| Health: Peru |
| This pathfinder includes information about health in Peru.
The major online source of health information are the databases of the World Health Organization, and with regard to Latin American and the Caribbean that source is the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) in Washington, D.C. PAHO is an international public health agency working to improve health and living standards of the countries of the Americas. They provide a variety of databases such as the Health library for disasters; the Adolescent Health database; and
the Pan American Center for Sanitary Engineering and Environmental Sciences.
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| HIV/AIDS PROFILE: PERU (http://www.census.gov/ipc/hiv/peru.pdf) |
| The Census Bureau of the U.S. Department of Commerce presents demographic data on HIV/AIDS in Peru. The bureau includes epidemiological data, including data on HIV in homosexuals, HIV in patients with sexually transmitted diseases (STD), HIV in pregnant women, and HIV in sex workers in Peru. In English. |
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| MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY AND CHOLERA IN PERU (http://www.colorado.edu/geography/gcraft/warmup/cholera/cholera%5Ff.html) |
| A case study of the cholera outbreak in 1991, with graphics and geographic information system data files. In English. |
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| PERU: BASIC COUNTRY HEALTH PROFILES, SUMMARIES 1999 (http://www.paho.org/english/sha/prflper.htm) |
| The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) offers a country profile of Peru. This profile was released in 1999 and features a socioeconomic, political, and demographic overview of the country that includes pertinent statistics. PAHO also provides information concerning health issues for various population groups, diseases and other health-related problems, and health care services in Peru. PAHO notes that the information is a summary of a chapter from "Health in the Americas 1998" and offers access to the entire chapter in PDF format. In English |
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| REPUBLICA DEL PERU: MINISTERIO DE SALUD (http://www.minsa.gob.pe/index2.htm) |
| The official Web site of Peru's Ministry of Health presents the following topics: institutional information (history, organizational structure, etc ...), links to various sectors and programs of the Ministry, offices, programs and projects, links to national hospitals and institutes, an online library, online publications, and health statistics. In Spanish. |
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| STOP TUBERCULOSIS: COUNTRY PROFILES: PERU (http://www.stoptb.org/Countries/Peru.htm) |
| Stop Tuberculosis is an organization that aims to stop the spread of tuberculosis (TB) worldwide. The organization provides information about programs that the Peruvian government has implemented to control the disease. The government regards TB services as an integral part of its social program against poverty, and has achieved and sustained global TB control targets covering the whole country. TB-related statistics for Peru are provided. In English. |
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| TOBACCO OR HEALTH: A GLOBAL STATUS REPORT: PERU (http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/who/peru.htm) |
| The World Health Organization (WHO) offers the section on Peru of "Tobacco or Health: A Global Status Report." The report offers country profiles by region for 1997, including socio-demographic characteristics, tobacco production and industry, tobacco consumption, the prevalence of smoking, and tobacco control measures in Peru. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides the report online for WHO. In English. |
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| UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA (http://www.upch.edu.pe/UPCHoi/UPCH.htm) |
| This university was founded on September 22, 1961 as the Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Medicas y Biológicas. Even though the university has added a few more academic programs since its creation, it is still known today as a medical university. This Web site includes general information about university, its masters and doctoral programs, faculties, research, publications, a cultural center, university administration, student organizations, services, and the library. In Spanish. |
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