Border, Cultural and Religious Issues : Health & Nursing
This guide provides information on the relationship between cultural and religious issues and medical matters. Also highlights health concerns in New Mexico and the Borderland.
Arizona’s Office of Border Health identifies, monitors, controls and prevents adverse health events in border communities. It also collaborates public health efforts with Sonora, Mexico.
The California Office of Binational Border Health (COBBH) consists of three programs: COBBH Core Program, Early Warning Infectious Diseases Surveillance Program, and the U.S.-Mexico Border health Commission, California Outreach Office.
PAHO is a regional office of the World Health Organization. It diagnoses the health and development of the U.S.-Mexico border populations and disseminates the information to all governmental and non-governmental agencies involved in border health.