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Venezuela: Hospitals Are at Capacity and There Is a Risk of Outbreaks After the Earthquakes

A week after the earthquakes that struck northern Venezuela, hospitals in La Guaira are facing a critical emergency. An assessment by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) concluded that the eight health centers reviewed in La Guaira, Caracas, and Miranda require immediate external support; three have structural damage. So far […]

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The World Health Organization (WHO) noted that there has been an increased risk of disease outbreaks in Venezuela, including some that can be prevented with a vaccine, and this is due to what it considered to be low immunization coverage. “Vaccination coverage in Venezuela, especially against measles and other diseases, was already low, so the risk of measles and other diseases is high at the moment,” said the director for emergencies at the Pan…

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By Rocío Muñoz-Ledo, CNN en Español “In the affected areas, the panorama is of total desolation.” With that phrase, Carolina de Jesús, director of Project HOPE in Venezuela, summarizes what his teams are seeing in hospitals and communities after the double earthquake that shook the country and that have put to the test a health system that drags a long crisis for years of deterioration and lack of investment. In La Guaira, the epicenter of the c…

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The World Health Organization (WHO) noted that there has been an increased risk of disease outbreaks in Venezuela, including some that can be prevented with a vaccine, due to what it considered to be low immunization coverage. “Vaccination coverage in Venezuela, especially against measles and other diseases, was already ... Continue reading “Increase risk of disease outbreak in Venezuela after earthquakes, alert WHO” The post Increases risk of d…

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www,finanzasdigital.com The possibility of epidemic outbreaks in shelters and temporary camps has become the main health concern in Venezuela, a week after the... The post Venezuela faces risk of outbreaks in shelters, warns PAHO appeared first on Digital Finance.

(EFE).- The World Health Organization (WHO) noted that there has been an increased risk of disease outbreaks in Venezuela, including some that can be prevented with a vaccine and this due to what it considered to be low immunization coverage. "Vaccination coverage in Venezuela, especially against measles and other diseases, was already low, so the risk of measles and other diseases is high at the moment," said the director for emergencies at the…

The World Health Organization (WHO) warned that the recent earthquakes in Venezuela have significantly increased the risk of infectious disease outbreaks due to the partial collapse of the health infrastructure, the disruption of the drinking water supply, and the displacement of thousands of people. WHO spokesperson Christian Lindmeier explained that the pressure on hospitals has increased critically, with overwhelmed health centers, delays in …

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Global Diaspora News broke the news on Thursday, July 2, 2026.
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