RCE Borderlands Mexico-USA-2018

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1. Project Title: 
PUBLISHED 6: UNU-IAS- Contributions of Regional Centre of Expertise: Borderlands México-USA's Collaborators in Health, Sanitation and Nutrition in their Localities
2. Thematic area/s addressed by the project
Select your options: 
Health and Nutrition
3. Project partner contact information : 
Organization: 
UNU-IAS
Role: 
Editors and Publishers
Main Contact: 
Dr. Unnikrishnan Payyappallimana
Name: 
Dr. Unnikrishnan Payyappallimana
Affiliation: 
UNU-IAS
Email: 
payyappallimana@unu.edu
Alternative project contact: 
Name: 
Dr. Zinaida Fadeeva
Affiliation: 
UNU-IAS
Email: 
zina06@gmail.com
Name: 
Prof. Dr. Carolina López C.
Affiliation: 
Living Lab/Centro de Diálogo y Transformación Inc. & Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua
Email: 
lopez.c.carolina@gmail.com
4. Project type
Select the relevant type for your project: 
Other
Other (please clarify) : 
This chapter discusses community health projects conducted by RCE BMU Collaborators, on the US side of the border plus one initiative in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua México.
5. Project description
Provide a short description of the project including strategies, regional challenges, aims and specific project activities.: 

Projects in El Paso, Texas USA include a water purification project utilizing nanotechnology; community health initiatives overseen by Stakeholders organized under the Alliance of Border Collaboratives; migrant health and assistance programs in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua México; organic agriculture, pesticide control, farm worker assistance, emergency care and health assistance to vulnerable children in Salinas, California USA.  

7. Provide references and reference materials : 
PDF icon Reference & Photo. Com. Health Chapter..pdf
6. Project status
Finalized
Description: 
The chapter informing about these initiatives was completed and the book published through UNU-IAS in January 2018.
8. Tagging
Region: 
Americas
Tags (choose up to 5): 
Food & Hunger