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LHSS Chief of Party in Peru, Paulina Giusti learns what three organizations in Peru and Colombia are doing to improve access and link people with mental health needs to the services they require through psychosocial support networks.
With increased migration around the world posing unique challenges and opportunities for health systems, efforts to better integrate and include migrants and host communities in national health systems are an integral part of the global health equity agenda.
The English Summary for this report described the purpose of this guide which is to facilitate the implementation of Technical Health Standard N°191-MINSA/DGIESP-2022 for the prevention and management of patients affected by Mpox at the subnational level. This operational guide aims to ensure the effective implementation of the provisions established in the technical standard, to benefit the affected population and ensure access to appropriate services.
La presente guía tiene como objetivo principal facilitar la implementación de la Norma Técnica de Salud N°191-MINSA/DGIESP-2022 para la prevención y manejo de los pacientes afectados por Mpox a nivel subnacional. Esta guía operativa busca asegurar la efectiva puesta en práctica de las disposiciones establecidas en la norma técnica, con el fin de beneficiar a la población afectada y garantizar el acceso a servicios adecuados.
This report aims to delve deeper into comprehending the functioning of the social protection system and the interventions carried out by civil society, particularly concerning the Venezuelan LGBTQI+ migrant and refugee population in Peru. Additionally, it strives to uncover the obstacles that hinder their access to crucial services.
El objetivo de este reporte es profundizar en la comprensión del funcionamiento del sistema de protección público y las acciones emprendidas por la sociedad civil, en relación con la población migrante y refugiada LGBTQI+ proveniente de Venezuela en el territorio peruano.
Join LHSS and the P4H Network on June 14 as we hear from local, national, and regional institutions working to advance social health protection for women and children in high migration contexts.
Health personnel and teachers team up to increase COVID-19 vaccination coverage among families and children through a campaign to counter myths inhibiting community uptake.
Proper specimen collection and transport play an important role in the accurate and timely identification of newly emerging infectious diseases. This report provides recommendations for improving the specimen collection and transport system in Peru.
La Estrategia de Comunicación para el Cambio de Comportamiento frente al COVID-19 (ECCC COVID-19) es un esfuerzo intergubernamental de los gobiernos regionales de Arequipa, Madre de Dios, Moquegua, Puno y Tacna, a iniciativa de sus autoridades sanitarias regionales, para fortalecer su estrategia de salud pública y lograr sus objetivos sanitarios frente a la pandemia por SARS-CoV-2.
This resource provides recommendations aimed at strengthening the Ministry of Health’s functional capabilities and operational capacities to generate and use information for effective deployment of COVID-19 vaccinations.
This resource provides recommendations aimed at strengthening the Ministry of Health’s functional capabilities and operational capacities to generate and use information for effective deployment of COVID-19 vaccinations.
Officials from the health and education sectors of Arequipa, Madre de Dios, Moquegua, Puno and Tacna regions of Peru begin discussions for implementing a regional COVID-19 communications strategy.
In the Dominican Republic, the dual impact of large numbers of migrants and a health system overwhelmed by COVID-19 has meant that fewer health services are available for migrant women. LHSS is working to improve health protection for the country’s migrant women, most of whom come from Haiti.
Population movement of this magnitude places huge stress on health systems in receptor countries. How can health care for migrants be financed? How can health system capacity be expanded? And how can health sector policies and national migration policies be harmonized?