Indian Health Service
2024
The Indian Health Service (IHS) is an agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services responsible for providing American Indian and Alaska Native populations with federally-based health services in order to “uphold the federal government’s obligation to promote healthy American Indian and Alaska Native people, communities, and cultures, and to honor and protect the inherent sovereign rights of Tribes.” The IHS’ main goal is to provide comprehensive, culturally appropriate services, and as such, their website includes many resources for patients on various health issues, as well as information for providers serving native people, and those working to enhance community health more broadly.
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Indian Health Service. https://www.ihs.gov.