News from Great Plains Tribal Health Board

A Visit From an Old Enemy: How a Long-Forgotten Virus Is Testing Tribal Immunity in the Great Plains
Tuesday, June 3, 2025
*Article Originally Published in the May issue of the Great Plains Tribal Health Magazine Measles was pronounced “eliminated” in the United States twenty-five years ago. Yet immunity gaps on the Northern…
Measels
Wednesday, May 28, 2025
The Great Plains Tribal Epidemiology Center is issuing an urgent public health alert warning of a looming measles outbreak across the Great Plains region and its tribal reservations.   Recent surveillance…
Janet Alkire
Monday, March 3, 2025
Rapid City, SD (March 3, 2025) – The Great Plains Tribal Leaders Health Board (GPTLHB) proudly congratulates Chairwoman Janet Alkire of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe on being honored as…
Meghan O'Connell, MD, MPH (Cherokee)
Tuesday, January 14, 2025
RAPID CITY, SD – The Great Plains Tribal Leaders Health Board is thrilled to announce that Dr. Meghan O'Connell, MD, MPH (Cherokee), Lead Epidemiologist for the Great Plains Tribal Epidemiology…
The Health Board has achived five straight years of clean audits.
Monday, January 6, 2025
The Great Plains Tribal Leaders Health Board (GPTLHB) recently achieved a significant milestone: five years of clean financial audits. This shows that the Health Board has managed its money well,…
Great Plains Tribal Epidemiology Center
Thursday, September 12, 2024
Published in Epidemiology News
The Great Plains Tribal Epidemiology Center (GPTEC), a division of the Great Plains Tribal Leaders Health Board, is pleased to announce its selection to participate in the CDC Foundation’s new…
Tatanka Means to Perform at Tribal Leaders Summit in Bismarck
Thursday, August 8, 2024
BISMARCK, ND – Nationally renowned comedian and actor Tatanka Means is set to perform at this year’s Tribal Leaders Summit, hosted by United Tribes Technical College and the Great Plains…
Health Board Celebrates Supreme Court Ruling in San Carlos Apache Tribe Case
Friday, June 7, 2024
RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA —Yesterday the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 decision in San Carlos Apache Tribe v. Becerra that Indian Health Service must pay tribes for overhead expenses associated with…
Health Boards receives $5 million to continue Healthy Start work
Friday, May 10, 2024
RAPID CITY –The Great Plains Tribal Leaders Health Board has again been funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to continue to maintain the Great Plains Healthy Start…
Tribes Launch Urgent Syphilis Response Effort in Partnership with Health Board and CDC
Wednesday, April 10, 2024
Oglala Sioux Tribe, Rosebud Sioux Tribe, and Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Launch Urgent Syphilis Response Effort in Partnership with Federal and Local Agencies South Dakota, April 9, 2024 - The…
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