COVID-19 HEALTH DISPARITIES - OF ARIZONA?S 114,000 SQUARE MILES, 55% IS FEDERAL AND STATE GOVERNMENT LAND AND 28% IS OWNED BY 22 FEDERALLY-RECOGNIZED AMERICAN INDIAN TRIBES IN ARIZONA. ARIZONA HAS 15 LARGE COUNTIES; FOUR SHARE THE 377-MILE INTERNATIONAL BORDER WITH MEXICO. MARICOPA AND PIMA COUNTIES COMPRISE 75% OF ARIZONA?S 7.3 MILLION POPULATION AND ARE ELIGIBLE FOR SEPARATE FUNDING UNDER THIS GRANT ANNOUNCEMENT. THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES WILL COVER THE REMAINDER OF THE STATE THROUGH THIS OPPORTUNITY.IN ITS 13 OTHER COUNTIES, RURAL ARIZONANS GENERALLY HAVE POORER HEALTH OUTCOMES, HIGHER UNINSURED RATES, LESS ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES, AND ALARMING DISPARITIES IN INFECTION, HOSPITALIZATION AND DEATHS RELATED TO THE PANDEMIC FOR AMERICAN INDIAN, LATINO, AFRICAN AMERICAN, AND ELDERLY POPULATIONS.THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES (ADHS) AND ITS PARTNERS WILL WORK TOGETHER TO REDUCE THE BURDEN OF COVID-19 AMONG DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED POPULATIONS IN RURAL COMMU

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COVID-19 HEALTH DISPARITIES - OF ARIZONA?S 114,000 SQUARE MILES, 55% IS FEDERAL AND STATE GOVERNMENT LAND AND 28% IS OWNED BY 22 FEDERALLY-RECOGNIZED AMERICAN INDIAN TRIBES IN ARIZONA. ARIZONA HAS 15 LARGE COUNTIES; FOUR SHARE THE 377-MILE INTERNATIONAL BORDER WITH MEXICO. MARICOPA AND PIMA COUNTIES COMPRISE 75% OF ARIZONA?S 7.3 MILLION POPULATION AND ARE ELIGIBLE FOR SEPARATE FUNDING UNDER THIS GRANT ANNOUNCEMENT. THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES WILL COVER THE REMAINDER OF THE STATE THROUGH THIS OPPORTUNITY.IN ITS 13 OTHER COUNTIES, RURAL ARIZONANS GENERALLY HAVE POORER HEALTH OUTCOMES, HIGHER UNINSURED RATES, LESS ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES, AND ALARMING DISPARITIES IN INFECTION, HOSPITALIZATION AND DEATHS RELATED TO THE PANDEMIC FOR AMERICAN INDIAN, LATINO, AFRICAN AMERICAN, AND ELDERLY POPULATIONS.THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES (ADHS) AND ITS PARTNERS WILL WORK TOGETHER TO REDUCE THE BURDEN OF COVID-19 AMONG DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED POPULATIONS IN RURAL COMMU