Human Rights Watch asks UN to intervene in Venezuela – ElSol.com.ar – Diario de Mendoza, Argentina

The seriousness of the situation in Venezuela this requires immediate United Nations intervention and a declaration of "complex humanitarian crisis" by the international body, according to an "urgent" report prepared by Human Rights Watch (HRW) and experts from the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University.

This technical qualification that would unlock enough human and material resources to cope with the daily drama of millions of Venezuelans. The report will be presented in the US capital, according to Infobae.

The work is entitled "The humanitarian emergency in Venezuela: a large-scale intervention of the UN is needed to cope with the health and food crisis".

On 73 pages, it documents the increase in maternal and infant mortality rates, the population's food deficit, with worrying malnutrition rates, and the emergence of outbreaks of diseases that could be prevented by vaccination, such as measles and diphtheria, and a sharp increase in the transmission of infectious diseases such as malaria and tuberculosis.

"The combination of these factors is explosive for the health of the population, and the most serious is that many local organizations say that they could do much more to improve the situation, but they can not do it. because of the obstacles the government imposes on them, "he said. Infobae Tamara Taraciuk Broner, Senior HRW Attorney for the Americas and one of the study leaders.