The Mariposa Community Health Center promotes proper health and care to those on the Arizona-Sonora border. It is one of the largest health care providers on the border, and the 5th of it's kind in Arizona!

According to the website, the health center provides the following services:

· Adult & Family Medicine
· Chronic Care Model
· Pediatrics
· Ob/Gyn
· Dental
· Behavioral Health
· Pharmacy
· Community Programs
· Public Health Programs

The center is comprised of a diverse, highly-qualified staff whom almost all speak Spanish as well as English. It is also not-for-profit.

I think it's awesome that there are people out there whom dedicate their lives to solving healthcare disparities, and choose to spend their time on the border to help those in need.

Dentistry is especially hard to come by in border regions, and at the clinic, electronic dental record systems - implemented in 2005 - "support clinical practice with digital radiology, enhanced treatment planning and patient education," according to staff members.

Mariposa has locations in Rio Rico, Nogales and Patagonia Arizona.

For it's services, Mariposa Community Health Center has been widely-recognized by the U.S./Mexico Border Health Commission and the Arizona Association of Community Health Centers.

Staff members continue to strive for excellence and provide it's patients with convenient, personal and effective health care every day.