Border Health – AZ Dept. of Health Services Director's Blog

Work Continues to Reduce Opioid Deaths as Emergency Declaration Comes to an End

By Cara Christ|2018-06-01T14:11:13-07:00June 1st, 2018|General, Prevention|

Governor Doug Ducey has officially ended the formal emergency public health declaration he issued last year that directed our department to lead a statewide response to the opioid epidemic. We have made tremendous strides, but the work we started last June is far from complete. The list of accomplishments over this last year is long [...]

Annual US Mexico Border Health Commission Meeting

By azdhs-admin|2017-02-10T09:51:25-07:00November 25th, 2011|General|

I was fortunate to be able to attend the US-México Border Health Commission Annual Meeting in Ensenada this month. Mary Wakefield(Administrator for HRSA) and Víctor Hugo López Aranda (General Director of the National Commission of Social Health Protection) attended some of the meetings (and social events) and co-chaired the Plenary Session. Victor was representing the new Secretary of [...]