Peru

International Activity Report, 2007 In Peru, MSF has focused on developing projects to address sexually transmitted infections, and particularly HIV/AIDS. in 2006/2007, MSF implemented a new methodology (dynabeads?) for taking a manual cd4 count, an index of immune system functioning used to monitor patients with the disease. this technology is utilised in five Peruvian provinces and MSF is training Ministry of Health workers on its use. MSF has continued a project offering HIV/AIDS care in the Lima slum of Villa El Salvador. This is a pilot project offering decentralised care via numerous sites at the health district level, rather than through a single health structure. One goal was to develop a viable model that could possibly be...