For the past two years, JUNTOS has been partnering with Radio La Mexicana 101.5 and 92.2, a leading Latino media venue in Southwest Kansas, to promote health education programs, Ventanilla de Salud events, and Consulado móviles in Kansas. Moreover, Arturo … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

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 … 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) … Continue reading →

                               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 … Continue reading →

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

Promotores de Salud of Southwest Kansas took part in training sessions entitled Participating in Cancer Research Studies that were conducted in Spanish on Monday, June 4 and Friday, June 22, 2012 at UMMAM Care Center in Liberal, Kansas. Training facilitators were Dr. Paula Cupertino, Juntos … Continue reading →

KU Endowment Media Release KANSAS CITY, Kan. — An award from the government of Mexico for the University of Kansas Medical Center addresses health disparities of Latinos in southwest Kansas. This will provide support for the medical center’s Juntos Center for Advancing … Continue reading →

Moving forward with the Ventanilla de Salud Móvil in Kansas, Juntos director Paula Cupertino and Juntos partners were invited to visit Tyson Foods, Inc. in Finney County, Kansas. Dr. Paula Cupertino and Cielo Fernandez from El Centro, Inc. met and had … Continue reading →

Juntos Center for Advancing Latino Health is overcoming the barrier of participation by conducting additional cancer education training sessions at different times and days of the week at popular community locations.  The cancer education program has become so popular that … Continue reading →