuela is escalating. Last year, there were 240,613 cases of malaria reported to Venezuela’s Ministry of Health, that’s 100,000 more cases that the year before. This year, data suggests that there will be a 63% increase in malaria cases. That estimate is according to projections made by Venezuela’s health experts who are…
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