Overcrowding, Lack of Clean Water Among Biggest Health Risks From Venezuela Quakes Says PAHO
PAHO said crowded shelters and poor water access could trigger respiratory and digestive outbreaks as more than 80 temporary sites house quake survivors.
- On Wednesday, authorities raised the death toll to 3,811 following the June 24 earthquakes in Venezuela, with 16,740 injured and 17,907 people homeless as Acting President Delcy Rodriguez defended the government's response.
- Venezuela's health system had deteriorated significantly after years of economic crisis, compounded by the migration of healthcare professionals, said Ciro Ugarte, PAHO's director for health emergencies.
- Over 80 temporary shelters face heightened risk of disease outbreaks, with PAHO director Jarbas Barbosa warning that vaccine access remains critical despite low coverage indicators even before the earthquakes.
- In La Guaira, 300 victims were buried without identification, but Venezuela's forensic service is preserving genetic material including teeth and bones for future matching, said Armando De Negri, PAHO's acting director in Venezuela.
- PAHO is incorporating field hospitals and shelters into an early warning system to monitor diarrheal diseases and respiratory infections, while the United Nations manages makeshift sites including the Jose Maria Vargas Sports Complex.
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The international organization warns that overcrowding in shelters, vaccine shortages, and the collapse of the system threaten to unleash disease outbreaks.
The director of the Pan American Health Organization, Jarbas Barbosa, also pointed out that support for the wounded is stabilizing, but the tasks continue and that the agency maintains 12 operational teams deployed in Venezuelan territory.
Earthquakes in Venezuela left thousands of people homeless and water services are damaged, PAHO warns.
By Mauricio Torres, CNN en Español The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) warned this Thursday that, two weeks from the strong earthquakes that shook Venezuela, the health emergency is still underway and forces the authorities to prioritize aspects such as preventing the interruption of medical services and monitoring The post PAHO warns that the health emergency in Venezuela continues two weeks from the earthquakes: these are the risks app…
The greatest health risks following the sequence of two earthquakes that hit the north coast of Venezuela last month involve interruptions in regular medical care, overcrowded shelters and lack of access to clean water, evaluates Jarbas Barbosa, director of the Pan-American Health Organization (OPAS). The organization is working with the Ministry of Health in Venezuela to monitor outbreaks of respiratory or digestive diseases, especially in plac…
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