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U.S./Mexico Border Diabetes Project

Date Activated: 02/27/2005 (Last Updated 04/01/2009)
Contributed By: California Diabetes Program
Author: Centers for Disease Control, Paso del Norte Health Foundation, California Endowment, and the Border Health Foundation.
This is a five year U.S./Mexico collaborative project to determine the prevalence of diabetes along the U.S./Mexico border and to develop and implement binational diabetes prevention and control programs that respond to the needs of the border population. The California Diabetes Program serves on the scientific and intervention advisory committees to ensure the California State perspective is included in the project. The project consists of two phases:

Phase I: Prevalence Study (projected completion in 2002)
Phase II: Intervention Program (projected completion in 2007)

U.S. Partners: 

  • California, New Mexico, Arizona, and Texas Diabetes Programs
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
  • Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
  • U.S./Mexico Border Health Association (USMBHA)
  • El Paso Diabetes Association
  • Project Concern International

Mexico Partners:

  • Secretaria de Salud de Mexico
  • Monetrrey, N.L.
  • Coahuila
  • Sonora
  • Baja California
  • Tamaulipas
  • Chihuahua

For More Information Contact: 

Pan American Health Organization El Paso Field Office, Binational Coordinator, Rosalba Ruiz, MD, 5400 Suncrest Dr., Ste C-4, El Paso, Texas 79912 (915) 845-5950 – Fax: (915) 845-4361- E-mail: ruizrosa@fep.paho.org or visit the website: http://www.fep.paho.org

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Details:
Initial results from the Diabetes Prevalence Study on the U.S.-Mexico Border show that almost 16 percent of border residents have type 2 diabetes, and an additional 14 percent have pre-diabetes (fasting plasma glucose > 100, < 126 mg/dL). The border study also shows that almost 75 percent of the border adult population are overweight or obese.

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