Fighting River Blindness in Southern Venezuela
Despite the health crisis that Venezuela has gone through, the onchocerciasis elimination program in Venezuela has continued to work reasonably well. One of its leading scientists explains why
Tag: Health
Mental Health Institutions Turned Into Pigpens
Less visible than the rest of our humanitarian crisis, the decline of all conditions in what’s left of public psychiatric wards has brought back horrendous practices from the past
COVID-19’s Impact on the Most Vulnerable
The pandemic affects the health and well-being of millions of people, hitting the Americas with full force. The most vulnerable people, including Venezuelan migrants and refugees, end up suffering the most.
The Female Pioneers of Venezuelan Medicine
On March 10th, we celebrated Doctors’ Day in Venezuela. Since it’s so close to International Women’s Day, a Venezuelan doctor celebrates the women who came before her.
What Can We Expect from Coronavirus?
The recent Coronavirus outbreak is being handled all over the world with different degrees of success, but what are the actual risks and likely dangers for Venezuela’s pummeled health system?
Yellow Fever Joins the Emergency
Fourteen years after the last outbreak, this disease is raising alarms about the possibility of a new epidemic. But to be honest, the really surprising part is that it took it that long.
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