Introduction In response to the 2009 H1N1 pandemic, the Early Warning Infectious Disease Surveillance Program (EWIDS) Office of Binational Border Health in the California Department of Public Health sought to strengthen outpatient ILI surveillance along the CA/BC border by creating the first binational influenza surveillance network in the region. The establishment of this network was crucial f...

Providing healthcare services commands the largest allocation of public funding on both sides Irish border and concerns over efficiency effectiveness these systems are perennial Over past two decades health has been identified as a key area for cross-border collaboration However, in absence an overarching framework or strategy, there is little clarity about objectives Using responses to Covid-1...

The California-Baja California border region is one of the most frequently traversed areas in the world with a shared population, environment, and health concerns. The Border Health Consortium of the Californias (the "Consortium") was formed in 2013 to bring together leadership working in the areas of public health, health care, academia, government, and the non-profit sector, with the goal of ...

The border between Mexico and the United States is an artificial line dividing a geographical region that is otherwise ecologically, economically, and culturally integrated. Despite its artificiality, the border between Mexico and the United States strongly affects the way environmental and human health problems are addressed in the region where these two nations meet. Historically, relations b...

With this issue, Preventing Chronic Disease (PCD) begins its second year of publication. The expertise and enthusiasm of our authors, editors, reviewers, and board members enabled PCD to provide our readers with a unique view of public health and chronic disease in 2004: • Peer-reviewed articles of original research, community case studies, literature reviews, and special topics in public healt...

OBJECTIVES To determine what proportion of El Paso (Texas, United States of America) residents access health care services in Mexico, which services they use, and why they cross for care. METHODS A cross-sectional, telephone survey of El Paso County residents was conducted from October-November 2007 to determine use of health care services in Mexico. At total of 2 560 telephone interviews wer...

Prolonged fear can have deleterious effects on the trajectory of a child’s health and can be considered “toxic stress.” Hundreds of thousands of Hispanic children living along the Texas-Mexico border are exposed to fear and discrimination on a daily basis. The authors have 35 years combined experience advocating for such children. Dr Son, a professor of pediatrics in the Division of Critical Ca...

Introduction As part of a statewide effort to enhance surveillance for Aedes spp. mosquitoes (1,2) the Office of Border Health (OBH) took the lead in providing technical assistance on surveillance in counties bordering Mexico. In 2016, OBH sought ways to enhance surveillance in a wider geographic area. Trap locations closer to the border were established as a priority, given high amount of traf...