The Tijuana River Watershed (TRW) is a binational watershed on the westernmost portion of the US Mexico border, encompassing much of the City of Tijuana in Mexico and portions of the City and County of San Diego in the US (Figure 1). The basin contains three surface water reservoirs, various flood control works, and a National Estuarine Sanctuary which is home to several endangered species and ...

We reviewed confirmed cases of pediatric invasive meningococcal disease in Tijuana, Mexico, and San Diego County, California, USA, during 2005-2008. The overall incidence and fatality rate observed in Tijuana were similar to those found in the US, and serogroup distribution suggests that most cases in Tijuana are vaccine preventable.

HIV prevalence is rising, especially among high risk females in Tijuana, Baja California, a Mexico-US border city situated on major migration and drug trafficking routes. We compared factors associated with HIV infection among male and female injection drug users (IDUs) in Tijuana in an effort to inform HIV prevention and treatment programs. IDUs aged > or = 18 years were recruited using respon...

OBJECTIVE To estimate the prevalence of tobacco use, exposure to secondhand smoke, and smoking restrictions in the home and workplace among residents of Tijuana, one of Mexico's largest cities. METHODS This cross-sectional household survey was conducted in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, during 2003 and 2004. A population-based sample of 400 Tijuana adult residents responded to a tobacco su...

INTRODUCTION Men who have sex with men (MSM) in developing countries such as Mexico have received relatively little research attention. In Tijuana, Mexico, a border city experiencing a dynamic HIV epidemic, data on MSM are over a decade old. Our aims were to estimate the prevalence and examine correlates of HIV infection among MSM in this city. METHODS We conducted a cross-sectional study of ...

Researchers at the University of California at Irvine have recently completed a three-year project to assess lead exposure in more than 1,719 children in Tijuana, Mexico, and launch a lead prevention public health program there. Besides already producing positive effects in Tijuana, researchers say, the program could eventually lower the risk of lead poisoning among migrant children in the Unit...

1 Instituto Tecnológico de Tijuana, Av. Tecnológico S/N, Tijuana, BC, México 2 INESC-ID Lisboa, KDBIO group, Lisbon, Portugal 3 CISUC, ECOS group, University of Coimbra, Portugal 4 IMB, Institut de Mathématiques de Bordeaux, UMR CNRS 5251, France 5 ALEA Team at INRIA Bordeaux Sud-Ouest, France 6 Department of Informatics, Systems and Communication (D.I.S.Co.), University of Milano-Bicocca, Mila...

OBJECTIVE To compare distributions of human rights violations and disease risk; to juxtapose these patterns against demographic and structural environmental variables, and to formulate implications for structural interventions. METHODS Female sex workers who inject drugs were surveyed in Tijuana and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Structured interviews and testing for sexually transmitted infections (...

BACKGROUND We evaluated brief combination interventions to simultaneously reduce sexual and injection risks among female sex workers who inject drugs (FSW-IDUs) in Tijuana and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico during 2008-2010, when harm reduction coverage was expanding rapidly in Tijuana, but less so in Juarez. METHODS FSW-IDUs ≥18 years reporting sharing injection equipment and unprotected sex with cli...

Karina Raya-Díaz 1,* ID , Carelia Gaxiola-Pacheco 1, Manuel Castañón-Puga 1 ID , Luis E. Palafox 1, Juan R. Castro 1 and Dora-Luz Flores 2 ID 1 Facultad de Ciencias Químicas e Ingeniería, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Calzada Universidad 14418, Tijuana 22390, Mexico; [email protected] (C.G.-P.); [email protected] (M.C.-P.); [email protected] (L.E.-P.); [email protected] (J....