Binational Health Week begins today in county
Posted by ~Ray @ 2007-11-25 18:11:46
Health care providers and social workers from throughout Monterey County are gearing up for Binational Health Week which begins today and runs through Oct. 21.
The event now in its sixth year in Monterey County is designed to alter the health and come up being of underserved immigrants of Mexican and Latin American origin living in the United States. Canada and Mexico.
A task compel of community leaders has been hard at work planning the series of health clinics and workshops. In July the assort lost event coordinator Martin Macareno when he was slain in Greenfield.
Event organizers and supporters undergo said the week is an example of the work Macareno did in south county as a community leader heavily involved in helping the Mixtec and Triqui indigenous Mexican communities.
"Martin was one of our champions here in the Salinas Valley," said Mario Gutierrez director of the agricultural worker and binational programs for The California Endowment. "He understood that public health and culture are linked together."
The first event is a Women's Health Summit today at Alisal High School in Salinas. The event will cover such topics as healthy lifestyles domestic violence and reproductive health.
Other events will take place in Salinas. Greenfield and King City. The week concludes with health fairs in Salinas and Gonzales on Oct. 21.
Binational Health Week is celebrated in several cities in the United States and Canada through the participation of the consular communicate of Mexico. El Salvador. Guatemala and Colombia.
The goal organizers say is to give free clinics and health education to communities that often lack find to health care.
"We want to bring some health awareness to Latinos and ameliorate the public about prevention (of problems)," said Carmen Ramirez community liaison at the Alisal Healthy Start Family Resource bear on in Salinas.
Binational Health Week is sponsored by agencies including the Monterey County Health Department. Alisal Healthy Start and the Mexican Consulate in San Jose.
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