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The Indian Health Service (IHS) is an operating division (OPDIV) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). IHS is responsible for providing direct medical and public health services to members of federally recognized Native American Tribes and Alaska Native people.
Indian Health Services (IHS) has been providing healthcare to Native Americans and Alaska Natives since 1955. It operates facilities in 37 states and acts as a healthcare advocate for Native ...
The Native American Health Center, Inc. was founded in 1972 as the Urban Indian Health Board, Inc. [2] NAHC operates two sites in San Francisco, two sites in Oakland, one site in Richmond, and eight school based health centers. [3] NAHC provides medical, dental and family services to Native Americans and the residents of the surrounding ...
Dzilth-Na-O-Dith-Hle Health Center (Bloomfield, New Mexico) Fort Defiance Indian Hospital; Four Corners Regional Health Center (Teec Nos Pos, Arizona) Gallup Indian Medical Center (Gallup, New Mexico) Inscription House Health Center (Shonto, Arizona) Kayenta Health Center (Kayenta, Arizona) Pinon Health Center (Pinon, Arizona) Shiprock-Northern ...
Native Americans say the U.S. is violating treaties with tribal nations that promised to care for tribes' health and welfare in return for their land. Patients suffer when Indian Health Service ...
Data collected by means of secondary sources, such as the US Census Bureau and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics, showed that from 1999 to 2009, Alaska Natives and Native Americans had high mortality rates from infectious diseases when compared to the mortality rate of white Americans.
The Indian Health Services (IHS) is a government organization created in 1955 to help combat poor health and living conditions of Native Americans and Alaska Natives. The IHS still exists in the United States, and is a blend of various organizations created to combat specific health problems for Native American and Alaskan Natives.
The Tule River Indian Health Center is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization founded in 1973 and dedicated to meeting the healthcare and health education needs of the Native American communities in Tulare County.