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A July 2017 health bulletin leaked to ICASO indicated that the number of malaria cases for 2017 until then was 184,225, which is 63 percent higher than the same period in 2016.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EA public letter published by indigenous leaders from 25 Joti villages states that in 2016 alone there were nearly 4,000 malaria episodes in one village of 900 inhabitants. The letter states that people split limited medications to distribute them among patients. The increase of malaria cases also appears to be having an impact on neighboring countries, such as Brazil and Colombia, which are seeing more imported malaria cases from Venezuela, the report says.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe report describes stock-outs of antiretroviral therapy (ARTs) in Venezuela and suggests there may be a link between such stock-outs and UNAIDS statistics that show an increase in AIDS-related deaths (from 1900 in 2011 to 3300 in 2015), as well as with a decrease in the number of deaths prevented by ARTs (from 3500 in 2011 to 2700 in 2015). According to the report, HIV prevalence is particularly high among the Warao indigenous group.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition, the report says that there\u2019s an \u201calmost complete lack of access to tuberculosis screening\u201d for vulnerable populations, including prisoners and indigenous communities, and cites experts who shared unpublished information that suggests a rapid increase in the number of new cases.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAll of this is happening in a context of severe shortages of medicines and medical supplies, which have also been \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/report\/2016\/10\/24\/venezuelas-humanitarian-crisis\/severe-medical-and-food-shortages-inadequate-and\u0022\u003Edocumented\u003C\/a\u003E by Human Rights Watch. The report includes an image of a memo circulated in a government-run hospital instructing staff to reuse \u201cspinal needles, epidural needles, intubation tubes, and endotracheal tubes\u201d\u2014a practice that can pose significant health risks to patients.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EIn May 2017, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.theglobalfund.org\/en\/\u0022\u003EThe Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB, and Malaria\u003C\/a\u003E\u2014a UN body that provides aid to countries in need\u2014\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.theglobalfund.org\/board-decisions\/b37-dp11\/\u0022\u003Eexpressed\u003C\/a\u003E concern about the \u201cresurgence of malaria, shortages of critical commodities for HIV and TB, and broader health crisis in Venezuela and its impact on the region\u201d but noted Venezuela was not eligible for Global Fund financing and called for a coordinated regional response. 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