Peru
Since 1994, PIH’s sister organization in Peru, Socios En Salud (SES), has been treating disease and training community members to provide prevention and care for their neighbors in the shantytowns around Lima.
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Apply to become a fellow at a PIH project in Russia or Peru.
A young, dangerously emaciated girl in Lesotho is examined and treated at a specialized TB facility, in an attempt to reverse her life threatening condition(s).
In Peru, PIH has run group therapy and support projects since late 1990s.
PIH's sister project reflects on successes, looks towards future.
Watch Paul Farmer, Desmond Tutu, Joe Madiath, and Cecilia Flores-Oebanda speak at the Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship.
Following World TB Day events from PIH sites around the world.
A recent study details the experiences of families affected by drug-resistant tuberculosis
Socios En Salud inaugurates Carabayllo Cultural Center to celebrate 14 years of serving the poor.
Blog
In Peru, staff combats epidemic by participating in HIV-awareness fair. Read More »
Global leaders must act now to make medicines and technologies available and affordable to the poor. Read More »
Lima’s largest newspaper reports on PIH tuberculosis project. Read More »
5 million new cases and 1.5 million deaths from MDR-TB have occurred in the last 10 years Read More »
In Peru, Jelen and her children defeat multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. Read More »
World's largest TB research initiative aims to save lives, fight future infections. Read More »
College students win prizes as they learn about tuberculosis and HIV. Read More »
Socios En Salud co-organizes event to bring attention to Peru’s fight against tuberculosis. Read More »
Research Articles
Publication date: 07/01/08
by Asencios, L., Yale, G., Yagui, M., Quispe, N., Taylor, A., Blaya, J., Contreras, C., Cegielski, P., Bayona, J., Bonilla, C., Shin, S.
International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
Publication date: 08/23/06
by Somocurcio J, Sotomayor A, Shin S, Portilla S, Valcarcel M, Guerra D, Furin JJ.
Thorax. 2006
Publication date: 04/02/06
by Shin SS, Furin JJ, Alcantara F, Bayona J, Sanchez E, Mitnick CD.
Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2006;12(4):687-688.
Publication date: 03/01/06
by Rich ML, Socci AR, Mitnick CD, Nardell EA, Becerra MC, Bonilla C, Bayona J, Seung KJ, Furin JJ, Farmer PE, Mukherjee JS
International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. 2006
Publication date: 01/01/06
by Drobac PC, Mukherjee JS, Joseph JK, Mitnick C, Furin JJ, del Castillo H, Shin SS, Becerra MC
Pediatrics. 2006;117(6):2022-2029
Publication date: 12/31/05
by Chalco K; Guerra D; Llaro K; Mestanza L; Muñoz M; Palacios E; Shin S; Furin J; Sapag R; Acha J.
Socios En Salud Sucursal Perú
Validation of a rapid method for detection of M. tuberculosis resistance to isoniazid and rifampin *
Publication date: 07/01/05
by Solis L, Shin SS, Han LL, Llanos F, Stowell M, Sloutsky A
International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. 2005;9(7):760-764
Publication date: 06/01/05
by Drobac PC, del Castillo H, Sweetland A, Anca G, Joseph J, Furin, Shin S
Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2005;40(11):1689-1692.
Publication date: 04/01/05
by Saravia JC, Appleton SC, Rich ML, Sarria M, Bayona J, Becerra MC
International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. 2005;9(4):421-429
Publication date: 03/01/05
by Shin S, Naroditskaya V, Sloutsky A, Werner B, Timperi R, Bayona J, Farmer P, Becerra
Microbial Drug Resistance. 2005;11(1):26-30
Manuals
Publication date:
by Main Editors: Julio Acha, Annika Sweetland, Humberto Castillo
Socios En Salud Sucursal Perú
Publication date: 06/01/06
by Partners In Health; Program in Infectious Disease and Social Change, Harvard Medical School; Division of Social Medicine and Health Inequalities, Brigham and Women's Hospital; François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights, Harvard School of Public Health (2006)
Publication date: 12/31/05
by Chalco K; Guerra D; Llaro K; Mestanza L; Muñoz M; Palacios E; Shin S; Furin J; Sapag R; Acha J.
Socios En Salud Sucursal Perú
Publication date: 12/31/03
Grupo IECA - PARTNERS TB Control (Education, Training, Communication, Advocacy Group of PARTNERS TB Control)
Essays
Publication date: 12/31/05
by Editors: Emma Rubin de Celis. Rocío Sapag; Authors: Rocío Valverde and SES Team of Nurses.
Socios En Salud Sucursal Perú
Books
Publication date: 12/31/05
by Chalco K; Guerra D; Llaro K; Mestanza L; Muñoz M; Palacios E; Shin S; Furin J; Sapag R; Acha J.
Socios En Salud Sucursal Perú
Mejorando la Adherencia: El Rol de la Psicoterapia de Grupo en el Tratamiento de la TB-MDR en el Per
Publication date: 04/01/04
by Annika Sweetland, Julio Acha, Dalia Guerra
Publication date: 12/31/03
Grupo IECA - PARTNERS TB Control (Education, Training, Communication, Advocacy Group of PARTNERS TB Control)
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