VIII Border Legislative ConferenceVIII Border Legislative Conference
Health Work TableU.S. – Mexico Border Governors’ Conference
July 9, 2004Santa Fe, New Mexico
Dan Reyna, MSS, MPADan Reyna, MSS, MPANew Mexico Department of Health
Improving the Border Region’s Access and QualityOf Health Care and Substance Abuse
Improving the Border Region’s Access and QualityOf Health Care and Substance Abuse
Health Work Table Health Work Table
• A state-driven partnership of ten state health departments
• Taking a systems-based approach to problem solving
• Focused on long-term outcomes
• Promoting the sustainability of joint efforts
Our neighborhood Our neighborhood
Perspectives, Challenges and Perspectives, Challenges and ActionsActions
• What?
• Who?
• How?
What?What?
CommitmentCommitment
PriorityPriority ResultsResults
Who?
Commitment
Priority Results
GovernmentSector
SocialSector
EconomicSector
How?
CommitmentCommitment
PriorityPriority ResultsResults
Horizontal & Vertical Approaches
ExistingMechanisms
Public-Private Partnerships
GovernmentSector
SocialSector
EconomicSector
Existing Mechanisms for Actionof the Health Work Table
• Substance Abuse Commission
• Binational Border Health Information System
– Binational Technical Working Group
– EPI-FAX Health Alert System
California
Arizona New Mexico
TexasBaja
California
Sonora
Chihuahua
Coahuila
NuevoLeón
Tamaulipas
Nogales
Nogales
Nogales
Nogales
San Diego
San Diego
Tijuana
Tijuana
Las Cruces
Las Cruces
El PasoEl Paso
Ciudad Juárez
Ciudad Juárez
Reynosa
Reynosa
McAllenMcAllen
Mexicali
Mexicali
SLRCSLRC
Calexico
Calexico
YumaYuma
Douglas
Douglas
Agua Prieta
Agua Prieta
Columbus
Columbus
Palomas
Palomas
Sunland Park
Sunland Park
Presidio
Presidio
Ojinaga
Ojinaga
Del Rio
Del Rio
Cd. Acuña
Cd. Acuña
LaredoLaredo
Nuevo Laredo
Nuevo Laredo
Matamoros
Matamoros
Brownsville
Brownsville
Eagle Pass
Eagle Pass
Piedras Negras
Piedras Negras
Binational Border Health Information System
California
Arizona New Mexico
TexasBaja
California
Sonora
Chihuahua
Coahuila
NuevoLeón
Tamaulipas
Nogales
Nogales
Nogales
Nogales
San Diego
San Diego
Tijuana
Tijuana
Las Cruces
Las Cruces
El PasoEl Paso
Ciudad Juárez
Ciudad Juárez
Reynosa
Reynosa
McAllenMcAllen
Mexicali
Mexicali
SLRCSLRC
Calexico
Calexico
YumaYuma
Douglas
Douglas
Agua Prieta
Agua Prieta
Columbus
Columbus
Palomas
Palomas
Sunland Park
Sunland Park
Presidio
Presidio
Ojinaga
Ojinaga
Del Rio
Del Rio
Cd. Acuña
Cd. Acuña
LaredoLaredo
Nuevo Laredo
Nuevo Laredo
Matamoros
Matamoros
Brownsville
Brownsville
Eagle Pass
Eagle Pass
Piedras Negras
Piedras Negras
Binational Border Health Information Subsystems
Transborder Prescription Drugs
• Current issue
• High impact on the US-Mexico border
– Economic impact
– Increased drug costs
– Health care access
• Immediate action required
Proposed Actions
1. Recognize the Health Work Table
as a medium for health policy
recommendations.
Proposed Actions
2. Encourage relevant state and federal
agencies and institutions of higher
education to participate in the work
of the Substance Abuse Commission
of the HWT.
Proposed Actions
3. Promote the economic and health care
benefits of importation of prescription
drugs for personal use along the US-
Mexico border region.
What? Who? How?
CommitmentCommitment
PriorityPriority ResultsResults
Horizontal & Vertical Approaches
ExistingMechanisms
Public-Private Partnerships
GovernmentSector
SocialSector
EconomicSector
VIII Border Legislative ConferenceVIII Border Legislative Conference
VIII Conferencia de Legisladores de la FronteraVIII Conferencia de Legisladores de la Frontera
Health Work TableU.S. – Mexico Border Governors’ Conference
July 9, 2004Santa Fe, New Mexico
Dan Reyna, MSS, MPADan Reyna, MSS, MPANew Mexico Department of Health
Improving the Border Region’s Access and QualityOf Health Care and Substance Abuse
Improving the Border Region’s Access and QualityOf Health Care and Substance Abuse
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