Peru anti-fraud and corruption authorities seized nearly 15 tons of fake medicine, valued at approximately 100,000 soles, or $35,000.
The operation, conducted June 11 in three different stores located on Paruro Street in Lima’s city center but made known only this week, yielded nearly 15 tons of fake and possibly lethal medicine, , Police Col. Pedro […]

Peruvian doctors successfully extracted 17 objects, including pins, pens, a belt clasp and a liquid paper bottle, from the stomach of a 38-year-old man in the northern coast city of Trujillo.
Luis Zárate Arce, who suffers from schizophrenia, was transported to the city’s regional health care center Tuesday after complaining about acute stomach pain, Radio Programas […]

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Growing from a small urban grassroots organization to a regional leader in promoting women’s rights, the Lima-based Manuela Ramos Movement or MMR celebrated its 30-year anniversary this week.
“We never thought, or at least I never thought, that we would be celebrating our 30th anniversary,” Alicia Villanueva, a founding member of the […]

Critics believe former President Fujimori’s precancerous mouth condition, leukoplakia, is being used as a ploy to obtain a mistrial and to distract public attention from the testimony given by retired army Gen. Rodolfo Robles, who has told the court that Fujimori was fully aware of the Colina death squad’s assassinations of Maoist Shining Path […]

Almost three million children and adolescents between two and 19 years old in Lima and the port city of Callao will receive hepatitis B vaccinations starting in April as part of the Health Ministry’s national campaign against the virus, the coordinator of the National Immunization Strategy said Tuesday.
The ministry will give the vaccinations in three […]

Promoting health policies and programs to combat HIV/AIDS is among the priorities of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Health Working Group, which started its two-day meetings Thursday at the Lima Chamber of Commerce. The head of the meetings, Australian Jan Benett, told Agencia Andina the objective is to promote effective policies and programs in the 21 […]

Peruvian doctors ended their national strike Tuesday following a 15-point agreement with Health Minister Hernán Garrido-Lecca. The president of the Peruvian Medical Federation, Julio Vargas, told daily La República that members of the doctors’ union unanimously voted to end the 21-day strike ahead of a meeting with Garrido-Lecca. 
According to the daily, the agreement will amalgamate the […]

The Peruvian Medical Federation voted to postpone releasing patients prematurely from public hospitals as part of their ongoing national strike over health care investment and improved salaries. According to Radio Programs radio, the union’s president, Julio Vargas, said they would wait 48 hours in the hope of opening dialogue with Health Minister Hernán Garrido-Lecca in order to end the […]

Economist Alejandro Arrieta Herrera announced today that unnecessary cesarean sections in Peru’s private clinics have created a surcharge of $6.7 million annually. Arrieta, who is a fellow at the Institute for Health at Rutgers University, added that employers and independent users of private health insurance are compensating for the surcharge by paying overpriced premiums.
According to […]

Peru’s former health minister said yesterday that preliminary information from international health organizations points to weak immune systems as the cause of death in four people who received yellow fever immunizations in the southern Peruvian town of Ica in early October.
Carlos Vallejos told Agencia Andina “there seemed to be a sensibility problem on the part […]