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Tribal EpiCenters
08/07/2020

Bipartisan Bill Tears Down Health Data Barrier for Native Americans

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E&C – Press Release

Washington, D.C. – Energy and Commerce Committee members Rep. Greg Gianforte (R-MT), Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Rep. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), Rep. Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Rep. Tom O’Halleran (D-AZ), and Rep. Raul Ruiz, M.D. (D-CA) released the following statement on H.R. 7948, the Tribal Health Data Improvement Act of 2020, a bill that would reaffirm that Tribal public health authorities are entitled to access public health data.

August 7, 2020

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Tribal EpiCenters
08/06/2020

Indigenous Nations Battle to Secure Borders, Funds Amid Pandemic

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Foreign Policy – Report

Health inequalities and government indifference are hitting communities hard.

It was in 1832 that the U.S. government first began delivering health care to Indigenous communities. Congress allocated $12,000 to vaccinate those living in nations near white frontier settlements against smallpox.

Justin Ling
August 6, 2020

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Indigenous Nations Battle to Secure Borders, Funds Amid Pandemic
Photo: Miss Navajo Nation Shaandiin P. Parrish grabs a box filled with food and other supplies to distribute to Navajo families in Counselor on the Navajo Nation Reservation, New Mexico, on May 27.
Credit: Sharon Chischilly / Getty Images
Tribal EpiCenters
08/05/2020

State/Tribal/Territorial Partnership Initiative to Document and Sustain Disparity-Reducing Interventions

Grant Opportunities

The Office of Minority Health (OMH) announces the availability of funds for Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 grant awards under the authority of Section 1707 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. § 300u-6). OMH is dedicated to improving the health of racial and ethnic minority and disadvantaged populations through the development of health policies and programs that will help eliminate health disparities.

Applications Due: August 26, 2020

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Tribal EpiCenters
07/30/2020

Native Americans Feel Devastated by the Virus Yet Overlooked in the Data

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The New York Times – U.S.

Statistical gaps can make it difficult to properly allocate public resources to Native Americans. When that’s the case, one leader said, “tribal nations have an effective death sentence.”

Kate Conger, Robert Gebeloff and Richard A. Oppel Jr.
July 30, 2020

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Native Americans Feel Devastated by the Virus Yet Overlooked in the Data
Photo: Tashina Nunez, a nurse and a Yakama Nation descendant, said it appeared that many of the coronavirus patients at her hospital in Washington State were Native Americans.
Credit: Mason Trinca for The New York Times
Tribal EpiCenters
07/29/2020

Strengthening Public Health Systems and Services through National Partnerships to Improve and Protect the Nations Health

Grant Opportunities

The purpose of this notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) is to announce the availability of supplemental funding for the organizations that were previously awarded funding under Funding Strategy 1 of CDC-RFA-OT18-1802: Strengthening Public Health Systems and Services through National Partnerships to Improve and Protect the Nation’s Health.The CDC-RFA-OT18-1802 recipients are eligible to submit applications for Priority CIO Project Plans that match the Target Population Category (A, B, or C) and Target Population Description for which they received initial funding in FY18.

Applications Due: August 12, 2020

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