Sonora/Yuma County – 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 [...]

Building a Healthier Border

By azdhs-admin|2017-02-10T09:51:27-07:00October 28th, 2011|General|

You can think of the border public health advocacy network as a binational matrix of public health partners that collaborate to improve conditions along the US-Mexico border. The network includes national organizations like the U.S.-Mexico Border Health Commission along with state based partnerships like the Arizona-Mexico Commission and the annual U.S.-Mexico Border Governor’s Conference. Community based binational partnerships [...]