Regional and Local Health Operations Regional and Local Health Operations Border Public Health News and Resources El Fronterizo Previous Issues El Fronterizo Previous Issues Previous Issues are listed below. Issue Date Topics 29 February 2025 Heart disease Border Surveillance Network, Trinational Epidemiology Workgroup 28 January 2025 Human Trafficking Prevention Neural tube defects prevention, Maverick County community garden project, Walk With Ease program 2024 Issue Date Topics 27 December 2024 Vision impairment Candelaria community forum 26 November 2024 Lung cancer Los Dos Laredos – Nuevo León Binational Health Council, binational conference in Brownsville 25 October 2024 Fentanyl poisoning Fentanyl and opioid overdose in Mexico, Healthy Communities Summer Program 24 September 2024 Childhood obesity Fighting child obesity in Mexico, Teen Battle Chef, CATCH physical education training, Operation Border Health Preparedness 23 August 2024 Breastfeeding Healthy Texas Mothers and Babies Community Coalitions, protection of breastfeeding in Mexico 22 July 2024 Minority mental health Suicide awareness & prevention, mental health in Mexican minorities, disparities in cognitive decline 21 June 2024 Safety Child passenger safety, outreach activities for children 20 May 2024 Hepatitis South Texas All Hazards Conference 19 April 2024 Child abuse prevention Texas Center for Infectious Disease, tuberculosis 18 March 2024 Nutrition Child health; nutrition, overweight and obesity in adolescents in Mexico 17 February 2024 Children’s dental health Pre-K and elementary oral health in Mexico, oral rabies vaccine bait airdrop 16 January 2024 Birth defects prevention RGV Border Health Coalition, mental health first aid 2023 Issue Date Topics 15 December 2023 Sexually transmitted diseases Transformation of Mexico’s National Health System, Candelaria health forum 14 November 2023 Diabetes Holistic treatment of diabetes in Mexico, binational health week in San Diego, binational health forum in Presidio 13 October 2023 Domestic violence Health care in attention to domestic, sexual and violence against women in Mexico, back to school in Balmorhea 12 September 2023 Suicide prevention Poverty measurement in Mexico, Operation Border Health Preparedness 11 August 2023 Immunization Vaccination for children in Mexico, CHWs role in preparedness and response 10 July 2023 Group B Reproductive health and maternal mortality prevention in Mexico, binational conference in Edinburg 9 June 2023 Alzheimer's & brain disease Dementia at the first level of care in Mexico, mental health first aid 8 May 2023 Mental health Mental health in Mexico, Sanderson health fair 7 April 2023 Autism Autism spectrum condition in Mexico, Task Force of Border Health Officials 6 March 2023 Tuberculosis Binational symposium on vision health 5 February 2023 Heart Heart disease prevention, HEARTS initiative in Mexico 4 January 2023 Cervical health Cervical cancer screening in Mexico, Candelaria health forum 2022 Issue Date Topics 3 December 2022 AIDS Health without borders, tri-national epidemiology workgroup 2 November 2022 Diabetes & diabetic eye 1 October 2022 Breast cancer Domestic violence, disaster preparedness Book traversal links for El Fronterizo Previous Issues ‹ Border Public Health News and Resources Up Border Health Data ›