Project Background:
Since its founding in 1943, Monterrey Tech has quickly become one of the most prestigious universities in Latin America. With 36 campuses in Mexico, the Tech has stood out for training leaders through quality education, research and innovative educational models. In August 2019, as an initiative by the School of Medicine and Health Sciences, and the School of Government and Public Transformation, the Initiative for the Institute of Global Health Equity (IESG in Spanish) emerged. As the first global health institute in Mexico, it seeks to be a leader in training and education of change agents, through research, innovation and knowledge translation, addressing the health inequities in Mexico and the world, based on the belief that health is a fundamental human right.
The Institute of Global Health Equity aspires to partner and work with leading local, national,and global organizations, including Partners In Health (PIH) and its sister organization in Mexico, Compañeros en Salud (CES). PIH has created an organization to work with community members and university students called PIH Engage to help build a global movement for the right to health, as well as recruit, train, and equip dedicated teams of volunteer community leaders who mobilize their communities in the fight for health equity.
The IGHE is launching the first PIH Engage community outside of the United States, and already 15-20 Monterrey Tech students (most medical school students) from Guadalajara, Monterrey and Mexico City have indicated an interest in working together with PIH and CES as “CES Embajadores” (CES Ambassadors) in community building, fundraising, and advocacy on issues of health equity and social justice.
Opportunity:
IGHE is interested in partnering with this DAT and CES Embajadores to explore building new skills and capacities for advocacy on critical health care issues in Mexico. While PIH has built out PIH Engage Advocacy Resources resources in the US, there is nothing similar in Mexico. Our hope is to build these advocacy resources and capacity, sensitive to and adapted for the Mexican context.
Definition of Success:
Create and expand significantly the capacity of a student-led force for positively influencing health and equity policy in meaningful ways in Mexico. At the end of this collaboration we would like to have a solid and replicable framework for the rest of the teams that will emerge in the future, with strategies designed and adapted to the Mexican context.
Meet the Team:
Final Deliverables:
Advocacy Manuel
Fundraising Guide