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In a country where one in seven residents is an immigrant and about 15
million people live within 100 kilometers of the US-Mexico border, there
are significant disparities in health status between people born in the
US and those who have immigrated, and the demographics are changing
constantly.

The July 2021 thematic issue of Health Affairs takes an intensive look
at the policy issues related to immigrants, borders, and health.
Articles describe current migration trends and supply new data analysis
and commentary on how policies can address disparities and ease the
disproportionate health burden borne by immigrants.

In normal times, the release of a Health Affairs issue of this
significance would be accompanied by a large, in-person event in
Washington, DC. In the continuing, though waning, era of COVID-19,
Health Affairs will instead highlight the content of the issue in two
online events featuring key papers and authors, and a high-level
discussion with experts and the audience:

**Border Health: Evidence & Policy Issues**

**Monday, July 12, 2021, 1:30-3 pm (EDT)**

You are invited to join us on Monday, July 12, for an event focused on
health and health policy on both sides of the US-Mexico border. Authors
will present research on topics including life expectancy of populations
who have crossed the border, insurance coverage statistics for adults
and children, trauma and safety issues for those faced with expedited
expulsion from America to the Northern Triangle, and the effects of
COVID-19 on immigrants and asylum seekers. The event will also feature a
high-level conversation with well-known experts on the broader issues
policy makers, including the new American president, are confronting
every day.

Featuring (in alphabetical order):

*  Ietza Bojorquez-Chapela, Professor-Researcher, El Colegio de la
Frontera Norte, on "In-Transit Migrants And Asylum Seekers: Inclusion
Gaps In Mexico's COVID-19 Health Policy Response"

*  

**Sharon Borja**, Assistant Professor, Graduate College of Social Work,
University of Houston, on "Health Insurance Access Among U.S. Citizen
Children in Mexico: National and Transborder Policy Implications"

*  Arturo Vargas Bustamante, Professor of Health Policy and
Management, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health

*  Hilda D

**ávila Ch**

**ávez**, former Director General of International Relations,
Secretaria de Salud, Mexico; US-Mexico Border Health Commission
delegate; and Seminario de Estudios de la Globalidad, Universidad
Nacional Autónoma de México

*  C. Nicholas Cuneo, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Johns
Hopkins School of Medicine, on "What Counts As 'Safe'?: An Analysis Of
Forensic Evaluations From Northern Triangle Of Central America
Asylum-Seekers"

*  Rodrigo Dominguez-Villegas, Director of Research, Latino Policy
and Politics Initiative, UCLA, on "Health Insurance Coverage In Mexico
Among Return Migrants: Differences Between Voluntary Return Migrants And
Deportees"

***  Sandra Hern**

**ández,**President and CEO, California Health Care Foundation

*  Elizabeth A. Pollack, Assistant Scientist, Population Health
Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison, on "Life Expectancy at the
US-Mexico Border: Evidence of Place- and Race-based Disparities"

*  Others TBA

We also invite you to save the date for a second online event
highlighting the July 2021 Health Affairs thematic issue: Immigrant
Health: Evidence & Policy Issues, Tuesday, July 20, 2021, 1:30-3 pm
(EDT). For more information and to RSVP, click here
.

**Health Affairs** is grateful to Arturo Vargas Bustamante of the UCLA
Fielding School of Public Health who served as theme issue adviser. We
thank the California Health Care Foundation, The California Endowment,
and Con Alma Health Foundation for their financial support of this
issue.

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