Colombia Health System Strained by Fleeing Venezuelans

Ongoing critical shortages of medical supplies and services can make life precarious in Venezuela, goading some to seek health care abroad. So many have fled to neighboring Colombia for health and other reasons that its president, Juan Manuel Santos, announced last week that his country would beef up security along the 2,205-kilometer border. Just last month, Santos had reiterated Colombia's longstanding offer of "humanitarian support in the matter of food and medicines,"...

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