Background: The density of Human Resources for Health (HRH) at Peru has exceeded the threshold set by WHO to ensure coverage of health services, which is 25 per 10 000 population. However this national average could masks regionally HRH densities that could be below the stipulated threshold, particularly in poorest areas. As a result it is necessary to study the existence of possible inequities in the distribution HRH inside the regions. Inequity must be understood as the unnecessary, avoidable, and unjustified lack of HRH. Objectives: To determine inequities in the distribution of HRH at health care services of four poor regions of Peru (Cajamarca, Loreto, Apurimac and San Martin). Design: Cross sectional descriptive study. Institution: Dirección General de Gestión de Desarrollo de Recursos Humanos of Ministry of Health. Methods: Density of HRH for each region was calculated. In order...

Objective. To analyze the changes in the density of human resources in health (DHRH), in the Ministry of Health at the regional and provincial level in Peru, in order to describe the response of the health system on this component during the COVID-19 epidemic. Methods. Descriptivestudy based on the analysis of the INFORHUS national database of the Ministry of Health. To calculate the DHRH, the health personnel registered in the INFORHUS database were considered as the numerator and the population assigned to the Seguro Integral de Salud - SIS as the denominator. Health personnel who died and were still registered, and personnel diagnosed with COVID-19 by rapid or molecular testing during the months considered in the analysis, were excluded. The percentage changes of DHRH between the months of april to august 2020 were analyzed at the regional and provincial level in Peru. Results. In the...