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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 ... -
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, ... -
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 ... -
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. ... -
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 ... -
Venezuela Strengthens National Health System, Marks Advance in Fight Against Poverty
March 4, 2010 ... approved for the fight against dengue, malaria, and chagas disease while another BsF800 million (US$186 million) have ... -
Venezuelans Celebrate 12 Years of Health Care Collaboration with Cuba
November 5, 2012 More than 53,000 Venezuelans have received free health care for chronic diseases in Cuba thanks to a bilateral agreement signed between the two Latin American nations that has increased social services and improved the quality of life for residents of the South American country. -
Venezuelan Children’s Cardiology Hospital Celebrates Fifth Anniversary
August 16, 2011 ... hosting the International Conference on Congenital Heart Disease and is receiving cardiology experts from Spain, ... -
Venezuela Launches New Mission for Health of the Disabled
March 17, 2008 ... will collaborate with “quartets” made up of a genetic disease specialist, a doctor from the local Barrio Adentro ... -
UN General Assembly President Praises Venezuela for Development Goals Progress
June 24, 2010 The President of the General Assembly of the United Nations, Ali Abdessalam Treki, heaped praise on Venezuela on Wednesday for the progress it has made in reaching the UN Millennium Development Goals. -
New Program Unveiled to Combat Medicine Shortages in Venezuela
April 27, 2015 ... illnesses that require regular treatment such as heart disease, diabetes, and neurological disorders. These patients ... -
Venezuela Increases Benefits for Soldiers
August 17, 2012 ... our ranks and we need to continue battling against this disease”, the head of state recalled on Friday. To this ... -
Venezuela reaches the Millennium Development Goals
July 14, 2009 ... 7 new vaccines were incorporated into the strategy for disease prevention; he highlighted that in 2008 alone more ...