Programs

Active Bacterial Surveillance in Communities

For more than 20 years, we have helped tribes quantify the burden of serious disease caused by bacteria and monitor the impact of intervention strategies. **Sign up for our Active Bacterial Surveillance Newsletter** Public health surveillance is the continuous, systematic collection, analysis and interpretation of health-related data needed for the planning, implementation, and evaluation of

Focus Area: Infectious Disease Prevention

Associated Location(s): Chinle, AZFort Defiance, AZGallup, NMNavajo NationShiprock, NMTuba City, AZWhite Mountain ApacheWhiteriver, AZ

At Home Screening for STDs

Rural and isolated tribal communities have limited options for sexually transmitted infection testing and treatment. In some communities with small populations, concerns about confidentiality prevent people from getting tested at all, resulting in high rates of sexually transmitted infections. About Self-Administered Testing Self-administered testing kits make it possible to test for common sexually transmitted infections

Focus Area: Infectious Disease PreventionSexual & 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 world. There are many different causes of pneumonia. In the United States, people aged 65 years and over have the highest pneumonia-related illness and death. We know that rates of pneumonia among Navajo and White Mountain Apache adults

Focus Area: Infectious Disease Prevention

Associated Location(s): Chinle, AZFort Defiance, AZGallup, NMNavajo NationShiprock, NMWhite Mountain ApacheWhiteriver, AZ

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. Native American communities experienced among the highest rates of COVID-19 disease and death in the U.S. This study aimed to evaluate whether an investigational vaccine candidate, created by Pfizer/BioNTech, was effective in preventing COVID-19 disease. Globally, more than 44,000

Focus Area: COVID-19 Response & PreventionInfectious Disease Prevention

Associated Location(s): Chinle, AZGallup, NMNavajo NationShiprock, NMWhite Mountain ApacheWhiteriver, AZ

COVID-19 Surveillance in Native American Children and Adults (COVID SuNA)

Understanding the burden of COVID-19 through surveillance and serosurveillance will help us learn more about the virus and identify approaches to reduce disease in Native American communities. Through surveillance and serosurveillance, we can monitor and learn who has active COVID-19 illness and who has COVID-19 antibodies, respectively. COVID-19 antibodies are developed from past COVID-19 infection

Focus Area: COVID-19 Response & PreventionInfectious Disease Prevention

Early Childhood Caries

Early childhood caries (tooth decay, cavities) is an urgent public health epidemic facing over half of Native American children. Tooth decay has serious, long-lasting consequences for children, including pain, malnourishment, infection, delayed speech development, low self-esteem, poorer school performance, and poor oral health in adulthood. Oral health interventions must be delivered during infancy because tooth

Focus Area: Infectious Disease Prevention