Federal investigators and tribal epidemiologists have documented a litany of obstacles keeping state and federal public health information from tribes, including confusion about data-sharing policies, inconsistent processes for requesting information, data that’s of poor quality or outdated, and strict privacy rules for sensitive data on health issues like HIV and substance misuse.

Back to School means gearing up for the year ahead, and for many that means covering all the bases including healthcare. Finding healthcare can be a daunting task but Arizona Center for Rural Health Certified Assisters are here to help.

Medicaid can partner with tribal communities to better serve their members, who face persistent and significant health disparities. But before deciding how to address tribal needs, it is critical for Medicaid agencies to forge strong partnerships by actively listening to what the tribes need and want.

Launched in 2022, the AIH-AHEC is just one of many improvements to come out of the annual Rural Health Conference, a meeting for rural health care providers and service organizations from around the state that’s coordinated by the UArizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health’s Center for Rural Health.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), is proposing new policies that aim to reduce maternal mortality and morbidity, which disproportionally affect underserved communities.

Updated 2024-2025 Flu Vaccine Recommendation

CDC recommends everyone 6 months of age and older, with rare exceptions, receive an updated 2024-2025 flu vaccine to reduce the risk of influenza and its potentially serious complications this fall and winter.

Participants in the 50th Annual Arizona Rural Health Conference organized by the Arizona Center for Rural Health (AzCRH) celebrated all they have accomplished in recent decades to improve health care and services for rural citizens, and also collaborated strategically to bring better health services to all communities in Arizona.

Arizona and Florida — whose rates of uninsured children are among the highest in the nation — set goals last year to widen the safety net that provides health insurance to people 18 and younger.