During the 2024–2025 biennium, PAHO facilitated access to essential health services for 142 764 people affected by the protracted crisis in Venezuela by mobilizing resources and implementing projects for humanitarian health response. Through its technical and operational coordination role, the Organization supported the timely provision of critical supplies to ensure continuity of care in highly vulnerable contexts, mobilizing a total of 22.14 tonnes of essential supplies, including 6.61 tonnes of water, sanitation, and hygiene supplies, 5.35 tonnes of medicine kits and medical supplies, and 4.86 tonnes of medical and surgical equipment and materials. In addition, the capacities of frontline health personnel were strengthened through training focused on emergency medical care, contributing to an improved immediate response to critical population needs. Together, these interventions mitigated disruptions in the provision of essential services, reinforced the operational capacity of the health system in priority areas, and sustained the humanitarian response in a context of persistent structural limitations.  

The support provided by PAHO directly contributed to protecting the health of vulnerable populations, strengthening the system’s resilience to prolonged emergencies, and creating more favorable conditions for preserving continuity of care, reducing avoidable risks, and safeguarding public health gains. By focusing on strengthening emergency medical services and networks, the country office sought to reinforce the concept of saving lives by integrating it with the development of sustained responses that allow for the gradual rebuilding of the organizational structure of territorial networks, in particular by coordinating flows between primary care services and specialized hospital care.