Public Health – Orinoco Tribune – News and opinion pieces about Venezuela and beyond

Health-Education-Sport-Culture-Technology News

Venezuela: How a Children’s Cardiology Hospital Carried Out Over 300 Free Operations in the Midst of the Blockade and the Pandemic

September 11, 2021September 11, 2021 orinocotribune #SanctionsKill, Caracas, community healthcare, COVID-19 crisis, difficulties in import of medical supplies, Gilberto Rodriguez Ochoa Hospital, Isabel Iturria, Pandemic response, Public Health, unilateral coercive measures, US and European blockade, Venezuela

The last few years have been a challenge for the functioning of the hospital, which has had to overcome great

Latin America and ALBA-TCP News

Cuba’s Vaccine Triumph (Interview)

July 5, 2021 Editor2 Abdala, BioCubaFarma, biotech, Bolivia, COVID-19, Cuba, Cuba’s Vaccine, Danilo Sánchez Vázquez, Kawsachun News, Latin America, Mambisa, Public Health, Soberana 01, Soberana 02, Soberana Plus, US blockade on Cuba, US Imperialism

Kawsachun News spoke exclusively to the Ambassador of Cuba in Bolivia, Danilo Sánchez Vázquez, about the COVID-19 vaccines his country

Central America and the Caribbean Latin America and ALBA-TCP News

80 Groups Blast US for Interfering with Mexico’s Plan to Ban Glyphosate and GMO Corn

May 6, 2021 Editor2 agribusiness, agriculture, animals pesticides, Bayer, Bayer-Monsanto, chemicals, Corn, food, glyphosate, GMO, health, Mexico, monsanto, Public Health, US decline

As Mexico prepares to phase out glyphosate and GMO corn crops, a coalition of agriculture, consumer, environmental, public health and

International Opinion US/Canada

Medicare for All Would Have Prevented Hundreds of Thousands of Covid Deaths: New Report

March 18, 2021 Jake Johnson COVID-19, medicare for all, Pandemic, Public Citizen, Public Health, US decline

By Jake Johnson – Mar 16, 2021 “We need to be prepared for the next pandemic, and we can’t be

International Opinion US/Canada

How Venezuela has Held Back COVID-19 in Spite of the US Sanctions Stranglehold on its Economy

October 31, 2020 Vijay Prashad Access to health, Chile, COVID-19 in Venezuela, Fidel Castro, Hugo Chavez, Left responses to COVID-19, Maria Lourdes Urbaneja Duran, Mision Barrio Adentro, Public Health, Sabotaje in Venezuela, Unasur, US Sanctions, World Health Organization (WHO)

By Vijay Prashad – Oct 29, 2020 María Lourdes Urbaneja Durant tells Vijay Prashad that despite sabotage by the US,

Asia International Opinion

On Socialist Vietnam’s Response to COVID-19

September 2, 2020September 2, 2020 orinocotribune Artists, Communist Party, COVID-19, Grassroots Organizing, Grassroots Socialism, Public Health, Social Media, Social Movements, socialism, Vietnam

Vietnam dare to win, dare to beat the Corona Virus! By Merle Ratner and Ngo Thanh Nhan – Aug 31,

International Opinion

US Sanctions in Venezuela: Help, Hindrance, or Violation of Human Rights?

June 16, 2019June 16, 2019 orinocotribune collective punishment, Human Rights, Public Health, US Sanctions

By Tanya L Zakrison and Carles Muntaner We read with interest the Review about Venezuela’s public health crisis (1) and