Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a chronic infection that can cause liver damage and liver cancer. About 20,000 persons die from HCV each year. Hepatitis C is a preventable and curable disease. Learn how our IHS, Tribal and Urban Indian (I/T/U) primary care clinics are proving that hepatitis c is treatable in our own communities, by our own providers.

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Newly released: Data brief on drug and alcohol deaths among Northwest AI/AN

Pleased to Present

Tribal Disease Detectives: Contact Tracing Training
June 29, 10:30 Monday Pacific Time

Register for This Training:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/JuneContactTracing

Recommended Pretraining Video
Principles of Contact Tracing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cf7m32pgsMI

Funding Opportunities:

FY2021 Env. Health Hazards and Disasters.sub-awards RFA.pdf

Natural Disasters
The Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board (NPAIHB) Environmental Public Health Program will consult with Tribes to identify the environmental health hazards associated with disasters, document and distribute lessons-learned on your responses to the disasters, and provide technical assistance on disasters. Tribes will incorporate traditional ecological knowledge in understanding the environmental health hazards associated with disasters.

FY2021 Env. Health Hazards and Well Water.sub-awards RFA.pdf

Water and Well Funding
Funded applicants will build and strengthen the capacity of Tribes to identify, evaluate, and improve domestic well water safety programs. NPAIHB proposes to fund and train staff at three Tribes to identify all private drinking water wells, conduct screening sampling for contaminants, and perform risk assessments for improving wellhead protection.

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Tribal Digest Publication Issue 243
Good Health and Wellness in Indian Country
TRIBAL RESOURCE DIGEST

MMWR – Aug 19, 2020

Made up of all forty-three federally recognized tribes in Oregon, Washington, and Idaho, NPAIHB advocates tribal sovereignty through government-to-government relations. We develop relationships with state offices and other agencies dealing with health matters to assure that tribal interests are taken into account as health policy is formulated.

Administering health research and projects serving Northwest Tribes since 1997.

We offer use of premium training space free of charge to Member Tribes and related organizations.