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Regional and Local Health Operations

Regional and Local Health Operations

Public Health Region 11 Programs and Services

Office of Border Public Health - Public Health Region 11

Purpose

The Office of Border Public Health (OBPH) is dedicated to health programs and educational projects on the Texas and Mexico border with the goal of having a healthy border line. OBPH works with agencies along the state of Tamaulipas to better serve the bi-national populations. The OBPH in region 11 attempts to meet the health needs of bi-national communities along the Texas-Mexico border region.

Border Community Public Health Coalitions include:

  • Los Dos Laredos y Nuevo Leon Binational Health Council (Laredo/Nuevo Laredo/Nuevo León)
  • SMAC Binational Health Council (Starr County/Miguel Aleman/Camargo)
  • HIDA REY Binational Health Council (Hidalgo County/Reynosa)
  • Brownsville-Matamoros Binational Health Council

Activities

  • Provide essential public health services to meet Healthy Border objectives.
  • DSHS OBPH staff are available to provide training to promotores de salud/community health workers on various public health issues:
  • Develop and conduct community and school-based interventions and projects based on border community needs.
  • Provide public health education to border residents.
  • Develop curriculums and train Community Health Workers (Promotores de Salud) on health topics to improve community health.
  • Establish and mobilize partnerships to implement public health interventions.
  • Facilitate binational collaboration and communication.

OBPH Main Website

Contacts

Alma G. Ochoa-Del Toro, MPH 
Program Manager, Office of Border Public Health (OBPH) 
Phone: (956) 421-5595 
Email: alma.ochoadeltoro@dshs.texas.gov 

Alberto M. Perez, MPH 
Regional Manager, Population-Based Programs 
Phone: (956) 336-0691 
Email: alberto.perez@dshs.texas.gov 

601 W. Sesame Dr. 
Harlingen, TX 78550 
Phone: 956-421-5595 
Fax: 956-444-3256 
Email: phr11obph@dshs.texas.gov