ANTHC Board of Directors $5,000 Scholarship 2024-25 Application period opens March 1, 2024 The Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium awards ten (10) competitive $5,000 scholarships to qualified Alaska Native and American Indian students statewide to increase Alaska Native and American Indian people working in health care fields. The 2024-2025 application period will open in the spring of 2024. More information can be found here. Alaska Pacific University scholarship program for Alaska Tribal Health System employees Alaska Pacific University offers a ...

ANTHC partners with rural communities across Alaska to find innovative solutions to reduce the high cost of heating water and sewer facilities. Through a variety of renewable energy and energy efficiency upgrades, these communities have become more self-reliant, energy efficient and sustainable. Here are just a few of their success stories: Energy Efficiency: Pilot Station In 2014, ANTHC completed energy efficiency work on the local water and sewer system in Pilot Station. Since these retrofits were implemented, the community has ...

Providing the health benefits of clean water and sanitary sewer systems for remote communities in cold climates makes for unique challenges, including extremely high energy usage and high energy costs. The goal of ANTHC’s Rural Energy Program is to make clean water and sanitation systems efficient, sustainable and affordable. On average, energy costs represent 39 percent of the total cost of providing water and sewer services and make up nearly a third of the total amount of energy used by ...

AUSC Catalog Revision V5

On June 1, 1998, Tribal health in Alaska changed dramatically when the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC) signed a contract to assume responsibility for the operations of the majority of the Indian Health Service Alaska Area office’s programs. After decades of fighting for self-governance, Alaska Native people now controlled our health care. Today, ANTHC and the Alaska Tribal Health System provide the passion and dedication that make us the embodiment of health care self-determination for Alaska Native people. ANTHC ...

The ANTHC Liver Disease and Hepatitis Program has provided important services to support our Tribal health partners for the past 30 years. These services, such as clinical consultation and education, help improve the health of our people. Liver-related deaths due to cirrhosis and liver cancer are the sixth leading cause of death for American Indian and Alaska Native people across the country. Living with liver disease contributes to a decreased quality of life because it impacts a person’s ability to ...