Mexico, U.S. health ministers to discuss health plan for migrants

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Mexico, U.S. health ministers to discuss health plan for migrants
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The health ministers of Mexico and the United States are to work out a joint strategy Tuesday for caring Mexican migrants suffering health problems along the border, the Mexican Health Ministry said on Monday.

The final plan will be sent to the U.S. Congress which is now in recess, the ministry said in a statement.

Mexican Health Minister Jose Angel Cordova said he began talking about the health plan for migrants with his U.S. counterpart Michael Leavitt a few weeks ago in Geneva, Switzerland, at the World Health Organization headquarters.

"The plan would guarantee basic medical help for thousands of future migrants as they cross the border," Cordova said.

According to statistics from Mexican and U.S. governments, around 500,000 people enter the United States illegally via its border with Mexico each year.

http://english.people.com.cn/200706/19/eng20070619_385636.html

Have not seen this anywhere else. News made in China....

[Jim Warren]

1. AP International Herald Tribune

International Herald Tribune
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/06/18/america/LA-GEN-Mexico-US-Migrant-Health-Care.php

[The Straight Story]

2. Thanks for the link

Was looking for something more than the mouthpiece of China :)

[acmavm]

3. Interesting. I agree they deserve health care. I just wonder if anyone will

ever get around to the American people.

Michael Moore can't fight this fight alone.