Tuberculosis
(Tuberculosis)

On this page:

• Tools (Herramientas)
• Publications (Publicaciones)
• Organizations (Organismos)

Tools
(Herramientas)

• United States - Mexico Border Virtual Health Library
  Provides a database of publications and other information sources related to the U.S. - Mexico border region.
  Sponsoring organization: Pan American Health Organization
• Healthfinder (en Español)
  Healthfinder es un servicio del Departmento de la Salud y Humanos de los Estados Unidos
  Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• MedlinePlus: Tuberculosis
  Sponsoring organization: National Library of Medicine
• Su Familia National Hispanic Family Health Helpline
  Provides Hispanic consumers free reliable and confidential health information in Spanish and English and helps navigate callers through the health system. Nationwide resources and local referral services are provided depending on the need of the caller.
  Sponsoring organization: National Alliance for Hispanic Health

Publications
(Publicaciones)

• The Health of the California Region Bordering Mexico
  Discusses the indicators from the Healthy Border 2010 program along the California border region.
  Author(s): Alvaro Garza, Alfonso Rodriguez-Lainz, India J. Ornelas
  Sponsoring organization: Springerlink
  Journal citation: Journal of Immigrant Health Volume: 15 Issue: 29 Pages: 137-144
  Date: 04 / 2004
  Format: PDF
  
• Healthy Border 2010: An Agenda for Improving Health on the United States - Mexico Border
  Provides an overview of a specific set of health indicators on the U.S. - Mexico border.
  Sponsoring organization: United States - Mexico Border Health Commission
  Date: 10 / 2003
  Format: PDF
  
• Promoting TB Control Along the U.S. - Mexico Border: A Binational Training Project
  Reports on the binational project funded by the Francis J. Curry National Tuberculosis Center to develop, implement and evaluate tuberculosis (TB) training and education in the 10-state United States-Mexico border region.
  Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  Date: 04 / 2003
  Format: PDF
  
• Public Health and Information Technology at the United States-Mexico Border: Examples Show Potential
  Examines the use of health information technology (HIT) in public health programs at the United States-Mexico border, with an emphasis on frontier and rural health. Includes examples of successful projects addressing tuberculosis, immunizations, and diabetes.
  Sponsoring organization: Office of Rural Health Policy
  Date: 02 / 2007
  Format: HTML
  

Organizations
(Organismos)

• Border Health Education Network
  A San Diego Border Health Education Training Center with the objectives to create a cross-border affiliation of healthcare professionals. Available in Spanish.
• Red de Educación para la Salud Fronteriza