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Hope comes in small doses
“I´ve been reborn,” said Celinda Tafur, 87 years old, after receiving her first COVID-19 vaccine dose at the Los Libertadores vaccination site in Lima, Peru. Celinda hopes it will bring her closer to what she misses most: gathering the whole family around the table. Artemio Baldoceda, 83 years old, misses his gran...
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A year of pandemic, a year of action in Peru
“It’s been a tough year. The most difficult thing was that my mother has to work at a health centre. We keenly followed the arrival of the vaccines. One day my mother came home happy because she had been vaccinated. Now we feel more at ease because she is more protected, but we keep taking care of ourselves.” -Lu...
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COVID-19 vaccines from COVAX facility arrive in Peru
Lima, 11 March 2021, - Peru received yesterday 117,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine against COVID-19 through the COVAX facility, a global alliance between CEPI, Gavi, WHO and UNICEF. The vaccines, which arrived from Amsterdam, were received at Lima’s international airport by the President of Peru, Francisco Sagasti...
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In Peru, the sun helps vaccines keep their cool
As COVID-19 vaccines start to roll out, Peru is preparing to deliver doses to millions of people from the Amazon to the Andes. In a country where one in five rural households doesn´t have access to electricity [1] , storing vaccines at the right temperature can be a challenge. , Solar-powered refrigeration , Part ...
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COVID-19 vaccine: Peru's Minsa procures over 10,000 refrigeration equipment units through UNICEF
Article on Agencia Andina website ▶ Article published originally on Agencia Andina The Ministry of Health (Minsa) has procured 10,339 units of refrigeration equipment, through the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), to enhance the cold chain system needed to transport and store COVID-19 vaccines across Peru...
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Keeping children in Peru learning in the time of COVID-19
With schools closed in Peru due to the pandemic, students, teachers and families are facing the challenge of adapting to new ways of learning. The government launched the “I learn at home” strategy for radio, TV and Internet on 6 April. As of 1 July, the government announced that a small number of schools in rural...
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Protecting Peru's indigenous children in the time of COVID-19
The COVID-19 emergency affects everyone, but indigenous people in the Amazon are particularly vulnerable. They live in communities with high levels of poverty and historically limited investment in public services. Public information isn’t always available in indigenous languages. Hand washing isn’t so easy withou...
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Getting oxygen to the heart of the Amazon
While COVID-19 affects everyone, not everyone is affected in the same way. In Peru, one of the pandemic’s hotspots, indigenous communities have been hit particularly hard. According to 2018 National Household Survey data, six out of ten Amazonian indigenous children in Peru live below the poverty line, in communit...
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120 days of COVID-19, 120 days of action in Peru
While millions of children and adolescents were enjoying their last days of school holidays and the media were reporting on the price of school supplies, uniforms and tuition, and on the new Congress, the words “coronavirus” and “COVID-19” were already being heard in Peru, but referred to a distant threat. However...
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Solidarity and care in confinement
Leixymar is 14 years old and for the past 2 years has been living in the district of San Martín de Porres in northern Lima, Peru. She arrived from Venezuela with her parents and older brother to start a new life. “My parents and brother had already gotten jobs and I had a spot at school. We were all happy. Until o...
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The challenge of virtual education
As teachers and students were getting ready to begin classes in Peru, the declaration of a National Emergency due to COVID-19 brought the start of the 2020 school year to a halt. Children and adolescents across Peru had to adapt to a new way of learning, and teachers had to face the challenge of virtual teaching. ...
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In Peru’s Amazon, It Will Take More Than Soap And Water
Ana lavando sus manos Ana, 11 years, washes her hands in the indigenous community of Santa Rosa de Tamaya Tipischa in the Peruvian Amazon. “Just like this,” said Miguel Pacaya. “You do the same on both sides. Then you do this.” Over a bucket of water, Miguel was showing his daughter Ana, 11 years, how to wash her hands with soap recently delivered…, [1], . Limited connectivity also cuts many off from information that can be lifesaving in a countr...