Health Alerts

Venezuela: Failing economy malaria. According to the Venezuelan government there were 240, 000 cases of malaria reported in 2016 an increase of 76% compared to 2015. The country’s savannahs and coastal plains provide ideal breeding grounds for mosquitoes. The increase can be contributed to Venezuela’s recent ailing economy, which has led to a shortage of medicines needed to treat the disease due to import controls and the scarcity of foreign exchange. Read more