Three months after two powerful earthquakes struck Venezuela, local health workers, first responders, and humanitarian organizations are continuing to care for affected communities as the response moves from immediate emergency relief toward longer-term recovery.

On June 24, two earthquakes, magnitudes 7.2 and 7.5, struck north-central Venezuela near Yumare, about 100 miles west of Caracas. The earthquakes affected eight states and a population of 14 million people.

As of Sept. 17, the government reported 6,509 deaths and 226,696 people treated at medical facilities. More than 24,000 people remain sheltered across transitional camps.

The disaster placed extraordinary pressure on a health system that was already significantly under-resourced. Of 211 health facilities assessed following the earthquakes, 136 are operational.…