STRATEGIC PRIORITIES

The BHC elevates public health standards within U.S.-México border communities by engaging binational local, state, federal, and international leaders to collaborate with health professionals in strategic ways. To determine priority areas along the border, the BHC solicits community input from leadership and participants of the fifteen binational borderwide health councils, community partners, and numerous stakeholders, including the Health Work Table component of the Border Governors Conference, which provides recommendations regarding the health issues affecting border populations.

As a result of this process, the BHC has identified the following six strategic priorities as critical areas of concern:

• Access to Care
• Strategic planning
• Research, data collection, and academic alliances
• Tuberculosis
• Obesity and diabetes
• Infectious disease and public health emergencies

STRATEGIC ACTIONS FOR 2012/2013

The following actions are scheduled for this program year period beginning September 1 and ending August 31:

• U.S.-México Border Obesity Prevention Summit
• 4th U.S.-México Tuberculosis Consortium & Legal Forum
• 3rd Leaders across Borders
• 5th U.S.-México Border Health Research Forum
• Healthy Border 2010/2020 Strategic Plan: Phase IV
• 9th Annual Border Binational Health Week
• Prevention and Health Promotion among Vulnerable Populations Initiative