Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium

Tribes Add Momentum to Tobacco-Free Movement

By Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium on Oct 10, 2012 Health

ANCHORAGE, ALASKA â€“Alaska Native tribes are taking action to eliminate tobacco use and exposure to secondhand smoke in the workplace. At the Alaska Federation of Natives (AFN) convention in 2011 a resolution in support of statewide smoke-free workplaces was unanimously passed. Since that time tribes have brought forward resolutions of their own. Seven tribes passed […]

Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium to receive Carolyn Boone Lewis Living the Vision Award on Thursday

By Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium on Apr 11, 2012 Health

The Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC) was recently named the American Hospital Association's (AHA) Carolyn Boone Lewis Living the Vision Award winner for its work in improving the health of Alaska Native and American Indian people through actions that go beyond traditional hospital care.