3 there are no records of these deaths, it was not possible to precisely establish their dates. He added that for the Enxet indigenous people it is not easy to remember their deceased, given their special relationship with death, for which reason they had to make a very significant psychological effort to accept being asked about their deceased next of kin. Based both on their accounts and on his own observations, the expert found in his study that: In most cases of deaths that were recorded, there was no prior medical care. Two cases reached the hospital, where they were diagnosed and sent back to their homes, as the physicians found that there was nothing that could be done. The mothers’ accounts show that several children died from bronchitis o bronchopneumonia. The symptoms described by the mothers are fully in accordance with this diagnosis: the children were coughing, had a high fever, and found it difficult to breathe, until they died without having received medical care or medicine. Those interviewed also stated that during the dry season the children died from diarrhea, and that is in fact the time of year in which said health problems are most frequent. These children died with all the symptoms of diarrhea: fever, constant diarrhea, sometimes with blood, and vomiting. There were also cases of adults who died for lack of adequate and timely medical care and due to lack of food. There is no health care post, clinic or health promoter in the Community. The village is 356 kilometers from the capital and 70 kilometers from the closest hospital. The closest regional hospital is 225 kilometers away, very close to Asunción, for which reason it is not easy for the members of the community to go to those health centers. Currently the nutritional conditions of the children of the Community are quite precarious. Malnutrition among children is evident. Children’s hair is discolored, their bellies are swollen, and their height is lower than it should be at their age. Furthermore, this has negative consequences such as learning and intellectual development problems. beginning, as soon as possible, a This situation can be changed by deworming therapy and adequate, permanent nutrition. 10. In Chapter VI of the Judgment on proven facts, and under the title of “living conditions of the members of the Yakye Axa indigenous community”, the Court found that they “do not have access to clean water and the most reliable source is rainwater. The water that they use on a regular basis comes from pools (water

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