The first Health Care for the Homeless Week begins three weeks from now, on March 21. Health care for the Homeless (HCH) projects across the country will be publicizing their work and promoting their policy perspectives with various events. If your project’s activities are not already listed below, there’s still plenty of time to put together a simple but effective event; please see the HCH Week manual at www.nhchc.org. And please let us know your plans by simply responding to…

Building & Sustaining a Program of Research: Diabetes Self-Care Management with Mexican Americans Friday, March 11th, 2005 8:30 – 11:45 am Arizona Health Sciences Center Kiewit Auditorium* Featuring a Keynote Presentation by Sharon A. Brown, PhD, RN, FAAN James R. Dougherty, Jr. Centennial Professor in Nursing Associate Vice President for Research The University of Texas at Austin Dr. Brown, an internationally known nurse scientist, has advanced the knowledge base for culturally competent care of Mexican Americans diagnosed with diabetes. Her…

U.S. Agency Approves $570 Million for New Projects in Mexico OPIC funding will support goals of U.S.-Mexico Partnership for Prosperity The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) has approved $570 million in financing for four new projects in Mexico–increasing OPIC’s support for U.S. investment in Mexico more than ten-fold over previously existing levels, according to a press release issued February 22 by OPIC. The funds will help support “even more U.S. investment under the auspices of the U.S.-Mexico Partnership for Prosperity,”…