Health News in Venezuela

Venezuelan earthquakes death toll nears 5,000

The Pan American Health Organization on Friday warned that the country faces a “critical” emergency that could trigger a major health crisis.

Venezuelan doctors convert restaurant into a clinic after earthquake

Volunteers in La Guaira have transformed a fast-food restaurant into an emergency clinic.

Illnesses surge in quake-hit Venezuelan communities as humanitarian crisis builds

Doctors treating people in the northern state of La Guaira on Thursday reported an increase in skin conditions and diarrheal diseases, as well as of requests for medications for...

8000 medical procedures carried out by India’s HADR mission in Venezuela during ‘Operation Amistad’

New Delhi, July 10: Under the just-concluded ‘Operation Amistad,’ India’s Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) mission following the devastating earthquakes in Ven...

Quake-hit Venezuela faces looming health threats as survivors crowd shelters

Disease outbreaks, poor sanitation, lack of access to clean water, and disruptions to basic medical care could pose the greatest health risks to the tens of thousands of survivo...

Chronic illness and diarrhea surge in quake-hit Venezuelan communities as humanitarian crisis builds

Chronic illness and diarrhea surge in quake-hit Venezuelan communities as humanitarian crisis builds

Venezuelan fashion workshop swaps gowns for body bags after deadly earthquakes

Seated in his office alongside sketches of elegant dresses, fashion designer Efrain Mogollon starts the workday in Venezuela like any other.

A spirit of resilience helps Venezuelans face healthcare challenges after the quakes

The economic collapse of Venezuela has pushed its healthcare system to the brink. The disaster is now adding to the stress.

Venezuelan doctors return home to give aid amid quake devastation

Marianyi Bastidas is one of several doctors and specialists who left their birth country of Venezuela years ago, but returned to help after the disastrous twin earthquakes in la...

18-day-old babies, miracle puppies: Hope amid Venezuela's heartbreak

Among the rubble and dust, stories of miraculous survival and resilience emerge from Venezuela.

Venezuelan medics fear earthquake aftermath will trigger widening medical crisis

The emergency has laid bare Venezuela's chronic shortage of doctors, the result of years of economic crisis, underfunding and emigration.

Venezuelan security guard pulled alive from building basement 8 days after twin quakes

As hospitals saturate, earthquakes lay bare frailty of Venezuela's health system

Faced with food shortages and looming epidemics, Venezuela is struggling to stay afloat one week after its worst earthquake in more than a century. In hospitals, the situation i...

‘A war zone’: Venezuela aid workers fear health crisis after earthquakes

Aid workers fear disease outbreaks in temporary shelters amid overcrowding, lack of access to clean water, sanitation.

Venezuelan medics fear earthquake aftermath will trigger widening medical crisis

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Doctors said Wednesday they feared the aftermath of Venezuela’s devastating twin earthquakes could trigger a widening medical crisis marked by untreate...

Venezuelan medics fear earthquake aftermath will trigger widening medical crisis

Doctors said Wednesday they feared the aftermath of Venezuela's devastating twin earthquakes could trigger a widening medical crisis marked by untreated injuries, infectious dis...

Officials fear medical crisis as Venezuelans displaced by quakes crowd shelters, hospitals

Thousands of displaced Venezuelans are living in dismal sanitary conditions without access to clean water as already strained hospitals struggle to cope with an influx of emerge...

Venezuelan medics warn untreated wounds, infections biggest dangers for survivors after earthquakes

Thousands of displaced Venezuelans are sleeping in crowded shelters or outside without access to clean water amid dismal sanitary conditions

Venezuela risks public health crisis as it struggles to cope with earthquakes' aftermath

As the death toll in Venezuela nears 2000 following back-to-back earthquakes, the aftershocks of the disaster are beginning to make themselves felt. Almost 60,000 buildings are ...