COVID-19 response underscores need for strong public health systems
Posted on Jan 19, 2021 Compañeros En Salud, as Partners In Health is known in Mexico, has responded to the pandemic with compassionate care, applying lessons learned over the past several months.
Photo by Paola Rodriguez / PIH.
When COVID-19 arrived in Mexico in late February last year, clinicians in Chiapas held their breath. The pandemic would not arrive in the southwestern state until March and, even then, would remain in the single digits for weeks. But doctors knew the worst was coming it was only a matter of time.
“It took so long for the pandemic to reach Jaltenango,” says Dr. Selene Chacón of Compañeros En Salud, as Partners In Health is known locally. Chacón is based at the community hospital in Jaltenango de la Paz.