Recovering Its Former Strength

For Peru's pharmaceuticals and healthcare market, the main development over the past few months has been the September 2006 launch of a new five-year healthcare plan named 'Salud para todos' ('Healthcare for all'). As part of the plan, the Ministry of Health (Minsa) has been carrying out a number of urgent measures, which were due to be introduced within 180 days. These included the joint purchase of medicines in conjunction with the Social Security Services (EsSalud), armed forces and police; the re-equipping of medical establishments; and wide-reaching vaccination programmes. At the same time, Minsa has been working on increasing healthcare

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