A community health clinic in San Diego providing affordable, competent, culturally-sensitive healthcare to refugees and other members of San Diego's City Heights and College Area communities. The clinic provides prenatal and newborn care, new arrival health appraisals, and a full range of primary care services. The Alliance Health Clinic (AHC) partners with academic institutions that provide undergraduate and graduate education in relevant healthcare fields for the purpose of facilitating hands-on training in common and exotic infection diseases and ailments. AHC promotes community awareness and effective engagement in the major health-related issues and challenges facing the refugee and near-poverty populations in San Diego. AHC works to enable each patient to achieve comparatively healthy lifestyles and living conditions. AHC strives to build institutional capacity for research, transmission, and preservation of knowledge related to the major health-related issues and challenges facing the refugee and near-poverty populations in San Diego.