Super-Region Chamber Live Arizona HHS Region 9

Southern Arizona Chamber

Greater TEAM UP Tucson, Southeast Rural, and Southwest Rural. Eight southern Arizona counties, 1.7 million neighbors, one Super-Region Chamber powered by PHIT™ and activated through Reality Health Games.

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Sub-Chambers
8
Counties
1.7M
Population
64
PHIT™ Score
Welcome to Southern AZ

Get oriented. Then get active.

Your Southern Arizona briefing on the right is pulling live from public health agencies, local health department feeds, and our PHIT™ Data Hub. If this is your first visit, here are the four fastest ways to plug in:

Southern AZ Sub-Chambers

One metro, two rural zones.

Southern Arizona pairs Greater TEAM UP Tucson with the Southeast and Southwest Rural Zone Chambers.

Metro Chamber

Greater TEAM UP Tucson

Pima County · ~1,060k residents
Counties Covered
Pima
Director / Partner
TEAM UP Tucson · Pima Health Department · El Pueblo
66
PHIT™
842
Active Members
24k
RHG Coins Wk
Open TEAM UP Tucson Chamber →
Rural Zone Chamber

Southeast Rural

Cochise, Santa Cruz, Graham, Greenlee
Counties Covered
Cochise · Santa Cruz · Graham · Greenlee
Director / Partner
SE AZ Rural Health · Cochise Regional
61
PHIT™
187
Active Members
6.4k
RHG Coins Wk
Open SE Rural Chamber →
Rural Zone Chamber

Southwest Rural

Yuma, La Paz, western Pima
Counties Covered
Yuma · La Paz · Western Pima
Director / Partner
Yuma Rural Coalition · SW AZ Ag Health
59
PHIT™
142
Active Members
4.2k
RHG Coins Wk
Open SW Rural Chamber →
PHIT™ Snapshot · Southern AZ

Data scoped to 8 counties.

Southern Arizona aggregates across Pima, Cochise, Santa Cruz, Graham, Greenlee, Yuma, La Paz, and western Pinal data points.

Adult Obesity Rate
29.4%
↑ 0.6pp YoY
CDC PLACES · 2025
Primary Care Access
1 : 1,560
↓ worsening
HRSA · 2025
Broadband Coverage
84.6%
↑ 3.1pp YoY
FCC BDC · 2025
Teen Birth Rate
28.4 / 1k
↓ 2.0 YoY
CDC WONDER · 2024
Uninsured Adults
14.2%
↔ flat
Census ACS · 2024
Food Insecurity
15.8%
↑ 1.2pp YoY
USDA · 2024
Rx Opioid Deaths
18.3 / 100k
↓ 1.4 YoY
CDC WONDER · 2024
SNAP Participation
14.7%
↔ stable
USDA · 2024
Community · Southern AZ

What’s moving in Southern Arizona.

Posts from Directors and Members across Greater TEAM UP Tucson, SE Rural, and SW Rural.

TU
TEAM UP Tucson · Metro · 1 hour ago
Prevention Bingo Cardiovascular Quest kicks off Saturday at El Pueblo Neighborhood Center. 40 members signed up. Goal: 100 new Learn It Cards across Pima County by end of month.
SE
SE Rural Director · Cochise · 5 hours ago
Bisbee Family Health signed on as SE Rural partner this morning. That’s 3 counties now with active primary care partners. Santa Cruz next.
SW
SW Rural Director · Yuma · yesterday
SW Rural PHIT™ Score moved from 58 to 59 this quarter. Food insecurity indicator still the priority. Community gardens activation in La Paz starting February.
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Southern AZ Chamber · Super-Region · 2 days ago
Quarterly convening Feb 13 at Pima Community College. Agenda: cross-county primary care access campaign, Certified Patient Asthma pilot rollout, and Rural Health Tour AZ kickoff.
Live from Southern Arizona

What’s happening right now.

Local weather and air quality, public health headlines direct from agencies, Coach Lucy’s Out-and-About dispatches, and our Southern AZ partner network.

Today Across Southern AZ

Tucson
Pima County · Clear
78°F
Yuma
Yuma County · Sunny
84°F
Douglas
Cochise County · Partly Cloudy
72°F
Nogales
Santa Cruz County · Clear
76°F
Air Quality: Good (AQI 42)
Live data: EPA AirNow · NWS

Arizona Department of Health Services

Valley Fever awareness expanded for Spring 2026
Director’s Blog · Endemic fungal disease
Q2 heat season preparedness guidance for rural counties
Director’s Blog · Environmental health
Tribal Nations health partnership framework released
Director’s Blog · Health equity
Live RSS: azdhs.gov feed

Pima County Health Department

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Coach Lucy’s Out and About · Southern Arizona
Real dispatches from the road. Drawn from Lucy’s weekly Recap Blogs as she activates chambers across AZ.
April 1, 2026

Three pillars we’re building with TEAM UP Tucson

Foundational Systemic Change, Mixed-Media Health Literacy, and Regional Health Hubs. This is the Arizona Chamber of Health model pulled straight from our Canva infographic boards, and TEAM Up! Greater Phoenix plus Rural AZ hubs are already stacking behind it. Plus what Tribal Nations sovereignty and E-Rate Connected Families mean for Southern AZ this year.

Chamber Strategy
March 29, 2026

Bringing the Certified Patient program to Southern AZ

Dr. Rob’s Certified Patient Asthma pilot is headed to Tucson and SE Rural this quarter. A snapshot of what it took to get the clinical partnerships aligned, the conversations at Bisbee Family Health, and why the first 100 Certified Patients in Cochise County matter to every other Super-Region behind us.

Certified Patient Pilot
March 22, 2026

A week with the Rural Health Tour in AZ

Yuma, Bisbee, and the border-health coordination meetings. What the SW Rural Director onboarding actually looked like on the ground, why La Paz needs its own convening, and the three conversations with Santa Cruz County leadership that changed our activation sequencing for Q2.

Rural Health Tour AZ
Southern AZ Partner Network

Local groups activating with us.

Metro Lead
TEAM UP Tucson
Pima County
Public Health
Pima County Health Department
Tucson metro
Health System
Banner-University Medical Center Tucson
Pima County
Higher Ed
U of A Health Sciences
Tucson
Higher Ed
Pima Community College
Tucson metro
Community
El Pueblo Neighborhood Center
South Tucson
Condition Nonprofit
Sickle Cell Foundation Arizona
Statewide, 360 SCD Hub
Rural Hospital
Yuma Regional Medical Center
Yuma County
Rural Hospital
Cochise Regional Hospital
Cochise County
Rural Clinic
Bisbee Family Health
Cochise County
Border Health
Santa Cruz County Health Services
Nogales corridor
Tribal Partner
Tohono O’odham Nation Health Dept
SW AZ sovereignty

Play with Southern AZ.

Join the Southern Arizona Chamber as a Member, a TEAM UP Tucson Ambassador, or a Rural Zone Director. Pick your zone and start Learning, Living, and Sharing alongside your neighbors.

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