Cubans have set up groups on social media to barter medicines as the country suffers from acute shortages of basic medicines as it grapples with its worst economic crisis in decades.Alexandre Meneghini / Reuters fileDayana Rodriguez says her son is overwhelmed with scabies but she has not been able to find any of the treatments prescribed by their doctor at the poorly-stocked pharmacies in Havana so she is now turning to a herbal remedy instead.
Nine families in Havana told Reuters they were struggling to treat outbreaks of scabies, a highly infectious yet preventable skin disease, due to medicine shortages. But cash woes in the ailing state economy since the fall of former benefactor the Soviet Union have taken their toll on both healthcare facilities and the availability of medicine.
Florencio Chavez, who has run a medicinal plant shop for 25 years, recommends guacamaya francesa, cundeamor, neem, Parthenium hysterophorus to treat scabies. He says demand for herbal remedies has risen in recent years. While medicine is theoretically exempt from sanctions, the sanctions still are a strong disincentive to overseas medical providers, who might risk being fined, and the embargo hurts the economy across the board so there is less cash for imports.
NBCLatino Hmm wonder if crippling US sanctions and embargoes have anything to do with that
NBCLatino Since when is Cuba in Latin America?
NBCLatino most Americans may be don't known America government has sanctioned Cuba almost 60 years in economy, Which is called racial genocide sanction
NBCLatino It’s appalling what the christian taliban in the USA have done to Cuba to punish it for expelling corrupt & criminal American interests from their little island.
NBCLatino Send them our excess, unwanted vaccines.
NBCLatino ⚠️THE LEFT HAS A RACISM, PROBLEM CHANGE MY MIND⚠️
NBCLatino Even with the Trump vaccine.. JoeBiden's killed 176,042 Americans with Covid-19 as of 4/21. SpeakerPelosi has murdered 568,470 as House Speaker!
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