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An Active Answer to an Important Question: What Are You Doing This Summer?
Imagine a place where you can feel happiness buzzing in the air, where children are at the center of a mini-universe, and all around them are four generations of family, overflowing with pride and affection. It’s a place where special people donate their time in a way that enriches their own lives as much as the children they serve. Most importantly, it is a place where Zuni culture, wisdom, and heritage are at the center.
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November 26, 2019 by
Tom Faber Founder, Zuni Youth Enrichment Project Clinical Dir, Zuni Indian Health Service Hospital Chief Clinical Consultant in Pediatrics, Indian Health Service CAPT, U.S. Public Health Service
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World AIDS Day 2019 Ending the HIV/AIDS Epidemic: Community by Community
World AIDS Day (December 1) is a time to remember those we've lost to HIV/AIDS, celebrate our successes in saving and improving the lives of people living with HIV, and renew our commitment to ending the HIV epidemic in the United States and around the world.
Posted on
November 25, 2019 by
Deborah L. Birx, M.D., U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator & U.S. Special Representative for Global Health Diplomacy, U.S. Department of State and Adm. Brett P. Giroir, M.D., Assistant Secretary for Health
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Cherokee Choices: A Ride to Remember
At the Cherokee Nation and Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI), an active and healthy lifestyle is at the center of one of our most important programs that helps connect today’s young people to their heritage. The Remember the Removal (RTR) Bike Ride program offers EBCI members a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to retrace one of the original Trail of Tears Removal Routes. The bike ride program commemorates the forced removal of the Cherokee people from their eastern homelands as a result of the Indian Removal Act of 1830. Started in 1984 by the Cherokee Nation, the original RTR Ride was made up of 20 students and their support staff. It became an annual event starting in 2009, with the Eastern Band joining in 2011 and it has continued to grow into the program it is today.
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November 21, 2019 by
Corlee Thomas-Hill, Coordinator Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Remember the Removal Bike Ride
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HHS Leaders Highlight the Importance of Health Literacy
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is fortunate to have an active health literacy workgroup that represents over a dozen agencies. Its mission is to advance health literacy across our department.
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October 31, 2019 by
Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
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Ignored no more: Reimagining primary health care to combat sickle cell disease in Africa
A genetic mutation that is believed to have occurred 7,300 years ago continues to kill thousands of persons every year in Africa.
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September 24, 2019 by
Muhammad Ali Pate Director, Global Financing Facility for Women, Children and Adolescents (GFF), ADM Brett P. Giroir, M.D. Assistant Secretary for Health (ASH)
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In the Battle Against Cancer, HPV Vaccination is a Proven and Safe Tool
As a medical provider for adolescents, I routinely encourage families to have their adolescents receive the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine. Immunizations, for HPV and other infectious diseases, save millions of lives and are widely recognized as one of the world’s most successful and cost-effective health interventions.
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August 09, 2019 by
CAPT Felicia Collins, MD, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minority Health and Director, Office of Minority Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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Alarming Suicide Trends In African American Children: An Urgent Issue
The suicide rate among African American children aged 5 to 11 years has increased substantially since 1993 and is persisting, according to Dr. Jeffrey Bridge, a leading researcher at the Nationwide Children’s Hospital.
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July 23, 2019 by
Roslyn Holliday-Moore, Public Health Analyst, SAMHSA Office of Behavioral Health Equity
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PACE Announcement - Ending the HIV Epidemic
I was excited to announce at today’s
Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS
meeting in Jackson, Miss., that my office – the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH) – is standing up a new team of highly qualified U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps (USPHS) officers to support our regional “Ending the HIV Epidemic” initiatives in Atlanta, Dallas and Los Angeles.
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July 09, 2019 by
Brett P. Giroir, M.D., ADM, U.S. Public Health Service, Assistant Secretary for Health, Senior Adviser, Immediate Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
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HRSA Encourages People to Get Tested On National HIV
Testing Day
Today on National HIV Testing Day, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) emphasizes the importance of getting tested for HIV, knowing your HIV status, and connecting to HIV care and treatment if you test positive. This year’s federal theme, “Doing It My Way,” sheds light on how taking an HIV test can be an empowering experience while also recognizing that you can do it in your own way. Whichever way you do it, this National HIV Testing Day, HRSA encourages those at risk to get tested for HIV.
Posted on
June 28, 2019 by
Laura Cheever, MD, ScM, Associate Administrator for the HIV/AIDS Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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Coming Together to Confront Sickle Cell Disease
On World Sickle Cell Day, HHS reflects on the work being done at the Department, across the country, and worldwide to cure Sickle Cell disease within 10 years.
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June 20, 2019 by
Alex Azar, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services and Adm. Brett P. Giroir, M.D., Assistant Secretary for Health
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Move Your Way during Older Americans Month and All Year Long
The benefits of regular physical activity occur throughout life and are essential for healthy aging. However, many older adults are not getting enough activity. In fact, research shows older adults are the least active age group. The great news is that it is never too late to start being active!
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June 03, 2019 by
Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP)
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Addressing Social Needs and Structural Inequities to Reduce Health Disparities: A Call to Action for Asian American Heritage Month
When I was a kid, every Saturday my parents would pack my older sister, younger brother, and me into the family station wagon, and we’d drive 40 minutes on Route 2 East from Boston’s western suburbs into Chinatown.
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May 15, 2019 by
Marshall H. Chin, M.D., M.P.H. Richard Parrillo Family Professor of Healthcare Ethics in the Department of Medicine, University of Chicago Member, National Advisory Council on Minority Health and
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Get "Active And Healthy" For Your Mental Health
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May 15, 2019 by
Roslyn Holliday-Moore, Public Health Analyst, SAMHSA Office of Behavioral Health Equity and Victoria Chau, Public Health Analyst, SAMHSA Office of Behavioral Health Equity
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Find Your Path to an Active and Healthy Lifestyle
As National Minority Health Month enters its last week, it has been inspiring to experience and learn about the events and activities taking place across the nation in support of minority health.
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May 15, 2019 by
U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams, MD, and CAPT Felicia Collins, MD, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minority Health and Director, Office of Minority Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Ser
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Three African American Leaders Making An Impact On Mental Health In The Community
In 1976 President Gerald Ford honored the contributions of black Americans by issuing a proclamation that officially marked February as African American History Month. This proclamation continued to be issued by every president that followed. For the 2019 celebration, SAMHSA recognizes three leaders who have had significant impact on the mental health of their communities and beyond and have been important contributors to SAMHSA's efforts to advance behavioral health equity for African Americans.
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February 26, 2019 by
Larke N. Huang, Ph.D., Director, SAMHSA Office of Behavioral Health Equity and Roslyn Holliday-Moore, M.S., Public Health Analyst, SAMHSA Office of Behavioral Health Equity
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