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  1. “Ms. Page: With regard to the question regarding the data, as I mentioned, we did some site visits, we spoke to workers within and outside Venezuela and also reviewed public data published by the Pan American Health Organization and the World Health Organization. Further details about our methodology are published in the peer-reviewed article in The Lancet that came out two weeks ago, for those who are interested in reviewing that. I also want to highlight that we in fact obtained official data, when we could. To highlight one point, as I mentioned, childhood mortality and maternal mortality increased pretty significantly from 2015 to 2016. That data comes from official reports from the Venezuelan Ministry of Health, and that increase preceded the economic sanctions were mentioned.”

    2019-04-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8506 (2019) · source

  2. “The response we are calling for would be credible, neutral, independent and impartial, as it would be under the auspices of the United Nations. Furthermore, the Security Council should regularly meet to address the humanitarian crisis in Venezuela, as well as its regional impact, given that more than 3.4 million Venezuelans have left the country in recent years. We call on the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to document violations to the rights to health and food in her upcoming report on the situation in Venezuela. Finally, we call on the Human Rights Council to continue to monitor the humanitarian situation in Venezuela and adopt a draft resolution to create an international commission of inquiry to investigate violations of the rights to health and food.”

    2019-04-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8506 (2019) · source

  3. “While Venezuelan authorities are within their rights to reject particular offers of assistance, they are responsible for fully addressing the country's urgent humanitarian needs. In order to protect the rights to health and food ofthe Venezuelan people, we recommend that the Secretary- General declare that Venezuela is facing a complex humanitarian emergency and acknowledge the severity of the situation. The crisis should be a top priority that requires United Nations system-wide, full-scale mobilization of humanitarian relief. The Secretary- General should request that Venezuelan authorities grant United Nations agencies full access to health, nutrition and food security data, and allow them to undertake a nationwide comprehensive humanitarian- needs assessment.”

    2019-04-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8506 (2019) · source

  4. “National surveys show that 80 per cent of Venezuelan households are food insecure, and, in some locations, acute malnutrition among children surpasses crisis thresholds. Hospitals across the country are reporting increases in paediatric admissions and mortality due to acute malnutrition. Venezuelan authorities also no longer publish official health information. They have threatened and retaliated against health-care workers who collect data, report deaths or speak out about medicine shortages. Objective and verifiable data are critical to assess the situation, follow trends and develop an effective humanitarian response. While more international aid has started to enter the country, the response to date has been insufficient, and there have been obstacles to implementation.”

    2019-04-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8506 (2019) · source

  5. “The number of cases of malaria has increased in recent years from fewer than 36,000 cases in 2009 to more than 414,000 in 2017 - the highest rate of increase in the world. The number of tuberculosis cases increased from 6,000 in 2014 to 13,000 in 2017, resulting in the highest tuberculosis incidence rate in 40 years. In 2018, nearly nine out of 10 Venezuelans living with HIV were not receiving antiretroviral therapy. Although Venezuelan authorities stopped publishing statistics on nutrition in 2007, available evidence indicates that hunger, malnutrition and severe food shortages are widespread. From 2015 to 2017, nearly 12 per cent of Venezuelans - 3.7 million people - were undernourished.”

    2019-04-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8506 (2019) · source

  6. “The recent nationwide blackouts have further undermined the ability of public hospitals to respond to the medical needs of Venezuelans. The latest statistics from the Venezuelan Ministry of Health indicate that, from 2015 to 2016, maternal mortality rose by 65 per cent, and infant mortality by 30 per cent. Venezuela is the only country in the region where infant mortality is rising and has returned to levels last seen in the 1990s. Infectious diseases are increasing and spreading at an alarming rate. From 2008 to 2016, only a single case of measles was recorded. Since 2017, there have been more than 9,300 cases in Venezuela, and an additional 10,000 in Brazil, mostly in border areas. Since 2016, there have been more than 2,500 suspected cases of diphtheria, whereas there was none in the preceding decade.”

    2019-04-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8506 (2019) · source

  7. “The crisis in Venezuela fits the definition of a complex humanitarian emergency, and Secretary-General Antonio Guterres should formally declare it as such and lead a full-scale United Nations-led response that is neutral, independent and impartial. We conducted research at the borders of Venezuela in Colombia and Brazil, where we interviewed more than 150 health professionals, humanitarian actors, United Nations officials and local authorities, as well as dozens of Venezuelans who had crossed the border. We also reviewed data from the Venezuelan Government, international organizations, Venezuelan hospitals and other local actors. The health data that we analysed show a health system that is not functioning, with increasing mortality and morbidity.”

    2019-04-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8506 (2019) · source

  8. “Ms. Page: I thank you, Mr. President, and the members of the Security Council for the opportunity to present our findings here today. I am Kathleen Page, a physician and faculty member at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. The findings that I am presenting today were published last week by Human Rights Watch, together with the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Our report concludes that the combination of severe medicine, health supplies and food shortages in Venezuela, together with the spread of epidemics within and across the country's borders, has resulted in a breakdown of Venezuela's health system.”

    2019-04-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8506 (2019) · source