Education & Health
From The Report: Peru 2018
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Although Peru is increasingly focusing resources on education, there is some way to go to catch up to its regional peers. However, there are encouraging signs that the necessary changes are being made, including more public investment via a centralised spending framework, revised regulations, take-up of technology and other innovations. The dynamic private sector looks set to capitalise on increasing demand for high-quality education among the burgeoning middle class. Nevertheless, the sector needs to overcome a divide between rural and urban education provision, opposition to some reforms from educators and a significant infrastructure gap. In terms of health, Peru has made impressive strides towards achieving its aim of universal health coverage by 2021. With the launch of the e-health programme, the government has shown itself to be receptive to utilising emergent technologies to expand and improve provision nationwide. Nevertheless, the sector faces persistent shortages of doctors, and inequalities in services between rural and urban areas. This chapter includes interviews with Jorge Yzusqui, General Manager, Innova Schools; and Juan Carlos Salem Suito, General Manager, SANNA.

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Progress made: Increased government investment and a dynamic private sector underpin improved outcomes
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After two decades of stable economic development, Peru increasingly finds itself in a position to focus more resources on education. This is a welcome opportunity, as the country has some way to go to catch up to its regional peers in terms of educational access and outcomes. There are encouraging signs that the necessary changes are under way to improve these metrics, including more public investment via a centralised spending framework, revised regulations and take up of technology and other innovations. Furthermore,…

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Models for learning: Jorge Yzusqui, General Manager, Innova Schools, on reforming and modernising education in Peru
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Jorge Yzusqui : Interview How effective are the government’s efforts to enhance the quality of Peruvian schools? JORGE YZUSQUI: This is a complex matter. Peru has more than 12,000 private schools with the quality of around 75% up for review. This is the result of a prolonged period of time during which schools were created without much state oversight and in some cases were opened without obtaining the required permits. This is something that has happened at all levels of the education system. The…

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Development and promotion of technical and vocational training: key to improving employment rates On the job – Peru 2018
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Doctor’s orders: Sector benefits from rising public investment and an innovative approach to treatment
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Since 2008 Peru has made significant progress in expanding health care infrastructure, lowering barriers to access and modernising public sector institutions. In so doing the government has laid the groundwork to achieve universal coverage, a goal the current administration hopes to achieve by 2021. This process has been supported by major sectoral reforms in 2009 and 2013, coupled with cooperation with international aid agencies. Nonetheless, the country faces ongoing infrastructure limitations,…

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Refined reform: Juan Carlos Salem Suito, General Manager, SANNA, on enhancing efficiencies and integration in the sector
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Interview :Juan Carlos Salem Suito To what extent did the floods caused by the El Niño weather pattern in the first quarter of 2017 affect the health care sector? JUAN CARLOS SALEM SUITO: The floods of 2017 altered the natural conduct of epidemiology in the cities. The pattern of rains and plagues were different than in other years. Indeed 2017 was an atypical year for the health care sector and the country as a whole. In some regions clinics flooded, and those clinics that were not flooded…

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As health care provision expands, demand for both local and: imported pharmaceutical products is rising Promoting pharmaceuticals – Peru 2018
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