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Tribal Health Leaders Say Feds Haven’t Treated Syphilis Outbreak as a Public Health Emergency

KFF Health News

And tribal health leaders say their calls for federal officials to declare a public health emergency have gone unheeded. Three years later, the outbreak continues — the number of new infections so far this year is 10 times the full 12-month totals recorded in some years before the upsurge. Sign up for its newsletters here.

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Public Health Infrastructure Partners Launch National Implementation Center Program to Support Data Modernization 

PHAB

The Implementation Center Program includes three Implementation Centers that will provide direct technical implementation services to public health agencies with a fourth Implementation Center to support tribal health agencies and tribal-serving organizations in their data modernization efforts.

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A Program To Close Insurance Gaps for Native Americans Has Gone Largely Unused

KFF Health News

He said he fell through a gap in the tribal health care system because he lives 1,500 miles from the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation home area in eastern Kansas, where he’s an enrolled member. .” Rice, 62, was born and has spent his life in Nevada.

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October Policy Updates: Budget Consultations, Historic Apology, Traditional Healing Coverage, and More

National Council on Urban Indian Health

Federal Comment Deadlines : Key upcoming federal deadlines for public comment on health policies affecting Native communities. NCUIH in Action & Recent Events : NCUIH leadership has been active at recent events, advocating for health equity and policy support for urban Native communities.