Venezuela has a population of 31.8 million inhabitants and a territory divided into 24 states. Since 2015, the country is affected by an unprecedented Complex Humanitarian Emergency. Due to its multiple factors and extensive destructuring at the institutional, legal, political, social and economic levels, this emergency has devastating effects on the life and well-being of the entire population. Regarding the right to health, its impacts have materialized in the destruction of a public health system already deteriorated, causing serious damage to the health of millions of people, the reappearance and spread of epidemics eradicated decades ago and thousands of deaths and other irreparable damages increasing progressively.

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The following organizations participated in preparing this national report: Codevida – Coalition of Organizations for the Rights to Health and to Life; Acción Solidaria (Solidarity in Action); AVH – Venezuelan Association for Hemophilia; Convite AC; Prepara Familia; Senos Ayuda; Provea – Venezuelan Education-Action Program on Human Rights; Médicos Unidos de Venezuela (United Physicians of Venezuela); Defiende Venezuela (Defend Venezuela); CEPAZ – Justice and Peace Center; and OVS – Venezuelan Observatory on Health. 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.