Thursday, April 4, 2019

Venezuela’s Health System In ‘Utter Collapse’



Human Rights Watch: Venezuela: UN Should Lead Full-Scale Emergency Response

Health System Has Collapsed, Widespread Food Shortages

(Washington, D.C.) – The combination of severe medicine and food shortages within Venezuela, together with the spread of disease across the country’s borders, amounts to a complex humanitarian emergency that requires a full-scale response by the United Nations secretary-general, researchers from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The Venezuelan authorities during the presidency of Nicolás Maduro have proven unable to stem the crisis, and have in fact exacerbated it through their efforts to suppress information about the scale and urgency of the problems.

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WNU Editor: It is going to get worse.

More News On The Collapse OF Venezuela's Health System

Diseases surge in Venezuela under health system in ‘utter collapse’, report says -- The Independent
Venezuela’s health system in ‘utter collapse’ as infectious diseases spread, report says -- The Washington Post
Venezuela crisis: UN urged to declare humanitarian emergency as health system collapses -- The Telegraph

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