AlianSalud: A new Central American network of private health providers contributing to the response to HIV in the region 

In July and August of 2023, Asociación PASMO launched AlianSalud (The name combines the words “alliances” and “health”), a Central American network of private laboratories and clinics that provide high quality health services focused on user needs and contribute to the national HIV/STI responses in Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and Panama. The network was launched during the first Central American Clinical Congress “AlianSalud”: Trends and innovations in HIV treatment and prevention.

In April 2020, Asociación PASMO began the “Prevention Services against HIV” project in Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and Panama with funding from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The project works to improve the access of vulnerable populations to HIV and other STI prevention services in close coordination with private healthcare providers, especially private laboratories and clinics that are aligned to the national plans and strategies driven by the ministries of health.

Currently, PASMO works through more than 100 private points of services where users can have access to free and high-quality services such as:

• HIV rapid test at PASMO’s private laboratory partners
• Profilaxis preexposición (PrEP)

Laboratories and clinics that want to join to the AlianSalud network will receive technical assistance, support, and accompaniment from PASMO in areas such as:

• •Strengthening and contribution to the national response to HIV.
• •Trainings and updates in new clinic and non-clinic topics, virtual and personal.
• •Promotion, positioning, and generation of demand for the services provided, including other services provided by the clinic or laboratory.
• Quality management and continuous improvement.
• •Accreditation given by PASMO as clinics and laboratories that meet quality standards.
• •Support for national accreditations given by health entities.
• •Marking of health services as “zones free of stigma and discrimination”.

How to join the AlianSalud network

Interested parties can contact their local Asociación PASMO office and the Clinical Services Department to begin the administrative process to join the network. To complete the process, the laboratory or clinic will need to pass a certification process to join AlianSalud.

For further details, contact us!

http://asociacionpasmo.org/contactanos