Article 10 of the Constitution of Peru acknowledges and entitles the progressive and universal right of every person to social security. Within this scope, the Act Nº 26790 Modernizing Social Security for Health was enacted, based on the constitutional principles that acknowledge the right to welfare and entitles people to the free access to the services provided by public, private or mixed entities.

Based on this premise, the Social Health Insurance Institute (Seguro Social de Salud (EsSalud)) provides financial services to their covered patients, trying to cover the expenses that could arise due to potential contingencies. One of the financial services offered is the breastfeeding grant - an amount of money provided in order to contribute to the care and welfare of the newborn.

Thus, in order to improve the quality of the care services provided to our covered patients, EsSalud has issued the Directive N° 003-GG-ESSALUD-2015, by means of which we implement the new payment procedure for the breastfeeding grant, which will be developed below.