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Primary health care in the indigenous heartland of Delta Amacuro in Venezuela

Venezuela

Our teams travel by motorboat to provide medical care to communities living on the banks of the Orinoco River in Delta Amacuro state, northeastern Venezuela. The journey can only be made by river and it takes hours to get from one place to another. Venezuela, 22 May 2023.
© Matias Delacroix
In Venezuela, where hospitals across the country lack staff, supplies, and basic services, we rehabilitate facilities and provide general and specialist healthcare.

Our teams provide healthcare in Amazonas, Anzoátegui, Bolívar, Miranda, Táchira and Capital District, where we give technical support to public health facilities as needed, such as assistance with surveillance, setting up isolation areas and triage systems, and strengthening the emergency response.
 
Most of our work is focused on strengthening general and specialist healthcare, such sexual and reproductive health and vaccinations. We also distribute medicines to patients and health facilities, train healthcare workers and have upgraded the infrastructure of health facilities by improving waste disposal, water distribution and sanitation.
 
In states with high levels of malaria, we continue to run prevention and treatment programmes, including early diagnosis and vector control. This has resulted in a considerable reduction in cases.

Our activities in 2024 in Venezuela

Data and information from the International Activity Report 2024.

MSF in Venezuela in 2024 In Venezuela, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) worked across three states to help people overcome significant barriers to healthcare by providing essential medical services and supporting the local health system.
Venezuela IAR map 2024
Country map for the IAR 2024.
© MSF

Our teams ran a range of activities to improve the provision of healthcare in Anzoátegui, Bolívar, and Delta Amacuro states, including sexual and reproductive health services, and treatment for malaria. We also donated medicines, trained healthcare workers, and rehabilitated health facilities.  

In Anzoátegui, our teams offered basic healthcare, as well as sexual and reproductive health consultations, covering ante- and postnatal care, family planning, and treatment for victims and survivors of sexual violence, in several facilities across the state.  

We worked in Bolívar until April, running a malaria programme, seeking to reduce the high incidence of the disease through early diagnosis, treatment, and health promotion. We also sent mobile clinics to remote areas, and ran a sexual and reproductive healthcare programme, with a special focus on family planning.  

In Delta Amacuro, a difficult-to-access region crossed by many rivers and waterways, we continued to offer medical assistance to remote, mainly Indigenous, communities, who face numerous challenges due to their precarious living conditions and the lack of access to healthcare. Our teams donated medicines, trained health workers, and helped with the maintenance of medical facilities. We also ran water, hygiene, and sanitation activities, and supported a programme for HIV detection and treatment.

 

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