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Globalization and health at the United States-Mexico border
Núria Homedes1, Antonio Ugalde
1School of Public Health, University of Texas, Houston, USA. nhomedes@utep.edu
Objectives:
We studied the impact of globalization on the making of health policy. Globalization is understood as economic interdependence among nations. The North American Free Trade Agreement is used as a marker to assess the effects of economic interdependence on binational health cooperation along the United States-Mexico border.
Methods:
We observed participants and conducted in-depth interviews with policymakers, public health specialists, representatives of professional organizations, and unions.
Results:
Globalization has not promoted binational health policy cooperation. Barriers that keep US and Mexican policymakers apart prevail while health problems that do not recognize international borders go unresolved.
Conclusions:
If international health problems are to be solved, political, cultural, and social interdependence need to be built with the same impetus by which policymakers promote international trade.
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