The Ministry of Health, through the Office of Technical International Cooperation, announced on March 20 a strategic partnership with Fundación Suyana to update the Healthy Municipalities Program. The program aims to improve health outcomes in Peru’s most vulnerable rural communities.
The initiative is significant as it seeks to strengthen local management on social determinants of health by leveraging proven methods and experiences from Fundación Suyana. The updated methodology will be based on successful interventions that have already benefited thousands in regions such as Cusco, Apurímac, and Puno.
Fundación Suyana has implemented the program in seven municipalities and 70 communities, improving the capacities of nearly 14,890 students and non-school populations across 95 educational institutions. Additionally, the initiative has supported 4,806 rural families and coordinated with 38 primary healthcare establishments.
As part of this alliance, Fundación Suyana will provide technical assistance for updating the program’s methodology for 2025. This includes developing a technical guide for operationalizing healthy municipalities, cities, and communities, as well as proposing updates to strengthen current regulations.
Dr. Alberto Tejada Conroy, director general of the Office of Technical International Cooperation, said that Fundación Suyana’s experience—especially its work in Cusco and presence in Africa and Latin America—will be key to reducing gaps in underserved rural areas. “We believe this alliance will allow us to enhance technical exchange and methodological transfer by drawing on territorial learnings that reinforce local government action,” said Tejada Conroy.
With this agreement, the Ministry of Health continues its policy of decentralized cooperation by supporting international partnerships aimed at directly improving quality of life throughout Peru.
