Socios En Salud organization and people

Key leadership positions are held by:

General Director –  Julio Acha
Director of Projects and Research - José Yamanija
Director of Finance – Ernesto Barrios
Director of Development – Nathalie Diaz
Director of Training and Publications – Lorena Mestanza
Peru Project Assistant (Boston) – Elaine Weisman

Socios En Salud is organized into three main departments:

  • Administration
    responsible for accounting, personnel, logistics, public relations, the Comite Directivo (steering committee), the Comite de Proyectos (projects committee), legal counsel, and the Department of Information and Statistics
  • Health-related Projects
    responsible for clinical projects, social service projects, the contacts and primary health care projects, the DOTS-Plus and TARGA-Plus projects that provide directly observed therapy for MDR-TB and HIV patients, the rapid methods project, and the Palm Pilot and e-Chasqui projects for use of PIH's Electronic Medical Records (EMR) system.
  • Training and Publications
    responsible for the training, documentation and communications departments