University of Miami and Mexico City Ministry of Health Establish Health Care Partnership

Leaders of the University of Miami, the Miller School of Medicine and the Ministry of Health of Mexico City (SEDESA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to establish a health care partnership with hemispheric and global potential.

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From left, Mexican General Consul to Miami Jorge Francisco de la Lama, Armando Ahued Ortega, M.D., Felicia Knaul, Ph.D., UM President Julio Frenk, and Steven M. Altschuler, M.D.

Its broad scope includes collaborations in teaching, research, exchange of faculty and students, and staff development.

“By developing a collaborative framework, we can create a partnership that is mutually beneficial and fosters education and research innovation that reaches across the hemisphere and beyond,” said UM President Julio Frenk. “Many of the problems we face today, like global health and environmental challenges, supersede the constraints of national borders and geographic distances. Working together, we can build a bridge between scholarship and solutions that connects us to our local, regional and global communities in very tangible and impactful ways.”

Armando Ahued Ortega, M.D., Secretary of Health of Mexico City, expressed his gratitude for UM’s support in improving the quality of life for Mexico City’s people, saying that he anticipated “a long and fruitful partnership together.” He also reported many of the positive results of his large public health initiative, “El Médico en Tu Casa” (“The Doctor in Your Home”), and showed a video of its programs at work.

“This new relationship is an important step in our commitment to global health and to meeting the president’s vision to be a truly hemispheric university,” said Steven M. Altschuler, M.D., Senior Vice President for Health Affairs and CEO of UHealth – the University of Miami Health System. “Working with Mexico City will provide many opportunities in the areas of clinical care research and education.”

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