Access to Health Care
Among the lowest wage earners, a large proportion of the Mexican immigrant population receives inadequate health services as a result of cultural and economic barriers that affect personal access and use of existing resources. The health of a mobile population requires multiple approaches to service design and delivery, and use of local resources and environments. HIA's principal programs to directly increase the access to health care for this population are Binational Health Week, Health Stations in the Mexican Consulates (Ventanillas de Salud), and Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Campaigns for Agricultural Workers. HIA is also working on a new project in this program area: Binational Health Insurance.
Binational Health Week
This year, the Ninth BHW will take place October 3-15, 2009 in 40 states in the U.S. and 3 provinces in Canada, with the participation of the consular networks of Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. Additionally, during BHW five national campaigns will be implemented to promote awareness among the underserved Latino community on H1N1 Influenza, Prevention of Addictions, Nutrition, Prevention of Strokes, and Living Green.
More information about BHW events