According to Caritas Venezuela, 40% of children under two years of age have acute, moderate or severe malnutrition. The Human Rights Observatory of the University of Los Andes stressed that “children are a part of the population that has been seriously affected by the complex humanitarian emergency
The Voluntad Popular (VP) party denounced an increase in the rate of child malnutrition in the nation. The wing of the organization for political purposes, led by Leopoldo López, blamed President Nicolás Maduro for aggravating this problem.
“Childhood in Venezuela has been affected by the current crisis, where there is an increase in the rate of malnutrition, children without access to education and an increase in child labor,” said the political party through its social networks on July 17, about the celebration of children’s day.
Children in Venezuela have been affected by the current crisis, where there is an increase in the rate of malnutrition, children without access to education and an increase in child labor. Where the regime has been in charge of ignoring and thus deepening these problems. pic.twitter.com/jZoiRT98LC
– Popular Will (@PopularWill) July 17, 2022
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Along these same lines, the Human Rights Observatory of the Universidad de Los Andes demanded respect for the rights of the child population. The institution stressed that “children are a part of the population that has been seriously affected by the complex humanitarian emergency. From suffering separation from their parents and relatives due to forced migration, to suffering from malnutrition.”
#Children’s Day Today #17July we celebrate children in Venezuela. It is for them that we claim their rights from the regime. Children are a part of the population that has been severely affected by EHC. pic.twitter.com/c28Q1RT7oq
— ULA.DDHH Observatory (@Uladdhh) July 17, 2022
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) highlighted in June that at least 3,200 children under the age of five were diagnosed with acute malnutrition in Venezuela in the first four months of the year. EFE.
According to OCHA, the high cost of medicines and nutritional supplies reduces the response capacity of organizations on the ground. This limits the scope of community management of cases of acute malnutrition, some of which lead to the public health network for management and treatment.
According to Caritas Venezuela 40% of children under two years of age have acute malnutrition, moderate or severe. The movement has warned that some of the irreparable damage to children with malnutrition is low height and weight for their age and, in later years, others such as difficulty performing in studies.
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