Preparedness

Items in the Preparedness category will cover everything from Emergency Medical Services to vaccination programs. This division at ADHS tracks contagious disease, coordinates emergency preparedness activity, licenses EMTs and Paramedics, regulates ambulance companies, authorizes special hospital designations like cardiac care center and Level IV trauma center, issues birth and death certificates, and tracks critical health data through various sources including hospital discharge information.

Unique Approach to Timely Dengue and Chikungunya Surveillance

By |2017-02-10T09:49:06-07:00November 12th, 2015|Preparedness|

Dengue and chikungunya are two mosquito-borne viruses that Arizonans can contract when traveling outside the country. If a mosquito in Arizona bites an infected person during their illness, it would be possible for the virus to start spreading in the state. To prevent this from happening, it is important for public health to identify suspected [...]

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Disease Detectives Investigating Rise in Valley Fever Cases

By |2017-02-10T09:49:06-07:00November 10th, 2015|Preparedness|

Every year in the United States approximately 150,000 people are believed to be infected by Coccidioidomycosis, the fungus that causes Valley Fever. It is one of the most commonly reported infectious diseases in Arizona, and our state accounts for 65 percent of all reported cases in the US. Most people that are infected have mild [...]

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ADHS is published again

By |2017-02-10T09:49:06-07:00November 9th, 2015|Preparedness|

Recently, two manuscripts from the ADHS Office of Infectious Disease Services were published in the Journal of Correctional Health Care. These publications described two outbreaks of botulism at an Arizona correctional facility in a 4-month period. Botulism, usually associated with improperly canned foods, causes flaccid paralysis that can lead to death without treatment or supportive [...]

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Quakes Remind Us to Prepare

By |2017-02-10T09:49:06-07:00November 2nd, 2015|Preparedness|

As many Arizonans know, a cluster of small earthquakes occurred near Black Canyon City last night causing minor shaking across parts of the state.  Although no major damage or injuries were reported, this seismic event reminds us that emergencies and disasters can occur when and where we least expect it. There are some basic things [...]

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Supporting services for refugee populations

By |2017-02-10T09:49:07-07:00October 30th, 2015|Preparedness|

For the past two years, CyraCom, one of the leading providers of language interpreting services to healthcare, hosted a language services summit here in Phoenix. The three day summit acted as a platform for healthcare systems to share information related to their language access programs, challenges, and needs seen in various communities in the U.S. [...]

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Aiming for TB elimination

By |2017-02-10T09:49:07-07:00October 20th, 2015|Preparedness|

Tuberculosis (TB) incidence continues to decline nationwide.  This ancient disease is still around, but just less so.  In Arizona last year, there were 193 cases of tuberculosis.  Compared to 573 cases fifty years ago, that’s a significant decrease. TB programs aren’t satisfied with this decrease; instead programs actively work toward the complete elimination of tuberculosis.  [...]

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Overview of Arizona’s Infectious Diseases Report Released

By |2017-02-10T09:49:07-07:00October 16th, 2015|Preparedness|

A new report published by our Office of Infectious Disease Services examines the epidemiology of selected infectious diseases in recent years. The report contains an overview of Arizona's surveillance system, graphs and maps on more than 25 different reportable conditions and links to other ADHS tables and reports for 2008-2013. Among many other topics, the [...]

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Arizona State Laboratory Announces Biosafety Improvement Plan

By |2017-02-10T09:49:07-07:00October 12th, 2015|General, Preparedness|

Public Health Laboratory was awarded funds from the Epidemiology Laboratory Capacity cooperative improvement grant to improve laboratory biosafety in Arizona as part of the national response to the Ebola crisis. The funds were awarded to develop a three-year plan to improve the state lab’s biosafety readiness as well as assisting the State Public Health Lab’s [...]

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Showcasing successful strategies for collaboration

By |2017-02-10T09:49:08-07:00October 1st, 2015|General, Preparedness|

Our partnership building skills were highlighted at the United States Conference on AIDS on September 13, in Washington, D.C. Our Office of Disease Integration and Services, HIV Prevention Program, and Maricopa County Ryan White Part A Program were selected from a pool of a thousand applicants to facilitate a three hour workshop “Thrown Under the [...]

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Expanded Integrated Behavioral Health Model set to Launch Oct. 1

By |2017-02-10T09:49:08-07:00September 28th, 2015|Behavioral Health, Preparedness, Prevention|

People with a serious mental illness have increased mortality that is largely from treatable medical conditions caused by risk factors like smoking, obesity, substance abuse, and not accessing primary and acute medical care. Research demonstrates that outcomes are improved for individuals with a serious mental illness when their whole health care, both physical and behavioral, [...]

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