Operating out of all Mexican consulates in the United States, the Ventanilla de Salud (VdS) program provides patients with health information, counseling, and referrals to available local health services. This article deals with the emergence of the VdS as the main component of Mexico’s strategy to promote the health of its citizens abroad. This form of outreach arose in the context of existing efforts by the Mexican government to cultivate its relations with the Mexican diaspora. However, the VdS originated as a project of Latino advocacy organizations and philanthropic donors in the United States, with the Mexican government joining in at the behest of the project leaders. The pilot phase of the VdS program demonstrated to the Mexican government the importance and feasibility of opening up the consular space to local health promotion partners, paving the way for the expansion of the VdS program nationwide and broadening the scope of the health-related activities of the Mexican government.

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墨西哥的卫生外交和 Ventanilla de Salud 计划

Ventanilla de Salud (VdS) 计划在所有墨西哥驻美国领事馆开展业务，为患者提供健康信息、咨询和转介到可用的当地卫生服务。本文将 VdS 的出现作为墨西哥促进其海外公民健康战略的主要组成部分。这种外展形式是在墨西哥政府努力与墨西哥侨民建立关系的背景下产生的。然而，VdS 起源于美国拉丁裔倡导组织和慈善捐助者的项目，墨西哥政府应项目负责人的要求加入。VdS 计划的试点阶段向墨西哥政府展示了向当地健康促进合作伙伴开放领事馆空间的重要性和可行性，