Monday, October 22, 2018

Venezuela malaria situation grows worse: 650K cases so far in 2018


Venezuela’s health crisis continues to abound and infectious diseases have been rising year after year to include measles, diphtheria and malaria. Take malaria– The number of reported cases of malaria grew from 136,402 in 2015 to 240,613 in 2016 and 406,000 in 2017. And 2018? The president of the Medical Federation of Venezuela, Douglas León Natera warned on Monday (computer translated) about the significant increase in malaria cases in the country this year, due to the growing shortage of medicines and lack of supplies. More…

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