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● projectActive · subnational · 2011
Compañeros En Salud (acompañantes and rural primary care in the Sierra Madre de Chiapas)
Mexican affiliate of Partners In Health operating since 2011 in the Sierra Madre and Frailesca regions of Chiapas: 10 rural clinics, two maternal homes and the community hospital of Ángel Albino Corzo.
illustrative atlas image · Hush Naidoo Jade Photography / UnsplashCECompañeros En Salud A.C. (Partners In Health México)MMMariana MontañoZAZeus Aranda
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01 The context
Its core is the acompañantes program, about 100 community health workers (98% women) who visit patients with chronic diseases, mental health and maternal health needs in their communities, plus programs for medical interns, surgical care and the right to health. It validated the PHQ-9 and PHQ-2 depression screenings in rural Chiapas and uses them routinely.
02 How it works
03 What it stands on
Evidence level
Own experience
Grounded in published theory
Documented evidence elsewhere
Independently evaluated here
Peer-reviewed research documents this project: the strongest evidence level in the atlas.
The evidence 2 ›
EvidenceCompañeros En Salud (CES) — innovation profileMental Health Innovation Network · 2018
EvidenceA Community Health Worker Day in Rural Chiapas, Mexico, in a NutshellAmerican Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (DOI 10.4269/ajtmh.23-0727) · 2024