Health need assessment in an indigenous high-altitude population living on an island in Lake Titicaca, Perú

• Main Authors: María Calderón (Author), Rosa Alvarado-Villacorta (Author), Miguel Barrios (Author), Devy Quiroz-Robladillo (Author), Doris Rocío Guzmán Naupay (Author), Ana Obregon (Author), Sthefanny Calderón Chávez (Author), Lisa Glaser (Author), Andres M. Carnero (Author), Carla Cortez-Vergara (Author), David Iglesias Quilca (Author), Jose Colque Gonzales (Author), David Moore (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Health needs and access to health care is a huge challenge in developing countries, especially in some isolated indigenous communities. Amantani is an island located at 3854 m above sea level in Lake Titicaca, Peru. There is no official date on key local health needs and determin...