On Friday, October 12th, 2012, First Lady of Chihuahua, Bertita Gómez de Duarte, and the Director of Seguro Popular of Chihuahua, Pedro Hernández Flores, visited The University of Kansas Medical Center to meet with Dr. Edward Ellerbeck, Chair of the KUMC Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Paula Cupertino, Juntos Director, Ramon Murguia, attorney at law, Leo Prieto, Advisor for the Institute of Mexicans Abroad, and representatives from the Consulate of Mexico in Kansas City.

Moving along Juntos Center for Advancing Latino Health’s partnership with Mexico, we welcomed First Lady of Chihuahua, Bertita Gómez de Duarte, and the Director of Seguro Popular of Chihuahua, Pedro Hernández Flores, to Garden City for a two-day visit in the state of Kansas. On Thursday October 11th, 2012, Paula Cupertino, Arturo Ponce, Mercedes Saint-Elin, and Miriam Munoz from Juntos accompanied First Lady of Chihuahua Mrs. Duarte and Chihuahua officials on a visit to Liberal, … Continue reading →

                                                                                              WICHITA, Kan.—Free screenings for HIV will be available in southwest Kansas from October 8-11. The screenings will be provided by staff from the University of Kansas School of Medicine–Wichita at four area United Methodist Mexican-American Ministries (UMMAM) clinics.

                               To download the 2012 Calendar of Binational Health Week events in Southwest Kansas, please click on this link: 2012 BHW events in Southwest Kansas Thursday, October 11th, 2012: Town Hall Meeting in Liberal, KS:  Invitacion a la Junta con Comunidad en Liberal Blog Posted by Mercedes Saint-Elin

    Dibujo de la Ganadora del concurso 2011: Soleil Bernal, 8 years old, Kansas City, KS