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Six and one-half years. That’s the decline in life expectancy that the COVID-19 pandemic wrought upon American Indians and Alaska Natives, based on an August 2022 report from the National Center for Health Statistics.

This astounding figure translates to an overall drop in average living years from 71.8 years in 2019 to 65.2 by the end of 2021.

Growing up in remote rural Alaska as a member of the Koyukon Athabascan tribe, I heard stories of how infectious diseases like flu, smallpox and tuberculosis threatened our survival. My cultural group descends from three families that survived the 1918 flu pandemic.

This history inspired me to become a traditional healer. Along with my training in Western medicine, I have also studied plant-based medicine and earth-based science, which was taught to me by my elders – practitioners who passed down thousands of years of accumulated knowledge to me.

Through both my medical and traditional practices, I have learned there are many reasons for the decline in life expectancy and the divide between Indigenous and non-Indigenous health outcomes. But this gap – if the government and the medical system will act – can be narrowed.
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kripaya teen vaakyon main neeche die gaye lekh snipet ko sankshep main prastut karen:


chah or dedh saal.yah jivan pratyaasha main giravat he ki kovid -19 mahamari ne america bharatiyon or alaska mul nivaasiyon par neshnal centre for health statisticks kii agast 2022 kii report ke aadhaar par ga liya.

yah ascharyajanak aankada 2019 main 71.8 varshon se ausat jivan ke varshon main ek samgr giravat kaa anuwaad karata he, jo 2021 ke ant tak 65.2 ho gaya.

koyucon athabascan janajati ke ek sadsy ke rup main doordaraj ke gramin alaska main badhate hue, maine kaha ki kaise flu, chechak or tapedic jaise sankramak rogon ne hamaare astitv ko khatre main daal diya.meraa saanskrithik samooh teen pariwaron se utarataa he jo 1918 flu mahamari se batch gaye the.

is itihaas ne mujhe ek paaramparik upachaarkarta banane ke liye prerit kiya.pashchimi chikitsa main apane prashikshan ke saath, maine plant-aadhaarit chikitsa or prithvi-aadhaarit vigyaan kaa bhi adhyayan kiya he, jo mujhe mere bujurgon dwaara sikhaaya gaya tha-chikitsak jo mujhe hajaaron saal ke sanchit gyaan se guzarate the.

meri chikitsa or paaramparik donon prathaon ke madhyam se, maine siikhaa he ki jivan pratyaasha main giravat or swadeshi or gaiyr-swadeshi swasthya parinaamon ke bich vibhaajan ke kai kaaran hai.lekin yah antar - agar sarkaar or chikitsa pranali kaary karegi - to sankuchit ho sakati he.
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america bharatiyon or alaska mul nivaasiyon kii live pratyaasha 2019 main 71.8 varshon se kovid -19 mahamari ke baad se saadhe chah saal kii giravat ai he, jo 2021 ke ant tak 65.2 saal ho gaya.sankramak beemaari ke khataron kii kahaniyaan or teen pariwaron se utre jo 1918 flu mahamari se batch gaye.is khatre or aadhunik sthiti ne lekhak ko ek paaramparik upachaarkarta banane or pashchimi or paaramparik donon chikitsa donon ke saath kaam karne ke liye prerit kiya.
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kripaya teen vaakyon main neeche die gaye lekh snipet ko sankshep main prastut karen:


chah or dedh saal.yah jivan pratyaasha main giravat he ki kovid -19 mahamari ne america bharatiyon or alaska mul nivaasiyon par neshnal centre for health statisticks kii agast 2022 kii report ke aadhaar par ga liya.

yah ascharyajanak aankada 2019 main 71.8 varshon se ausat jivan ke varshon main ek samgr giravat kaa anuwaad karata he, jo 2021 ke ant tak 65.2 ho gaya.

koyucon athabascan janajati ke ek sadsy ke rup main doordaraj ke gramin alaska main badhate hue, maine kaha ki kaise flu, chechak or tapedic jaise sankramak rogon ne hamaare astitv ko khatre main daal diya.meraa saanskrithik samooh teen pariwaron se utarataa he jo 1918 flu mahamari se batch gaye the.

is itihaas ne mujhe ek paaramparik upachaarkarta banane ke liye prerit kiya.pashchimi chikitsa main apane prashikshan ke saath, maine plant-aadhaarit chikitsa or prithvi-aadhaarit vigyaan kaa bhi adhyayan kiya he, jo mujhe mere bujurgon dwaara sikhaaya gaya tha-chikitsak jo mujhe hajaaron saal ke sanchit gyaan se guzarate the.

meri chikitsa or paaramparik donon prathaon ke madhyam se, maine siikhaa he ki jivan pratyaasha main giravat or swadeshi or gaiyr-swadeshi swasthya parinaamon ke bich vibhaajan ke kai kaaran hai.lekin yah antar - agar sarkaar or chikitsa pranali kaary karegi - to sankuchit ho sakati he.</s>
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america bharatiyon or alaska mul nivaasiyon kii live pratyaasha 2019 main 71.8 varshon se kovid -19 mahamari ke baad se saadhe chah saal kii giravat ai he, jo 2021 ke ant tak 65.2 saal ho gaya.sankramak beemaari ke khataron kii kahaniyaan or teen pariwaron se utre jo 1918 flu mahamari se batch gaye.is khatre or aadhunik sthiti ne lekhak ko ek paaramparik upachaarkarta banane or pashchimi or paaramparik donon chikitsa donon ke saath kaam karne ke liye prerit kiya.</s>
