Juan Periche Fernández

Juan Periche Fernández em São Domingos

Especialização: Dermatologist
Local de trabalho: República Dominicana, São Domingos, Dermatology Institute and Skin Surgery “Dr. Huberto Bogaert Díaz” (IDCP-DHBD)
- Juan Periche Fernández is the Director of the Leprosy Control Program in the Dominican Republic at the IDCP, and he is listed as a member of the Patronato (Lucha Contra la Lepra).
- He authored or participated in the article “Breaking the Stigma: A Key Step Toward the Definitive Elimination of Leprosy” as Director of the Leprosy Control Program.
- In public statements, he described planning national strategies to find new leprosy cases before lesions become non-recoverable.
- The IDCP’s leprosy work includes both active case-finding and passive case-finding through consultations, with children under 15 used as an indicator of active transmission.