News Colombia Health: Hunger looms for Colombia's Venezuelan migrants as aid falls short
By Thin Lei WinRIOHACHA, Colombia, July 24 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – I t is mid-morning and the Rancheria community kitchen in northern Columbia is already full of families queuing for a free meal of pasta with chicken, bread and guava juice.
News Colombia Health: FEATURE-Hunger looms for Colombia's Venezuelan migrants as aid falls short
I t is mid-morning and the Rancheria community kitchen in northern Columbia is already full of families queuing for a free meal of pasta with chicken, bread and guava juice. Hundreds of Venezuelan migrants rely on the community kitchen for survival, among them Marbellis Atencia, 39, who comes here every
News Colombia Health: More than 4 in 10 of Colombia’s young adults were abused as minors: survey
The survey gave more insight in the extremely high prevalence of sexual violence against children in Colombia where, according to the Medical Examiner’s Office one child is raped every 20 minutes. ...
News Colombia Health: NBC News Whitewashes Colombia’s Right-Wing President
Colombia Reports (4/4/14) explains that this means the livelihoods and health of small-scale farmers are continuously threatened by the damaging effects of chemical pesticides dropped from ...
News Colombia Health: Colombian Minister of Health presented country health priorities to high-level authorities from WHO and PAHO
According to national authorities, Colombia has 1.2 million registered migrants. In 2018, the country provided 800,000 medical appointments to more than 200,000 people of Venezuelan origin. The health ...
News Colombia Health: Improving Water Supply and Sanitation Services in La Guajira, Colombia
The desertic region of La Guajira, one of Colombia’s most impoverished and underdeveloped ... (i.e., below 5 percent on the Water Quality Risk Index of the Colombian National Health Institute). As ...
News Colombia Health: At Venezuela-Colombia border, Temple doctor cares for 'incredibly sick'
"Everybody on the private sector and the public sector in Colombia is doing everything they can to pitch in and help," Bryan said. "But you're looking at a total public health catastrophe when you ...
