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Tribal representatives work on health care priorities at Tribal Gathering XV.

Fighting cancer with Native foods

Subsistence diet guide is alternative to modern medicine

By DEBRA McKINNEY, Anchorage Daily News.Published: April 28th, 2008 12:03 AM ADN link

In the Messenger...

Tribal Gathering XV focuses on healthy children
Nearly 100 tribal leaders gathered for the Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation's 15th annual Tribal Unity Gathering held April 1 and 2 at the Yupiit Piciryarait Cultural Center in Bethel.

Tribal Gathering XV Priorities
These were voted as the top 10 priorities for each unit.

High school student takes up-close look at nursing career
Nikki Pollock is a student who loves science. She is one of eight local high school students participating in job shadow experiences at YKHC this year.

From the Outside looking in..

Kingsport native honored for her environmental work in Alaska
Kingsport Times News - Kingsport,TN,USA
Jennifer Dobson's duties as a field environmental health specialist for the Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation take her far from the cargo port of Bethel, Alaska.

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Every flight an emergency

Alaska air ambulances contend with distance and bad weather in getting to patients quickly.

- By Ann Potempa, ADN (03-08-05)

YKHC has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval™

TheYukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation manages a comprehensive health caresystem on behalf of 58 federally recognized Tribes for 50 ruralcommunities in southwest Alaska. The system includes community clinics,subregional clinics, a regional hospital, dental and optical services,mental health services, substance abuse counseling and treatment,health promotion and disease prevention programs, and environmentalhealth services.