Venezuela has faced several challenges in recent years. In 2019 there is an urgent need for immediate humanitarian action to strengthen the provision of health care and other vital sectors such as water, sanitation and hygiene promotion, food safety and nutrition.

Through this emergency appeal, IFRC will support Venezuelan health centres – including the Venezuelan Red Cross health network – to deliver assistance and support to some 650,000 of the most vulnerable people with services in health and care, and water, sanitation and hygiene.