Celebrating a Link in the Chain of Survival
Every day 15 Arizonans suffer from a cardiac arrest (their heart stops). That’s 15 yesterday, today and tomorrow- adding up to more than 5,000 people in Arizona per year… which is more the 5 times the number of folks that die in car crashes. Saving lives after a cardiac arrest requires several links in the “Chain of Survival” from: 1) [...]
KidsCare II Enrollment opens today
Starting today, AHCCCS is reopening enrollment in the KidsCare II program. Arizona's Temporary Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) is accepting applications again. Enrollment was suspended in September and many people were put on a wait list – those kids will be automatically enrolled and do not need to reapply. KidsCare II criteria include income guidelines of up to 175% of [...]
ADHS Joins the Wi-Fi Club
ADHS joined the Wi-Fi Club … with I.T. installing 9 Wi-Fi hotspots in various conference rooms- with a few more to come. The “hotspots” provide wireless Internet connectivity for up to 10 devices per conference room. The password will be posted in each conference room where it’s available. Here’s the list of conference rooms that have Wi-Fi hotspots (so far)… Building 150: [...]
Lab Team Snags National Innovation Award
Your AZ Public Health Laboratory was recognized this month at the CDC Laboratory Response Network National meeting for Innovative Collaborations with AZ's first responders. We were lauded for our unique approaches to training hazmat technicians on the use of handheld analytical instruments for testing chemical and biological agents in the field and demonstrating testing capabilities available at the public health lab. This is critical not just [...]
The Public Health of Weather
Our Office of Environmental Health is one of only 8 states awarded a cooperative agreement with the CDC for adapting to extreme weather and its effects on public health. Heat is the number one killer among all weather related causes of death across the country and in Arizona… more than tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, and wildfires combined. It doesn't get much [...]
Introducing… the 2012 ADHS Food Drive
Helping fight hunger in our state is a worthy investment of anyone’s time. One in four children struggle with hunger in our state according the Arizona Association of Food Banks. To do their part… food banks in our state supply more than 11 million pounds of food every month. But the food banks rely on donations and with so many [...]