Perceptions of health personnel and the community in relation to cultural appropriateness of maternal perinatal services in rural andean and Amazonian areas from Huanuco Region

Maternal mortality is a priority issue worldwide, most cases occur in underdeveloped countries with illiteracy, poorly accessible rural areas and with poor access and insufficient trained health personnel. [b]Objectives....

Chacho (Alcanzo, Hapiruzqa), Andean cultural syndrome: frequency, characteristics and traditional treatments in Ayacucho, Peru

[b][i]Objectives.[/i][/b] Knowing the clinical features, diagnose and treatment for patients with the syndrome mean as chacho and what is its perceived prevalence in five districts of Ayacucho (Peruvian Central Andes).[b...

Atypical microfilaria in coinfection with Mansonella ozzardi and Plasmodium vivax in peruvian Amazon

Prueba de ELISA indirecta del lisado total de Bartonella bacilliformis para el diagnóstico rápido de la Enfermedad de Carrión

Se elaboró y estandarizó una prueba de ELISA indirecta con el lisado total de [i]Bartonella bacilliformis [/i]procedentes de una cepa ATCC y de un aislamiento clínico. Se seleccionaron 86 sueros de pacientes con diagnóst...

Implementation of universal health assurance in pilot regions of Peru

In April 2009, the Law No. 29344: Framework Law on Universal Health Assurance was enacted, its implementation will be gradual in the number of insured as coverage of benefits and explicit guarantees. First will be implem...