An expert from the European Union Program EUROsociAL+ meets with key actors to produce a diagnosis and suggestions to offer sustainability to the Amachay Network which articulates territorial work at an inter-sectoral and intergovernmental level to ensure timely attention for the Peruvian population at high risk from Covid -19.
The European Union EUROsociAL+ programme has been developing initiatives that strengthen the Amachay Network’s Power of Caring created by the Peruvian government as part of its Covid-19 national emergency framework. Over recent weeks, the Chilean expert Paula Forttes has held meetings with a number of key actors who implement work in the region, with teams from the Ministry of Development and Social Inclusion (MIDIS), the Ministry of Women and Vulnerable Populations (MIMP), the Ministry of Health (MINSA) and local and regional governments.
The EUROsociAL+ programme is expected to collaborate in the development of a diagnosis of the Network’s organisation, operation, local management and support services, identifying elements to underpin its implementation and continuity beyond the pandemic.
Within the framework of this action, the scope of the organisations involved in the Network will be expanded, involving the Contigo y Pensión 65 programme in order to strengthen the current network within the framework of COVID and establish a 2021 Network that can lay the foundations for a care system in Peru that builds on existing services in order to attract new benefits, such as the previously mentioned programmes.
The experience of the Network has allowed the Ministry of Health to recognise and validate the importance of strengthening the care of these groups from the primary level. It has produced diagnoses that underline the importance of the primary level with regard to prevention and health promotion, highlighting the need to avoid turning up at hospitals and outlining a strategy involving the creation of Covid-19 points and health points, as well as public participation and social control through the 1,664 committees established to date (it is expected that these will reach 3,000 with improved effectiveness).
