PAHO Venezuela worries about cancer medicine shortage

By Alexandra Ulmer CARACAS (Reuters) – Reports of shortages of cancer medicines in Venezuela are worrisome, a doctor representing the World Health Organization’s Americas arm in the scarcity-hit country said in a rare interview this week. Currency controls that crimp imports and a decline in local production have led to shortages of contraceptives, surgical equipment and medicine in the oil-producing country. “We’re worried (over reports) that these medicines are missing,” Dr. Celia Riera, a Cuban who represents the Pan American Health Organization in Venezuela, said in an interview.
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