Venezuela in grip of severe tropical disease outbreak

[Bacchus4.0]

http://news.yahoo.com/venezuela-grip-severe-tropical-disease-outbreak-200521821.html

Caracas (AFP) - Venezuela is in the grip of one of the worst outbreaks of tropical diseases in decades, and the response by public health authorities has been slow and inefficient, two non-governmental groups reported Tuesday.

In 2014, Venezuela had over 150,000 recorded cases of dengue, malaria, and Chikungunya, the report said.

The country also had 1.2 million fever episodes without a precise diagnoses, according to the report by the Health Observatory and another group called We Defend the Epidemiology of Venezuelan Society.

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The spread of the diseases coincides with a crisis in the Venezuelan health sector that has been plagued with a shortage of drugs and medical equipment.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

1. Yay climate change!

Bringing all sorts of diseases to a much wider range of people than ever before!

[Bacchus4.0]

2. Venezuela has been tropical for awhile n/t

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

3. Well, sure. But diseases are spreading more easily.

Even fairly minor shifts in weather patterns and temperatures change the ranges that various insects, molds, and fungi inhabit. And many of them serve as reservoirs or vectors for various diseases.