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Learn more about our work in Peru and the main news of the health sector
Learn more about our work in Peru and the main news of the health sector
Gerson is a young man who suffers from schizophrenia, lives with his sister and mother, and has been receiving care and community accompaniment to strengthen adherence to treatment thanks to the intervention of Socios En Salud’s chronic mental disorder project in Carabayllo.
In Peru, only 2% of the more than 35,000 community health workers (CHWs) have higher technical education, while a worrying 22% of them lack any type of education.
En una alianza histórica entre la asociación Peruanos por Peruanos, TB Alliance y Socios En Salud, se logró concretar la donación de 100 dosis de Pretomanid
This 2023, is coming to an end and we would like to share a series of photographs that illustrate our purpose of strengthening the health system and achieving equity and social justice.
Más de 50 participantes pudieron fortalecer sus conocimientos y explorar estrategias efectivas para impulsar sus labores comunitarias en la lucha contra la TB y el VIH.
More than 15,000 inhabitants of the 50 communities in the Yavari basin will be able to receive timely care and treatment 24 hours a day, thanks to the implementation of the photovoltaic power generation system that will supply electricity to the Islandia Health Center, Loreto.
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From November 8 to 17, Socios En Salud toured the most remote communities of Loreto to lead free tuberculosis (TB) screenings.
Según el MINSA, Perú registró más de 9 mil infecciones por VIH y 1,412 casos de SIDA en 2022. Sin embargo, existen medicamentos que, aunque no remplaza la efectividad del preservativo, disminuyen las probabilidades de contraer el VIH.