The Alaska Native Epidemiology Center (EpiCenter) is located within the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium’s (ANTHC) Community Health Services, in Anchorage, Alaska. ANTHC provides the highest quality health services for Alaska Native and American Indian people at the Alaska Native Medical Center and across Alaska through training, health education, disease and injury prevention, and rural water and sewer construction. ANTHC, along with the regional Tribal health organizations, comprise the Alaska Tribal Health System, which has the primary goal of improving the health of Alaska Native people. Established in 1996, the Alaska Native Epidemiology Center (EpiCenter) is one of the twelve Tribal Epidemiology Centers established by the Indian Health Service. The EpiCenter provides public health and epidemiologic services to Alaska Tribal Health Organizations and the Tribal communities they serve.
ANEC’s goal is to support ANTHC’s mission of “Optimizing health and well-being through collaborative partnerships and services”, by monitoring and reporting on health data, providing technical assistance, and supporting initiatives that promote the health and wellness of Alaska Native People.