U.S.-Mexico Border AETC Steering Team
ESPANOL MissionUMBAST's mission is to promote high quality, culturally sensitive education and capacity building programs for health care providers and agencies that provide HIV/AIDS related prevention and clinical management services in the U.S.-Mexico border region; and to serve as the coordinating body to provide focused collaboration through joint planning, resource sharing and evaluation of AETC border activities. El Centro Presentations UMBAST Featured in USMBHC Newsletter Resources from UMBAST Border Bulletin Board Events Reports and Resources | Traveling to Mexico and Latin America: A Guide for Persons Living with HIV/AIDS [PDF 317 KB] Date: 01/2010 Source: Texas/Oklahoma AETC This brochure offers tips for people living with HIV/AIDS who are planning travel to Mexico and Latin America, along with local contact information for HIV/AIDS programs in Latin American countries.
|  |  | HIV/AIDS en la Frontera: U.S.-Mexico Border Epidemiologic Profile [PDF 12 MB] Date: 03/2009 Source: National Association of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD)
|  |  | Reporting Manual on HIV/AIDS [Online ] Date: 2008 Source: Kaiser Family Foundation Guide for media. Includes a special section on HIV/AIDS In Latin America.
|  |  | HIV Prevention Manual for Mexican Migrants to the U.S. [PDF 3 MB] Date: 2007 Source: CENSIDA
|  |  | Chronic Indifference: HIV/AIDS Services for Immigrants Detained by the United States [PDF 3 MB] Date: 12/2007 Source: Human Rights Watch
|  |  | Centros de Atención y Prevención en VIH (CAPASITS) / HIV Care and Prevention Centers [Online ] Date: 11/2007 Source: CENSIDA Contact information for Mexico's CAPACITS. Includes contact information and locations of future centers.
|  |  | HIV/AIDS Services for Immigrants Detained by the United States [PDF 112 KB] Date: 10/03/2007 Source: Human Rights Watch
|  |  | HIV/AIDS along the U.S.-Mexico Border: A Description of Demographics, Lifestyle and Culture, Risk Factors, Quality of Life, and Barriers Reported by HIV Positive Clients Living in the US-Mexico Border Region [PDF 2.7MB] Date: 11/2005 Source: Health Resources and Services Administration Report from the SPNS Border Initiative.
|  |  | Innovative Approaches to HIV Outreach along the U.S./Mexico Border [PDF 2.8MB] Date: 12/2004 Source: Health Resources and Services Administration and U.S.-Mexico Border Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance Center Report from the final year of the SPNS Border Health Initiative. Describes the program and lessons learned. Also available online.
|  |  | Promoting TB Control along the U.S.-Mexico Border: A Binational Training Project Promoción del Control de la Tuberculosis a lo largo de la Frontera México-Estados Unidos: Proyecto Binacional de Capacitación [PDF 258K] Date: 05/2003 Source: Francis J. Curry National Tuberculosis Center U.S.-Mexico Border TB Training and Education Final Needs Assessment Report
|  |  | Activity Report: 2002 [PDF 245K] Date: 10/13/2002 Source: National Center for Infant and Adolescent Health, Undersecretary of Health Prevention and Protection, Ministry of Health, Mexico and California-Mexico Health Initiative Discussion of Binational Health Week activities and analysis of emerging issues for Mexican migrants, including TB, HIV, and addictions.
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