Venezuela’s health system is in “utter collapse,” according to a report, including the exponential spread of vaccine-preventable diseases such as measles and diphtheria and “dramatic surges” in infectious diseases such as malaria and tuberculosis. Guterres has said the United Nations should not join any of the groups of nations promoting various political solutions to the Venezuelan crisis. The differences among the groups has left the United Nations in something of a dilemma on how to approach the situation while avoiding a stand on what the political outcome should be. The report quoted a 2018 Pan-American Health Organization report estimating that nearly 9 out of 10 Venezuelans living with HIV were not receiving treatment. Noting that the deprivation long predates recently imposed U.S. sanctions, it said that “Venezuelan authorities under Maduro have concealed the official health information.

Source: Washington Post April 04, 2019 03:56 UTC