Public Health Services
Office of Border Health
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The mission of the Office of Border Health (OBH) is to promote and protect the health of all border area residents through sound, competent public health practices along the Arizona-Sonora border. |  |
The Office of Border
Health coordinates and integrates public health program efforts to identify,
monitor, control and prevent adverse health events in border communities. The
Office also strengthens cross-border public health collaboration with Sonora,
Mexico.
Early Warning Infectious Disease Surveillance (EWIDS)
Overall goal of EWIDS project is
to improve epidemiology, surveillance, communications, and laboratory capacity
along U.S.-Mexico border to strengthen cross-border activities in early
detection, identification, and reporting of infectious diseases associated with
potential bio-terrorism agents or other major threats to public health.
U.S.-Mexico
Border Health Commission Arizona Delegation
The primary goals of the U.S.-Mexico Border Health Commission (USMBHC) are (1)
institutionalize a domestic focus on border health which can transcend political
changes and (2) create an effective venue for binational discussion to address
public health issues and problems which affect the United States-Mexico border
populations. Arizona Commission Members are Will Humble, Dr. Cecilia Rosales,
and Emma Torres.
Border Infectious Disease Surveillance (BIDS)
This program was formed in response to binational consensus among public health officials about the need for a system on active surveillance of infectious disease along the U.S.-Mexico border. The emerging infectious diseases in the border area picked to surveillance are Hepatitis A, B, C, D, E and the Febrile Exanthems, including Dengue and West Nile Virus.
Information for Action Border Health Conference
The Conference provides a forum for binational information sharing focused on
health risks, health status, and health care programs, and projects addressing
major health care issues along the Arizona Sonora border region.
This conference is binationally sponsored and organized by an Alliance composed
of governmental, non-governmental organizations and academic institutions.
Arizona Mexico Commission
The
Arizona Mexico Commission (AMC) was created to address economic and cultural
issues between Arizona and Sonora. The Office of Border Health provides
administrative and program support to the Health Services Committee of the
Commission.
Arizona-Sonora Health Resource Guide
This guide was created in 2004 to inform border residents and health providers
of the services that are available in their local area and binationally
throughout the region. The office of Border Health is in the process of updating the Guide with new 2010 information.
Other
Office of Border Health Projects:
Border
Health Studies:
In cooperation with
other agencies, the Office of Border Health has conducted the following studies:
