Brazilian and Venezuelan Yanomami suffer from measles – International

An outbreak of Yanomami indigenous Brazilian and Venezuelan measles attacks, Saturday informed the indigenous health of northern Brazil, which confirmed the death of a baby and 67 cases on the border with Venezuela.

Of the total infections, 60 are Venezuelan, said Manoel Pereira, technical director of the vaccination program of the Yanomami Special Sanitary District. The only recorded death of a nine-month-old Brazilian baby.

"In Venezuela, there is a lack of medical assistance, especially vaccination, a situation that has lasted for years." People with measles seek help in Brazil by spreading the virus, "said Pereira, who attacks Sanuma, a sub-group of the Yanomami ethnic group living in the border region, with an estimated 3,873 indigenous people living in the country. area where the number of notifications is highest

Cases were recorded between March and June H 34 days no notification

But Pereira stresses that this does not mean that the situation is controlled. Brazilian health can not enter Venezuelan territory to offer medical support due to the breakdown of binational agreements by discrepancies between the governments of Nicols Maduro and Michel Temer, said the spokesman, which complicates the situation in Venezuela

"This is not just measles, it is also the worry of the progression of other diseases such as malaria, leishmani dares and pneumonia, "said AFP by phone.

Natives take days of long walks to Brazil to receive help, Pereira said. "They come in serious condition, they report that the situation [na Venezuela] is very complicated, they say that there is leishmaniasis, pneumonia, malaria, measles."

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" This epidemic could be catastrophic for the Yanomami, "Sarah Shenker, senior researcher at Survival International's human rights organization, told AFP.

"We Urge Venezuelan and Brazilian Governments to Provide Emergency Medical Care to Prevent Further Deaths and Protect Lands"

Shenker says Indigenous spokespersons report apparently related deaths to cases of measles in Venezuelan territory. (19659002) Brazil has been certified in 2016 for the eradication of measles, but this year the disease has returned to the scene. The Ministry of Health has confirmed an outbreak in Amazonas and Roraima. As of June 20, 463 cases (200 in Roraima, Indians and 263 in Amazonas) have been confirmed.

In addition to the Yanomami, regional authorities confirmed that three Venezuelans died of measles in Roraima, a border state of Venezuela.

According to laboratory studies, the virus strain found in Brazil is the same in circulation in Venezuela, a country experiencing a severe political and economic crisis with a severe shortage of food, bases and remedies.

Measles is a contagious disease transmitted by the respiratory tract caused by a virus. Red spots on the skin, fever, cough and conjunctivitis are some of the symptoms.