July-August 2001 Border Health Features: Project Juntos: A Successful Binational TB Program by Greg Bloom, FNS Editor As part of its examination of tuberculosis (TB) on the border, Frontera NorteSur looks at Project Juntos, a binational TB treatment program that was first proposed in 1983 and finally started in 1991. In addition to the persistence and good bilateral ties it took to get Project Juntos (Project Together) started, the El Paso-Ciudad Juárez partnership can also contribute its success in treating TB to the fact that it is organized so that nationality and finances do not impede treatment of the disease. An Innocent Carrier of Tuberculosis by Colin Crawford, courtesy of the Border Health Initiative The research of several San Diego doctors has identified an unusual yet easily correctable source of tuberculosis infection for children along the Mexico-US border. The culprit, they believe, is the soft cheese (queso fresco) that is popular in Mexico which often uses un-pasteurized milk. Un inocente portador de tuberculosis por by Colin Crawford, courtesy of the Border Health Initiative Médicos de San Diego han detectado un aumento de casos de tuberculosis entre niños a lo largo de la frontera México-Estados Unidos. La culpa, creen los médicos, se debe al queso fresco, que a menudo se hace con leche no pasteurizada. Plan Puebla-Panama: NAFTA-like Promises for Southern Mexico by Sally Meisenhelder Plan Puebla-Panama, a mega-development project intended to link and benefit southern Mexico and Central America, is being presented by the Fox administration as one of the motors that will drive the 7% annual economic-growth rate that President Fox promised the Mexican people. However, the benefits promised by plan supporters echo those promised by US supporters of NAFTA in 1993. Meisenhelder questions what the Mexican people will gain from Plan Puebla-Panama and looks at opposition to the project. Daily Updates: Cd. Juárez & Chihuahua News Matamoros, Reynosa & N. Laredo News Méxicali & SLRC News Tijuana News Departments: Editor's Letter Commerce, Labor and Economics Border Crossings Education Environment Health Human Rights and Women's Issues Immigration Politics Security

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