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Consuming contaminated water is highly detrimental to health. In addition to containing dirt, it contains heavy metals such as nickel, manganese, lead, chromium, cadmium, copper, and mercury. It is a source of bacteria such as E. coli, V. cholerae, Salmonella, Shigella, and Helicobacter pylori, among others, viruses such as Hepatitis A and E, Rotavirus, and Norovirus, and […]

Healthcare in Venezuela has been progressively deteriorating in recent years due to multiple causes. This has significantly compromised the operational capacity of hospitals. With the electricity crisis and lack of water supply, and according to data from the organization Doctors for Health, as of March 2019, only