MSF in Venezuela

Shortening distances: providing healthcare to indigenous communities in Venezuela’s Delta Amacuro state

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Rivers serve as roads and tropical rainforest stretches to the horizon in Delta Amacuro state, a vast area bordering the Atlantic Ocean in northeastern Venezuela. Largely inaccessible, this region is home to a large number of Indigenous communities who face significant challenges accessing healthcare.  Many indigenous communities live scattered along the banks of the Orinoco … Read more

Going with the Orinoco Flow

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Since 2022, MSF teams have been supporting local health services in the remote Delta Amacuro region, a vast wetland of swamps and jungle on Venezuela’s Atlantic shore, home to the Waraos, one of the country’s largest ethnic group. Steve Hyde, who has been MSF Project Coordinator, describes how was his experience working in this part … Read more

Venezuela: Fighting malaria and a failing health system in Bolivar

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Gold is probably not the first thing that comes to mind when you think of a nation going through a  severe political and economic crisis. But in Bolivar, Venezuela’s biggest state, illegal gold mining has been booming for years and the yellow metal has become a motivation for many Venezuelans to head towards the south … Read more

Venezuela: MSF helps rebuild medical facilities and address mounting health needs

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Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières is expanding its medical activities in Venezuela, where years of economic and political crisis are taking a heavy toll on households and health facilities alike. With hyperinflation reaching over two million percent this year according to the IMF, the situation in Venezuela has been further exacerbated recently by a power … Read more