[Series] The implementation of the Plan Esperanza and response to the imPACT Review

Following the implementation of the National Cancer Prevention and Control Results-based Budget Programme (PpR Cancer–024) in 2011, the Peruvian Government approved the Plan Esperanza—a population-based national cancer control plan—in 2012. Legislation that ensured full government-supported funding for people who were otherwise unable to access or afford care and treatment accompanied the Plan. In 2013, the Ministry of Health requested an integrated mission of the Programme of Action for Cancer Therapy (imPACT) report to strengthen cancer control in Peru.

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