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Mosquito Borne Diseases Surge in Venezuela, Infant and Maternal Deaths Rise
May 11, 2017 ... ministry reported a total of 324 cases of diphtheria, a disease which was eradicated in Venezuela in 1992. The report ... -
Venezuelan Government Announces Funds to Combat Mosquito Borne Diseases & Medical Shortages
September 30, 2014 ... been detected in Venezuela this year. The latter is a new disease in the South American country which has been ... -
UN Expert: US Sanctions Undermine Venezuelan People's Right to Health
September 21, 2022 Venezuela is currently unable to repair electron microscopes, crucial to diagnose diseases, due to US sanctions. -
Doctors Accuse Venezuelan Government of Ignoring Diphtheria Outbreak
October 7, 2016 ... the National Network of Epidemiology Defenders warned the disease was spreading across the southern state of Bolivar, ... April, but failed to warn communities of the resurgent disease. “By June there were already confirmed cases,” ... of the report accused the health ministry of keeping the disease quiet for “political reasons”. “This situation ... -
Venezuela Reduces Malnutrition in Children to 4%
July 8, 2008 ... out during an inter-governmental conference on Chagas Disease in the Andean Region last Friday that Venezuela’s efforts to combat and prevent Chagas Disease continue to be exemplary for the region. The ... Albajar affirmed. According to the WHO website, Chagas Disease is found only in Latin America. Alabajar highlighted, ... -
Venezuela is First Country to Show Progress in the Fight against Dengue
February 13, 2008 ... which was created on 1994. EGI is based on attacking the disease through the following aspects: entomology, patient ... of the Aedes aegypti mosquito, responsible for the disease. In this sense, San Martín supported the Venezuelan theory about the control of the disease based on the participation of the communities. San ... -
An Ounce of Prevention, Aimed at Women and Youth in Venezuela
August 12, 2005 ... women and youth, sectors in which the incidence of the disease is growing worldwide. Venezuela ”is one of the few ... this campaign is aimed at stemming the spread of the disease and minimising its impact on the Venezuelan ... -
Venezuela’s Health Minister Replaced After Controversial Report
May 12, 2017 ... of malaria. It also recorded 324 cases of diphtheria, a disease which was eradicated in Venezuela in 1992. Along with ... -
Venezuelan Grassroots Take On Dengue Epidemic
July 2, 2010 ... and communities are helping raise awareness about the disease. Health authorities have registered 48,000 cases of ... cases of dengue infection world wide every year, and the disease is endemic in over 100 countries. The disease manifests as a fever with headaches, muscle and joint ... -
Venezuela to Guarantee Access to HIV Medications, Says Health Ministry
October 27, 2010 ... the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), a deadly disease that weakens the immune system. There are treatments ... -
Venezuela Sends Aid to Haiti
October 29, 2010 ... population. Some 295 people have died as a result of the disease in the Caribbean country and 3,612 are infected, ... rehydration tablets to Haiti to help battle against the disease’s spread and relieve the symptoms of those at risk. ... and can kill within a matter of hours if not treated. Disease spreading One of the biggest worries is that cholera ... -
Chavez: Lesion Was Cancerous, but No Sign of Metastases
March 5, 2012 ... lesion in the same site where he was diagnosed with the disease last year. The president, who was given the all-clear ... carried out by Cuban physicians showed no signs that the disease had spread. “The pathological study that was ... -
New Measures Launched to Protect Venezuelans' Constitutional Right to Health Care
May 21, 2014 ... and integrate measures to eradicate Oncocercosis, a disease endemic to the Yanomani indigenous people. ... -
Venezuela: Economic Populism or Pragmatism?
July 4, 2006 ... introduces a special set of challenges, called the "Dutch disease" or "resource curse." Many observers of the ... these challenges. One potential effect of the "Dutch disease" is a rise in inflation, resulting from a rapid ... around that shoal. An alternative effect of the "Dutch disease" is an overvalued currency, which stimulates an ... -
Upsurge of Malaria in Venezuela Sparks Concern
April 25, 2018 ... body on Tuesday, the incidence of this mosquito-borne disease in 2017 jumped up 69 percent from the previous ... states, on the lack of resources and an ineffective disease control program. He added that the WHO is working ...