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Arizona Department of Health Services, Cabinet Executive Officer’s Blog2023-10-05T14:06:47-07:00

Improving Infectious Disease Preparedness and Response in Arizona

Last week, we hosted our eighth annual Arizona Infectious Disease Training & Exercise (AZID2017), where about 400 partners from a wide variety of organizations joined together to learn and share about best practices and current infectious disease trends in Arizona and surrounding states. We hosted speakers from local Arizona jurisdictions, other states, CDC, and Universities. We had presentations on a [...]

By |August 4th, 2017|Preparedness|Comments Off on Improving Infectious Disease Preparedness and Response in Arizona

Partners Exercise Response Plans During a Hepatitis A Outbreak Scenario

Our Food and Waterborne Teams in the Office of Infectious Disease Services led a foodborne outbreak investigation tabletop exercise for almost 110 public health partners last week. Individuals in attendance came from tribal and county health departments, hospitals, state universities, and federal agencies including the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).  This year’s all-day exercise explored an outbreak of hepatitis A [...]

By |August 3rd, 2017|Preparedness|Comments Off on Partners Exercise Response Plans During a Hepatitis A Outbreak Scenario

2017 Healthy Swimming Poster Contest Winners Announced

The Office of Infectious Disease concluded its 5th annual Healthy Swimming Poster Contest. This year we had 60 healthy swimming posters submitted from kids all across Arizona.  All posters submitted suggested ways to swim healthy and avoid getting a recreational water illness. Examples of these messages include: ·       Never swim when sick, especially with diarrhea ·       Keep pee and poop [...]

By |August 2nd, 2017|Preparedness|Comments Off on 2017 Healthy Swimming Poster Contest Winners Announced

New Opioid Dashboard Launched

The ADHS team recently launched a new dashboard providing more details on the possible opioid overdoses and deaths that have been reported to us since June 15 when the enhanced surveillance executive order went into effect.  One of the features of the dashboard is the display of possible overdoses by week.     With six weeks of reports of real time data, we’ve seen nearly 1,300 [...]

By |July 31st, 2017|Prevention|Comments Off on New Opioid Dashboard Launched

World Health Organization Working Towards of Eliminating Hepatitis

This World Hepatitis Day, the World Health Organization continues to build upon its strategy to combat viral hepatitis and achieve the final goal of eliminating hepatitis. Hepatitis is an inflammation of the liver that is often caused by a virus. The three most common viruses that cause viral hepatitis in the U.S. are hepatitis A, B, and C. Hepatitis B [...]

By |July 27th, 2017|Preparedness|Comments Off on World Health Organization Working Towards of Eliminating Hepatitis

Get Ahead on Back to School and Fall Sports by Making Sure You Have Your Child’s Birth Certificate

August is a busy time of year for many Arizona families.  It’s time for back to school and enrollment for fall sports, both of which will likely require you to submit a copy of your child’s birth certificate. Our Bureau of Vital Records is responsible for maintaining and issuing certified copies of Arizona vital records, including birth certificates. Directions on how [...]

By |July 26th, 2017|Licensing|Comments Off on Get Ahead on Back to School and Fall Sports by Making Sure You Have Your Child’s Birth Certificate
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