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Article: Tribal Conference Reveals Grim State of Health Care in Mexico.
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- October 9, 1998
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Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Oct. 5--CASA GRANDE, Ariz.--Fidelia Suarez Mendez and Eulalia Saviva Buitimea sacrificed four days pay from their jobs in Yaqui village schools, traveling all day by bus to share the grim truth of Yaqui in Sonora, Mexico.
Asked what is the greatest need for health and economic development in Yaqui villages, Ms. Suarez Mendez said, "It is difficult to know when the stomach is empty."
During the "Border Health: Information for Action" conference, tribal and health officials from the Southwest United States and Mexico shared projects and strategies.
But in the border zone meager funds, multiple ...