Challenges surrounding vaccine accessibility and adherence among the Awajún indigenous population in the Peruvian Amazon

Helen Palma  received her PhD in Social Anthropology from the Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil in 2023. She is a professor and researcher at the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia in Lima, where she is a member of the Health Policies, Systems and Services Research Unit.  She is also a member of the Nucleus of Studies on Indigenous Knowledge and Health. She has several years of experience with the Awajún people, having carried out her doctoral research on historical-political perspectives on nutritional interventions in the province of Condorcanqui, in the Amazonas region of Peru..

Lucero Diaz Gomez holds a BA in Political Science and Government, and is currently a Master's student in Public Health and Global Health. She is a research assistant for a transnational project examining how social mobilization during the COVID-19 pandemic has influenced public policies, and is a member of the Health Policies, Systems and Services Research Unit of Cayetano Heredia University. She has prior work experience in monitoring the implementation of Peru’s intercultural policies based on a human rights-based approach.