Programs
Active Bacterial Surveillance in Communities (SuNA)
For more than 20 years, we have helped tribes quantify the burden of serious disease caused by bacteria and monitor the …
Focus area(s):
Infectious Disease Prevention
Associated location(s):
Navajo Nation>Chinle, AZ
Navajo Nation>Fort Defiance, AZ
Navajo Nation>Gallup, NM
Navajo Nation>Shiprock, NM
Navajo Nation>Tuba City, AZ
White Mountain Apache>Whiteriver, AZ
At Home Screening for STDs
Rural and isolated tribal communities have limited options for sexually transmitted infection testing and treatment. In …
Focus area(s):
Infectious Disease Prevention
Sexual & Reproductive Health
Causes of Pneumonia and burden of Pneumococcal Pneumonia in American Indian Adults
Understanding the Causes of Adult Pneumonia
Pneumonia is a leading cause of hospitalization and death throughout the wo…
Focus area(s):
Infectious Disease Prevention
Associated location(s):
Navajo Nation>Chinle, AZ
Navajo Nation>Fort Defiance, AZ
Navajo Nation>Gallup, NM
Navajo Nation>Shiprock, NM
White Mountain Apache>Whiteriver, AZ
COVID-19 Emergency Food, Water, and Household Supplies
Our team is proud to have been serving on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic. We recognized early on that a multi-…
Focus area(s):
Infectious Disease Prevention
COVID-19 Health Resource Library
During the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been an exponential increase in the need for public health informational materia…
Focus area(s):
Infectious Disease Prevention
COVID-19 Pfizer Vaccine Clinical Trial
COVID-19 Pfizer Vaccine Clinical Trial
SARS-CoV-2 emerged in late 2019 and caused the global COVID-19 pandemic. Nativ…
Focus area(s):
Infectious Disease Prevention
Associated location(s):
Navajo Nation>Chinle, AZ
Navajo Nation>Gallup, NM
Navajo Nation>Shiprock, NM
White Mountain Apache>Whiteriver, AZ
Disease Prevention, Surveillance and Contact Tracing
Disease Prevention, Surveillance, and Contact Tracing
Our Center has supported tribal communities in tracking cases and…
Focus area(s):
Infectious Disease Prevention
Early Childhood Caries
Early childhood caries (tooth decay, cavities) is an urgent public health epidemic facing over half of Native American c…
Focus area(s):
Infectious Disease Prevention
Evaluating Maternal Immunization Study
The flu (influenza) and whooping cough (pertussis) infection in infants can lead to serious illness and even death, part…
Focus area(s):
Infectious Disease Prevention
Associated location(s):
Navajo Nation>Chinle, AZ
Navajo Nation>Fort Defiance, AZ
Navajo Nation>Gallup, NM
Navajo Nation>Shiprock, NM
White Mountain Apache>Whiteriver, AZ
Haemophilus influenzae carriage among southwestern American Indian children
Haemophilus influenzae is a type of germ (bacteria) that frequently lives in the back of the nose and throat. This is a …
Focus area(s):
Infectious Disease Prevention
Associated location(s):
Navajo Nation>Chinle, AZ
Navajo Nation>Fort Defiance, AZ
Navajo Nation>Gallup, NM
Navajo Nation>Shiprock, NM
White Mountain Apache>Whiteriver, AZ