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Posted on Apr 29, 2021 Dr. Doris Altuzar teaches a nurse how to properly wear a face mask as part of a larger training on how to manage triage areas in the community clinic of Honduras, one of the communities in Chiapas, Mexico where PIH works.
Photo by Paola Rodriguez / Partners In Health.
In much of the world, contact tracers pick up the phone. But in places like Chiapas, Mexico, they knock on doors.
That’s because phone and internet service are hard to come by in Mexico’s southernmost state, where more than 75% of the population lives in poverty. That makes contact tracing a complex and challenging process but not impossible.