Various programs at the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) work to protect and improve the health of those
living in the U.S.-Mexico border region. CDC’s Environmental
Hazards and Health Effects Program (EHHE) addresses
environmentally related health issues through the Border 2012
program and cooperative agreements with the Pan American Health
Organization (PAHO) and the Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica
(INSP). With these programs and organizations, EHHE identifies
environmental health issues, trains and develops human
resources, and conducts environmental epidemiologic research in
the U.S.-Mexico border area. EHHE border activities include the
development of an environmental health database. The database
will provide information on environmental health problems in the
area. EHHE also supports border activities such as environmental
epidemiologic training for health professionals, environmental
health workers, and students. Training focuses on hazardous
waste, entomology, pesticides, basic ep