The United States-México Border Health Commission (BHC or Commission) was created as a binational health commission in July 2000 with the signing of an agreement by the Secretary of Health and Human Services of the United States and the Secretary of Health of México. On December 21, 2004, the Commission was designated as a Public International Organization by Executive Order of the President.

The mission of the United States-México Border Health Commission is to provide international leadership to optimize health and quality of life along the U.S.-México border.

The Commission is composed of the federal secretaries of health, the chief health officers of the ten binational border states, and prominent community health professionals from both nations. The BHC has the unique opportunity to bring together the two countries and their border states to address border health challenges by providing the necessary leadership to develop coordinated and binational actions that can improve the health and quality of life of all border residents.

Language describing this resource was taken from: http://www.borderhealth.org/about_us.php