Join local healthcare professionals and learn about primary care and preventative medicine, as well as community health education programs. Rotate at community level clinics and hospitals serving low-income populations. See Mexico's three-tiered insurance system, and observe how the quality of care, wait times, and access to medications varies between each. Explore the country's demographic and epidemiological transitions as chronic conditions like diabetes and hypertension are increasingly common. This program will provide participants with unique insight and cultural competency when serving the growing Mexican immigrant population in the US & abroad.

Become immersed in Mexican culture and language through 30 hours of Spanish lessons and living with a local family in Oaxaca. By living in a Spanish speaking environment and participating in 2 hours a day of Spanish lessons your first three weeks you will be well immersed in the language.In the city of Oaxaca, go shopping, explore museums and art galleries, or hang out with locals in the vibrant Zócalo or main plaza. CFHI participants may also organize weekend trips to nearby destinations such as the Zapotec ruins of Monte Albán.

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