Many credit cards provide a medical insurance when you are abroad, however if yours doesn't or don't have your own health insurance you may get emergency and health coverage of any of the insurance companies operating in Lima.

The principal international travel insurance companies are:

AIG Assist	440-7373
Assist Card Perú	446-0710
Pan American Assistance	445-9039 446-6113

If you are not insured an need assistance contact the Tourist Protection Bureau, to receive information on the nearest medical center:

Lima	421-1227
Arequipa:	(054)444564
	(054)221228
Cusco:	(084)237364
	(084) 234498
Ayacucho:	(064) 918308
Trujillo:	(044) 294561
Iquitos:	(094)260251
Puno:	(054) 365088