Office of Border Health

News and Events

 

Upcoming Events

“What’s going on with Addictions?”  Alternative Therapies used to treat Addictions
October 9, 2009  8:00am-4:30pm Ardovino’s Restaurant Sunland Park, New Mexico

Columbus Health Fair and Fun Run
October 10, 2009 7:00am-2:00pm Columbus, New Mexico

Red de Promotoras
October 14, 2009 8:00am-4:00pm Camino Real Hotel, El Paso, Texas  

Red Ribbon Rally and Health Fair for Healthy Living
October 24, 2009 12noon-4:00pm Student Activities Complex (SAC) 1300 Joe Battle
El Paso, Texas

Our partners are having the following events:

PAHO - Diabetes Forum
October 13, 2009 8:00am-4:30pm Camino Real Hotel, El Paso, Texas

El Paso Diabetes Association One Diabetes. Many Phases. Diabetes Conference
October 16, 2009 7:00am-5:00pm Wyndham El Paso Airport Hotel

 

October 7th
"I Wish I Had Known" Movie Screening and Reception

The NM-ORO has completed a movie script on obesity and diabetes. The movie is about a family afflicted with problems associated with obesity and diabetes (including such problems of foot care, blindness, renal failure and dialysis, etc.); the movie is targeted to both youths and adults and will impart an understanding about the risks of obesity and the impact to health and well-being of diabetes (including co-morbidities), as well as practical strategies and actions to reduce risks and prevent obesity and the onset of diabetes.

Tuberculosis Surveillance and Control in the New Mexico-Chihuahua Border Region

The Office of Border Health received a grant from the U.S.-Mexico Border Health Commission to develop a three-year pilot project entitled: Tuberculosis Surveillance and Control in the New Mexico-Chihuahua Border Region. The project involves piloting the training of community health workers in Northwestern Chihuahua to do directly-observed therapy (DOT), contact investigations, and reporting in rural communities.  An operational planning meeting was held in Columbus New Mexico to initiate activities, to be carried out in concert with: Chihuahua State Health Services, Texas Department of State Health Services/Project JUNTOS, Migrant Clinicians Network, and Public Health Region 5, Infectious Disease Bureau’s Tuberculosis Program, and the Scientific Laboratory Division, with overall coordination provided by the Office of Border Health. 

 

June 2nd & 3rd
U.S.-Mexico Border Child & Adolescent Health Forum

The Offices of Border Health of New Mexico and Texas organized and hosted a 1.5 day forum with the objective to analyze the current status of children's health along the U.S.-Mexico border and propose a series of strategic initiatives to improve healthcare access and health outcomes.

The forum consisted of a series of invited presentations by leading border health experts and children's health practitioners in plenary and separate work sessions dealing with the following:

1. social determinants of health
2. health disparities in previous research, current policies and health data
3. access to healthcare
   
   

The forum included discussion of children's health data profiles that were presented as part of the half-day session in the preparation of a Children's Border Health white paper that will focus on binational approaches and interventions for improving children's health status and access to care.

Presentations

Children’s Health Conditions in the U.S.-Mexico Border Region

Kids Count (Annie E. Casey Foundation)

• Lic. Gerardo Sauri, Executive Director, Mexican Network for Children’s Rights
• Frances P. Deviney, PhD, Texas Kids Count Director, Center for Public Policy Priorities
  
  

Children’s Health Conditions in the U.S.-Mexico Border Region

• Determinants and Conditions of Children’s Health in Mexican Border States/Municipalities:  Dra. Diana Coronel, Mexican Health Secretariat/National Center for Children’s and Adolescent Health (CENSIA)
• Determinants and Conditions of Children’s Health in U.S. Border States and Counties:  Dr. Sam Notzon, Director, International Statistics Program, CDC/National Center for Health Statistics
  
  

Social Determinants of Health

• MEXICO: M. en C. María de Jesús Muñoz Daw, Chief, Department of Statistics in Chihuahua, Diabetes Association of Mexico
• UNITED STATES: Luis E. Flores, M.A.LPC, LCDC, RPT-S, Executive Vice President, Serving Children and Adolescents in Need, Inc.
  
  

Health Status and Disparities in the U.S.-Mexico Border Region

• MEXICO: Dra. Teresa González de Cossío, Medical Sciences Investigator “F”, Center for Nutrition and Health Investigation, National Public Health Institute
• UNITED STATES: Dr. Eduardo J. Sanchez, MD, MPH, Vice President and Chief Medical Office, BlueCross/BlueShield of Texas
  

Access to Health Care

• MEXICO: Dra. Manjari Quintanar Solares, Subdirector, Coordination and Operation of the National Immunization Council (CONAVA), National Center for Children’s and Adolescent Health (CENSIA)
• UNITED STATES: Bruce Lesley, President, First Focus