( CNN) President Nicolas Maduro said he has asked the United Nations for help in dealing with Venezuela’s medicine shortages, which have grown severe as the country copes with a crippling economic crisis.
“The United Nations has the most advanced and complete programmes in “the worlds” to retrieve the pharmaceutical industry’s production capacity and direct it toward medications for the person or persons, ” Maduro said Friday on state-run television.
Maduro did not elaborate on what kind of aid he was seeking, or whether the United Nations had agreed to help. The Venezuelan leader fulfilled Friday with Jessica Faieta, aide administrator and administrator for the UN Development Program in Latin America and the Caribbean, according to government media.
