Venezuela’s public health worsened sharply last year, with infant mortality jumping 30%, maternal mortality shooting up 66% and cases of malaria climbing 76%, according to the country’s health ministry. The latest health and mortality statistics—usually a closely guarded government secret—were published this week in the government’s most recent epidemiological bulletin, from the end of December 2016. The last time the health ministry...

Source: Wall Street Journal May 09, 2017 23:15 UTC