Secretaria de Salud – AZ Dept. of Health Services Director's Blog

Sonoran Public Health Department & ADHS Snag the Paul Fannin Award

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:51:08-07:00June 11th, 2012|Behavioral Health, General, Licensing, Preparedness, Prevention|

The Secretario de Salud Publica & the ADHS jointly received the Arizona Mexico Commission’s Paul Fannin award for our public health collaborations last Friday night. This is a top award for the Commission- with the award going to “… an organization that has demonstrated acts of goodwill and support toward the development of the Arizona-Sonora relationship.” It’s named after the [...]

“Health Tourism”

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:52:08-07:00September 15th, 2010|General, Licensing|

I attended the “First Forum of Health and Retirement Tourism” at the beginning of September in Alamos, Sonora. The meeting was part of a Sonora’s health tourism initiative that’s focused on improving the retirement infrastructure, providing more opportunities for “Baby Boomers” to retire in Sonora. They also have a goal of building an infrastructure for [...]