Health care crisis – Summaries of news and views OnVenezuela https://onvenezuela.com Fri, 24 Jun 2022 14:04:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://onvenezuela.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-Screen-Shot-2019-12-20-at-12.31.03-PM-1-32x32.png Health care crisis – Summaries of news and views OnVenezuela https://onvenezuela.com 32 32 Venezuela y la OPS revisan cooperación sanitaria https://onvenezuela.com/venezuela-y-la-ops-revisan-cooperacion-sanitaria%ef%bf%bc/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=venezuela-y-la-ops-revisan-cooperacion-sanitaria%25ef%25bf%25bc Fri, 24 Jun 2022 11:33:16 +0000 https://onvenezuela.com/?p=15104

Este apoyo, prosiguió, incluye el apoyo a la campaña de vacunación contra el sarampión y polio que va a beneficiar a “millones de niños”, la recuperación gradual de los servicios esenciales de salud y la vigilancia epidemiológica para proteger a todas las personas de la covid-19 y otras enfermedades transmisibles. Igualmente, la fuente señaló que habrá apoyo de la OPS para reforzar las capacidades regulatorias y del primer nivel de atención en salud. Texto Completo-> Infobaes

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Estudio internacional evidencia la crisis de salud en Venezuela https://onvenezuela.com/estudio-internacional-evidencia-la-crisis-de-salud-en-venezuela/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=estudio-internacional-evidencia-la-crisis-de-salud-en-venezuela Tue, 14 Jun 2022 14:00:14 +0000 https://onvenezuela.com/?p=14983

Se reportó un 90% de la población en pobreza, 32% de los niños con desnutrición crónica y uno de cada tres adultos con inseguridad alimentaria, en un estudio del Centro Johns Hopkins para la Salud Humanitaria y de la Fundación Simón Bolívar. Texto Completo -> El Pitazo

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Número de quirófanos activos se reduce a la mitad  https://onvenezuela.com/numero-de-quirofanos-activos-se-reduce-a-la-mitad/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=numero-de-quirofanos-activos-se-reduce-a-la-mitad Wed, 04 May 2022 10:45:14 +0000 https://onvenezuela.com/?p=14475

“Para el año 2019, había un promedio de 4 quirófanos operativos por hospital. En el 2022, tenemos un promedio de 2. Esto implica la reducción a la mitad de la operatividad que había hace dos años”, detalló el documento, basado en los 40 hospitales más importantes del país. Texto Completo -> ElSiglo

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Health care access, a challenge for Venezuelans in host countries https://onvenezuela.com/health-care-access-a-challenge-for-venezuelans-in-host-countries/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=health-care-access-a-challenge-for-venezuelans-in-host-countries Thu, 07 Apr 2022 11:03:00 +0000 https://onvenezuela.com/?p=14132

Support and funding from the international community have been systemically and systematically insufficient and, as conflict and crises escalate around the world, the one putting Venezuelans at risk across the region is at high risk of becoming a forgotten crisis. Full Text -> Rescue

Spanish version-> El apoyo y la financiación de la comunidad internacional han sido sistémica y sistemáticamente insuficientes y, a medida que aumentan los conflictos y las crisis en todo el mundo, la que pone en riesgo a los venezolanos en toda la región corre un alto riesgo de convertirse en una crisis olvidada. Full Text -> ReliefWeb

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Maracaibo:”Ir al hospital es como ir al infierno” https://onvenezuela.com/maracaiboir-al-hospital-es-como-ir-al-infierno/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=maracaiboir-al-hospital-es-como-ir-al-infierno Wed, 08 Dec 2021 10:29:19 +0000 https://onvenezuela.com/?p=12580

El gobierno de Nicolás Maduro culpa a las sanciones económicas y conspiraciones externas por esta crisis. Sus adversarios políticos consideran que la razón se encuentra en la corrupción y el mal manejo de los recursos del Estado. Las imágenes y testimonios del reportaje revelan la precariedad en la que cayó el sistema sanitario venezolano después de haber sido uno de los más avanzados en América Latina.

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Venezuelan children waiting on transplants falling victim to country’s political crises https://onvenezuela.com/venezuelan-children-waiting-on-transplants-falling-victim-to-countrys-political-crises/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=venezuelan-children-waiting-on-transplants-falling-victim-to-countrys-political-crises Tue, 07 Dec 2021 16:03:24 +0000 https://onvenezuela.com/?p=12574

Except for a few charity-aided cases, poor Venezuelan children have not received organ or bone marrow transplants since 2017. Only the wealthy in this socialist country can get transplants.For Andrea Velázquez, Zoe’s mother, her daughter’s life and the lives of more than 150 children awaiting transplants are in the hands of the government of President Nicolás Maduro. Full Text -> abcNet

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Patients in need of transplants in Venezuela https://onvenezuela.com/patients-in-need-of-transplants-in-venezuela/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=patients-in-need-of-transplants-in-venezuela Tue, 08 Jun 2021 14:12:36 +0000 https://onvenezuela.com/?p=9620

Why are Venezuela’s transplant patients having to struggle to survive? Some are waiting for an organ, while others are at risk of compromising their transplants, due to the scarcity of post-transplant medicines.  Full Text and Video-> CGTN

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Venezuelan own system of restrictions proves effective, Russian ambassador says https://onvenezuela.com/venezuelan-own-system-of-restrictions-proves-effective-russian-ambassador-says/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=venezuelan-own-system-of-restrictions-proves-effective-russian-ambassador-says Fri, 07 May 2021 15:02:55 +0000 https://onvenezuela.com/?p=9034

“Venezuela managed to keep the COVID-19 situation under control thanks to a robust state healthcare system and its own know-how. It is difficult to imagine a safer destination in South America in terms of the pandemic,” he said. Full Text-> Tass

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Lack of medications for Venezuelans with Parkinson’s cause hardship https://onvenezuela.com/lack-of-medications-for-venezuelans-with-parkinsons-cause-hardship/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lack-of-medications-for-venezuelans-with-parkinsons-cause-hardship Tue, 13 Apr 2021 12:03:00 +0000 https://onvenezuela.com/?p=8640

The coronavirus pandemic has put vulnerable people at higher risk all around the world- including patients with Parkinson’s disease. In Venezuela, the prolonged shortage of medicines has made life even harder. Full Video -> CGTN

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GoFundMe or death: Venezuelans seek help online in COVID-19 pandemic https://onvenezuela.com/gofundme-or-death-venezuelans-seek-help-online-in-covid-19-pandemic/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=gofundme-or-death-venezuelans-seek-help-online-in-covid-19-pandemic Thu, 08 Apr 2021 13:33:40 +0000 https://onvenezuela.com/?p=8562

On the GoFundMe site there are more than 2,300 appeals for all types of support, mainly for money to buy medicine and oxygen tanks from Venezuelans largely fighting the epidemic on their own. A well-known singer and even a politician are on the site asking for help with hospital fees, while a television presenter, also registered on the site, has since died. Full Text -> ChannelNews Asia

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