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Maria Amalia Pesantes

1 paper in the library · 6 citations · publishing 2025

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Towards culturally inclusive healthcare in Peru: Mapping epistemic concepts in contemporary Indigenous Amazonian medicine-Traditional healers' perspectives.

PLOS global public health 2025 Ilana Berlowitz, Maria Amalia Pesantes, Cynthia Cárdenas Palacios et al. 6 citations

Peru is among Latin American countries with the largest Indigenous population, yet ethnical health disparities persist, particularly in the Amazon region which comprises 60% of the national territory. Healthcare models that include Indigenous medicine and traditional healers present an important avenue for addressing such inequalities, as they increase cultural adequacy of services, healthcare...