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The mission of the Red de Promotoras de Salud in the Region Paso del Norte collaborates with community agencies and individuals who performs health promotion to integrate, coordinate services and provide information on the Paso del Norte region.

To nurture the community health worker model to collectively improve access and quality of health care for New Mexicans by advocating for and empowering its members. To be committed to addressing border health issues to improve US - MX border communities. We envision being recognized and supported from a state level and having a voice concerning the new health advocacy program being developed in New Mexico.

The binational and cross-border culture of the New Mexico border region presents unique problems in terms of managing and mitigating infectious disease illness, transmission, and investigation. Regular and effective communication modes, binational surveillance networks, and mutual capacity-building and training are ways to maintain collaborative and cooperative relationships with Mexican public health colleagues.

The Border Infectious Disease Surveillance BIDS program, through the OBH , ensures that relationships with Mexican colleagues are maintained through regular and effective communication and information exchange, collaborative surveillance activities, partnership in special projects, and offering capacity-building and training in epidemiology, surveillance and laboratory diagnostics.

These activities specifically ensure partnership and collaboration with Mexican colleagues, as well as other border public health colleagues and stakeholders, is continued in order to effectively conduct infectious disease surveillance that will bring adequate and appropriate public health response when it is necessary.

The New Mexico Office of Border Health liaises with various agencies and organizations at the state, national, binational and international levels with the express purpose of coordinating vertical US state to Mexican state , horizontal among all US border states and Mexican states , and border-wide the entire US - MX Border Region alliances and border health programming.

The OBH also coordinates a number of activities with Public Health Southwest Region including, but not limited to: health fairs, immunization events, emergency preparedness and response, infectious disease epidemiology and surveillance, and health literacy and promotion. OBH has established vertical alliances with both Chihuahua and Sonora State Health Services to coordinate the implementation of a range of border health programs to improve health conditions and uphold public health objectives in their shared Binational Border Region.

Efforts with these agencies include the development of: compatible communication; reporting and case management protocols for infectious diseases including tuberculosis; regional health emergency preparedness; professional development and training; and multi-state and border-wide multimedia health promotion and education initiatives. The US -Mexico Border Health Commission is a unique binational entity that involves membership of the US and Mexican federal health secretaries as commissioners, and member delegations from each of the six Mexican and four US state health authorities.

The Commission is made up of US and Mexican Sections to facilitate implementation of Commission initiatives in each country and in binational partnerships.

The full commission meets once a year at alternating locations in the US and Mexico. OBH maintains a cooperative agreement with the Office of Global Affairs to carry out selected activities as prioritized by the Commission. These activities include Border Binational Health Month. College of Population Health. Health Sciences Library. Explore Pediatric Services.

View All. A Strategic Focus on Improving Community Health UNM plays a vital role in advancing health and health equity for all New Mexicans, adressing housing, education, food, transportation, utilities, income and social inclusion. Follow us on Instagram unmhsc. Are you a patient looking for care? Over the course of a year, the lab performs more than , tests on nearly 80, samples. Our mission is to provide analytical laboratory support services and scientific advisement services for tax-supported agencies and groups or entities administering health and environmental programs for New Mexico citizens.

We are a member in good standing of Association of Public Health Laboratories APHL and our division is proud to currently hold the following accreditations and certifications. Home Divisions Scientific Laboratory.