Dr. Lizbeth Vargas Castillo is a recent medical graduate from Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (BUAP) with additional training as an Emergency Medical Technician, but her devotion to learning and community building is far from over.

In honor of World Diabetes Day, the AMPATH/MAPAS México team is shining a light on a growing collaboration to improve diabetes care in some of Puebla’s most underserved communities.

AMPATH/MAPAS México is poised to combat diabetes and related non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in resource-limited communities in Puebla, Mexico.

Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin, the Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla and community partners from the Fondo Comunitario Mónica Gendreau-Fundación Comunitaria de Puebla kicked off a school gardening and hydroponics research study in a middle school in a rural community near Puebla, Mexico .