Peru to deliver 140,000 services to Amazon communities
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The Peruvian government launched a campaign to provide services to citizens in remote Amazonian communities in Loreto, Peru. Four mobile platforms, operated by the Ministry of Development and Inclusion Social with support from the Ministry of Defence, will deliver over 140,000 services to approximately 9,000 people.
The government intends to reach communities where geographical barriers prevent regular access to public services.
Ministers Maritza Canales Martínez and Rafael Belaunde Llosa oversaw the launch of the platforms, Ucayali II, Morona, Yahuas, and Corrientes, from Iquitos. Each platform will offer medical services including general medicine, dentistry, and obstetrics, as well as laboratory tests and telehealth consultations with specialists. Citizens will also be able to access identification documents, social programs like Juntos and Pension 65, legal assistance, and support related to domestic violence. The Ministry of Culture will provide interpreters for indigenous languages.
The platforms will operate along four routes, each targeting a specific number of communities and people through November and December. The national PAIS program expects to provide over 600,000 services to more than 49,000 people in Loreto alone this year, and aims to exceed 800,000 services nationally across 26 campaigns.
