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El Dr. Leonid Lecca, director general de Socios En Salud e instructor de la Universidad de Harvard, analizó 36 planes de gobierno de las Elecciones 2026 en Perú: solo 6 mencionan la tuberculosis y 3 el VIH. ¿Qué dice eso de nuestra agenda en salud?
Socios En Salud implements community-based strategies that link sexual health services for screening, diagnosis, treatment and support for people living with HIV.
Se trata de nuevo esquema de tratamiento para prevenir la tuberculosis en personas que viven con VIH aprobado por el Ministerio de Salud del Perú, que consiste en la administración de solo 12 dosis una vez por semana, en un periodo de 3 meses; y es igual de efectivo que el esquema actual de 180 dosis de isoniacida diarias a lo largo de 6 meses.
Socios En Salud screened more than 70% of all children in the district of Carabayllo to identify any risk or delay in their early childhood development. Of these, 1480 children under 24 months of age were able to improve their condition.
Socios En Salud implements new intervention to strengthen access to primary health care services in community spaces in Carabayllo.
There are 12 civil society representatives from Latin American and Caribbean countries who participated in the INCIDE TB - LAC Mentoring Program implemented by Socios En Salud for the development of advocacy plans that contribute to ending tuberculosis.
With the support of international cooperation, Partners in Health has established nine Centers for Temporary Oxygen Therapy in Peru, to ensure access to oxygen and relieve pressure on hospitals in moderate cases of COVID-19 and respiratory illnesses which require low-flow oxygen supply.
La Cámara de Representantes de EE. UU. anunció la legislación de la “Resolución en Memoria de Paul Farmer”, que busca poner fin a las muertes trágicas e innecesarias de más de 13 millones de personas al año.
Socios En Salud participated in the Global Fund’s Replenishment Conference, which aimed to raise US$18 billion to eradicate HIV, tuberculosis and malaria and save 20 million lives over the next three years.