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The Arizona Rural Health Association, Inc. advocates on behalf of the health needs of rural Arizonans at national, state and local levels. Its multidisciplinary membership provides a respected and highly effective group of rural health practitioners and rural community residents. For example, the AzRHA, Inc. has actively and successfully advocated with the state legislature for funding for tele-medicine and mobile clinics in all fifteen counties of the state. The Arizona Rural Health Association is a member of The National Rural Health Association.
AzRHA Awards Hopi Kachinas to Five Past Presidents Click here for enlarged picture.
The board members of the Arizona Rural Health Association honored five past presidents on January 12 during the Arizona Rural Health Policy Forum. In appreciation for their commitment and contributions to the Association, each received a Kachina doll carved by well-known Hopi carver, Anthony Huma.
Featured in the photograph from left to right are past presidents Rick Swanson, Dana Johnson, Jack Beveridge, Alison Hughes, and Edie Faust.
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2011-2012 AzRHA OFFICERS and BOARD MEMBERS LINK TO RURAL MONITOR |
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AzRHA's mission is to work for the preservation and enhancement of rural health in the state of Arizona.
Photos by Alison Hughes and Bonni Beveridge
Challenges in rural health care, as well as opportunities to meet those challenges, are increasing dramatically. Health care professionals must begin now to prepare themselves for the new innovations that will affect the state's primary care agenda, welfare policies, elder care, health care for Native Americans, telecommunications and telemedicine, and a host of other issues.
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