Photo of the buildings that comprise the Chacachacare facility with a view of the surrounding trees, hillside and the ocean.

The postcard shows the leprosarium at Sanders Bay which was established in 1924 by the Dominican nuns with the assistance of the Governor at that time, Sir Horace Archer Byatt.

"Léproserie de Chacachacare.- Une des formes de la Lèpre." (Chacachacare Leper house - one of the forms of Leprosy)

As the postcard describes "on the way towards the leper-house", a boat heads towards the island of Chacachacare - a former leper colony that was run by the nuns of Mission Dominicaine de Trinidad.

This chapter provides a population-based analysis of the distribution and potential capacity of different types health care facilities in Peru. Health care facilities are heavily concentrated in the major urban areas of ...

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OBJECTIVE: To characterize diabetes care across healthcare facilities in six Peruvian regions. METHODS: Cross-sectional study of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), ranging from primary care facilities to ...