Peru

Fast Facts

Peru MapCOUNTRY PROFILE

  • Population: 29.7 million
  • Partner: Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (UPCH)
  • Based in: Lima
  • Partner since: 2016

PROGRAM FOCUS

  • Expanding the reach of comprehensive cleft care for children in Peru
  • Providing early, pre-surgical care for patients

RECENT SUCCESSES

  • In 2020, 290 families received care in partnership with Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia Programa Creciendo
  • Supporting the first 52 patients in this brand new partnership (2016)
  • Training medical school residents on use of nasoalveolar moulding (NAM), which is used to reshape the nose, gums and lips of a child before surgery

KEY CHALLENGES

  • Reaching rural communities: Comprehensive cleft care is limited or non-existent in rural areas of the country
  • Navigating Care: Families from remote indigenous communities require additional support to navigate systems in Spanish.

Program Updates

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Argentina | Chile | Costa Rica | EthiopiaIndia | Myanmar | Thailand | Uganda