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AHDC is in the Arizona Department of Health Services within the Bureau of Health Systems Development and is the Federal designee for the State.

Mission: To promote and protect the health and well being of the minority and vulnerable populations of Arizona by enhancing the capacity of the public health system to effectively serve minority populations and reduce health disparities.

Vision: Health equity for all. We envision a state where each person has equal opportunity to prevent and overcome disease and live a longer, healthier life. 

New!  Inaugural edition of AHDC's Newsleter: AHDConnection

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Events

• September 15-17, 2008
  14th Annual Latino Conference – Addressing Latino Behavioral Health Requirements in Workforce, Prevention and Early Intervention
  Presented by: Latino Behavioral Health Institute
  Location: Los Angeles Airport Marriott, 5855 W. Century Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90045
  For more information, please visit: http://www.lbhi.org/  
   

• September 21-24, 2008
  Sixth National Conference on Quality Health Care for Culturally Diverse Populations
  Co-produced by: Drexel University Center for Health Equality, Resources for Cross Cultural Health Care, and Office of Minority Health
  Location: Minneapolis, MN
  About: Features over 150 presentations during pre-conference intensive training sessions, plenary panels, roundtable sessions, and concurrent workshops, as well as a film festival and a resource center with poster presentations and exhibits.
  For more information, please visit: http://www.diversityrx.org/ccconf
   

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The reasonable man adapts himself to the world, the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.

                                                 --George Bernard Shaw

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