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Medical Genetics in Peru

Peru has a growing population characterized by notorious socioeconomic differences. The main health problems are acquired diseases related to sanitary conditions that affect mainly the large segment afflicted by poverty and extreme poverty. The state’s health policy does not contemplate any action on congenital or genetic conditions, and genetic services are considered a very low priority. In spite of this, some of the best medical schools have undergraduate and graduate programs in genetics, and there is a growing group of specialists that makes its best to impulse the practice of medical genetics in Peru. Many ethical and legal dilemmas, common to other countries in the region, and derived from social inequality, and political, cultural and religious factors, are also faced in everyday practice.