Malaria — Venezuela
On a recent morning in Venezuela’s southern jungle state of Bolivar, [AS], her 2 sons, one daughter-in-law, and a granddaughter lined up in front of a shabby community health center in the hope of receiving treatment for malaria. All 5 of them are afflicted by the mosquitoborne disease, which is rapidly spreading through Venezuela as an economic meltdown strips the country of medicine and doctors.
“We don’t know if this is a curse, but the entire area is awash in malaria,” said [AS], 56,
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