Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health

Description

The USMBHC is comprised of the Secretary of Health and Human Services of the United States and the Secretary of Health of Mexico, the chief health officers of the ten border states (four in the U.S.), and prominent health professionals from both sides of the border. The USMBHC has the unique opportunity to bring together the two countries to solve health problems. The Commission provides the necessary leadership to develop coordinated and binational actions to improve the health and quality of life on the border with the following key objectives: ? Institutionalize a domestic focus on border health that transcends political changes;? Encourage or support investigations, research, or studies designed to identify, evaluate and monitor, on an ongoing basis, health problems that affect the general population in the United States-Mexico border area;? Encourage or support binational public-private efforts to establish comprehensive and coordinated systems, which use advanced technologies to the maximum extent possible, for gathering and monitoring health-related data for border areas;? Serve as a catalyst to encourage public and private and nonprofit organizations to work towards preventing or resolving border health problems to educate the population concerning such problems.

Who can apply

• Others

Contact

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