This report was a collaboration by Fundación Bengoa, Observatorio Venezolano de Salud, and Red Agroalimentaria de Venezuela and is part of a series on the Complex Humanitarian Emergency in Venezuela. Civilis Human Rights provided support in the construction and development of the methodology of the working groups within the framework of its mandate to strengthen civil society in the field of human rights. Photo by Iván Ocando.
Venezuela is immersed in a Complex Humanitarian Emergency since 2015, that severely compromised the human right to food of its 31.8 million inhabitants and especially of populations and communities in extreme poverty due to the effects of hunger and malnutrition. Currently, it is among the countries of the world with severe food insecurity. The human right to access, available foods and its utilization, in quantity and quality necessary for adequate consumption, has become impossible for most Venezuelans and is resulting in an accelerated nutritional deterioration of the population. The most affected are children, pregnant women, the elderly, people in chronic health conditions and people who are confined or in areas of difficult geographic access. The lack of nutrients, calories and proteins between the conception and the end of the 2 years of life, represents a threat to the growth and physical, mental and social development of the new generations.
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Venezuela-CHE-Food-Dec-2018
