“ The Institute for Mexicans Abroad Health Strategy for Migrant Communities ”

1. “TheInstituteforMexicansAbroadHealthStrategyforMigrantCommunities” Los Angeles, California June 26th, 2012 Javier Díaz de León Executive Director InstituteforMexicansAbroad 7th SummerInstituteonMigration and Global Health

2. México has thelargestdiaspora in theworld (almost 13 million) Concentration: 95% lives in theUnitedStates 59% in twostates(California 30% and Texas 31%) Dispersionphenomenon Dimension:31.8 millionpeople of Mexicanorigin in theUnitedStates 10% of USA`spopulation 12 millionborn in Mexico 6 millondocumentedresidents 2011: Net MigrationRate = 0 WhyisitimportanttohaveanInstituteforMexicansAbroad? 2

3. MexicanPopulation Living in the USA byState in 2010 Alaska 21,642 3.0% Washington 601,768 8.9% Vermont 2,534 0.4% Maine 5,134 0.4% Montana 20,048 2.0% North Dakota 9,223 1.4% Minnesota 176,007 3.3% Oregón 369,817 9.7% N. H 7,822 0.6% Idaho 148,923 9.5% New York 457,288 2.4% Mass. 38,379 0.6 % Wisconsin 244,248 4.3% South Dakota 13,839 1.7% R. I. 9,090 0.9% Wyoming 37,719 6.7% Michigan 317,903 3.2% Iowa 117,090 3.8% Conn 50,658 1.4% Pennsylvania 129,568 1.0% Nevada 540,978 20.0% Nebraska 128,060 7.0% Ohio 172,029 1.5% Utah 258,905 9.4% New Jersey 217,715 2.5% Illinois 1,602,403 12.5% Indiana 295,373 4.6% Colorado 757,181 15.1 % Delaware 30,283 3.4% W. V. 9,704 0.5% Kansas 247,297 8.7% Virginia 155,067 1.9% California 11,423,146 30.7% Missouri 147,254 2.5% Kentucky 82,110 1.9% Maryland 88,004 1.5% North Carolina 486,960 5.1% Arizona 1,657,668 25.9% District of Columbia 8,507 1.4% Tennessee 186,615 2.9% Oklahoma 267,016 7.1% New México 590,890 28.7% Hawaii 35,415 2.6% Arkansas 138,194 4.7% South Carolina 138,358 3.0% Alabama 122,911 2.6% Georgia519,502 5.4% Texas 7,951,193 31.6% Mississippi 52,459 1.8% Louisiana 78,643 1.7% Florida 629,718 3.3% TotalMexicanResidents in the USA 31,798,433 Fuente: The Hispanic Population, Census 2010, American Fact Finder, http://factfinder2.census.gov/main.html Elaborado por: Sistematización y Recopilación de Información del Instituto de los Mexicanos en el Exterior. Secretaria de Relaciones Exteriores. México, D.F. Diciembre 2011. 3

4. Howwas IME created? • 22 years of aninstitutionalrelationwiththediaspora • ProgramfortheMexicanCommunitiesAbroad(1990) • InstituteforMexicansAbroad(IME): 2003 • TheProgrambecomesanInstitute • Descentralizedbody of the • Ministry of ForeignAffairs • Twosubstantialdifferences: • AdvisoryBoard • Directedby a Migrant Leader 4

5. Howdoes IME operate? Seattle • 55 Consulates in North AmericaConsulforCommunityAffairs Boise Portland St. Paul New York Sacramento Detroit Philadelphia SF Del Rio Omaha Salt Lake City Chicago D.C. Las Vegas SJ Denver Indianapolis Oxnard Fresno Kansas City Raleigh LA Santa Ana Phoenix Little Rock SD Tucson Austin Dallas Calexico Yuma Atlanta Albuquerque Nogales Douglas San Antonio El Paso Presidio Orlando New Orleans Eagle Pass Houston Laredo McAllen Miami Brownsville • 15 Consulates and 73 Embassies in therest of theworld Anchorage 5

6. What are IME`scoreactions? • 1) Network creation • 2) Keepmexicansabroadinformed • 3) Coordinateprogramsthatcontributetoelevatetheirwellbeing in the host societies 6

7. HEALTH PROGRAMS: VENTANILLAS DE SALUD • Started in 2002 with 2 Health Windows in 2011: 50 • 2011: First Mobile HealthWindow (Kansas City) • SuccessfulInterinstitutionalCollaboration: • MexicanHealthMinistry • Local Agencies • NIOSH • HRSA • American CancerSociety • Centers forDisease and Control Prevention 7

8. BINATIONAL HEALTH WEEK 8

9. OccupationalHealth 9

10. Whatdoes IME do topromote VDS, BHW and migrantshealth? 10

11. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION… jdiazd@sre.gob.mx www.ime.gob.mx www.ventanillas.org Twitter: @ime_sre 11