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Safe Drinking Water Delivered to Homes in Western Navajo for First Time
For the first time ever, families living in Leupp, Black Falls, Grand Falls and Box Springs on the western reaches of the Navajo reservation have easy access to safe drinking water. A 4,000-gallon tanker truck delivered the water last week, …
Access to Quality Healthcare Not Improving for Native Americans and Other Groups
While the quality of healthcare in the United States is improving, albeit at a snail’s pace, disparities based on race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status and other factors have hardly budged,
Too Many Animals Still Roam the Navajo Reservation
The cat and dog overpopulation problem on the Navajo reservation has been persistent and immense. It’s also pretty well known. Tens of thousands of cats and dogs
Susan G. Komen for the Cure Translates Breast Self-Exam Shower Card into Navajo
The Central New Mexico Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure® hopes that a Breast Self-Awareness/Breast Self-Exam shower card that it had translated into Navajo and
D’Shane Barnett Appointed as Executive Director of NCUIH
The National Council of Urban Indian Health (NCUIH) has appointed D’Shane Barnett (Mandan/Arikara) as its new executive director, as announced by the organization on Jan. 26. Before coming
National Suicide Prevention Partnership Creates American Indian/Alaska Native Task Force
The National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention — a public-private partnership forged in September to advance the National Strategy for Suicide Prevention — has added a
HHS Secretary’s Tribal Advisory Committee to Meet for First Time this Week
Members of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ new Secretary’s Tribal Advisory Committee (STAC) are having their first meeting this week (Dec. 13-14). The committee
Mayo Clinic Receives $6 Million Grant to Expand Outreach to Native Americans
The Mayo Clinic Cancer Center has received a five-year, $6 million Community Networks Program Center grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to further develop its cancer
IHS and VA Sign Another MOU
The Indian Health Service and Department of Veterans Affairs have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that will help both agencies improve the health status
First Group of Students Completes ADA’s Pilot Community Dental Program
The first group of the students has completed coursework for a pilot Community Dental Health Coordinator (CDHC) program created by the American Dental Association (ADA) to
