Posts Categorized: News

What would a vaccine for the climate crisis look like? Over the past year, many commentary writers have pointed out similarities between the coronavirus pandemic and the climate crisis. They’ve reminded us that, in both cases, we were warned by experts. Many government leaders denied the existence of both problems, and some of the general… Read More

ALPHA members who attended the membership meeting at the 2021 Health Summit last month participated in one of our primary forms of member engagement, the annual vote to adopt resolutions. This year we adopted seven resolutions on a wide range of topics, all drafted and submitted by members. (You can always find ALPHA’s resolutions, past… Read More

The weeks, and then the days, leading up to the annual Alaska Health Summit were such a frenzy of activity for the ALPHA board and our conference coordinator that these days since the Summit feel almost empty in comparison. Summit preparations were of course made extra complicated by taking it online for the first time.… Read More

Keep It Moving Alaska! It’s time to get moving — and it’s more fun if we do it together. That’s why the Alaska Public Health Association is participating in APHA’s Keep It Moving Challenge. We’ve created a team called “Alaska Public Health Association.” When you join you’ll be able to track how far your activity… Read More

If you have questions about COVID or need advise please call your provider and/or visit http://dhss.alaska.gov/dph/Epi/id/Pages/COVID-19/default.aspx  for more information.  Or call 211 for information, referrals, and assistance and/or visit https://alaska211.org/

“Public Health During Changing Times” Thank you 2021 Health Summit Sponsor Division of Public Health/Chronic Disease Prevention Health Promotion UAA Division of Population Health Sciences Council on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault (CDVSA) Alaska Cancer Partnership Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium Mat-Su Health Foundation Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority (AMHTA) Providence Health & Services Alaska… Read More

Date: May 29 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: APHA Media Relations, 202-777-3913 Statement from American Public Health Association Executive Director Georges Benjamin, MD “I can’t breathe.” With those last words, George Floyd, an unarmed, handcuffed black man, died this week after being pinned down by a white Minneapolis police officer, an atrocious action that has sparked outrage… Read More

“Public health” is a phrase you hear everywhere right now. The COVID-19 pandemic has focused attention on the federal, state and local public health agencies we depend on to guide us through an infectious disease crisis. Most of the time, though, it’s easy to ignore all the behind-the-scenes work done by public health workers and… Read More