National Observances

2025 Theme

The mission of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Minority Health (OMH) is to provide national leadership, resources, and coordination to improve the health of racial and ethnic minority populations and American Indians and Alaska Natives and eliminate health disparities. Since 1985, OMH has provided resources and information to advance this mission.

In honor of the OMH mission, the following theme will be used for calendar year 2025:

Advancing Commitments to Eliminate Health Disparities

OMH encourages public, community, and nonprofit private organizations to adopt this theme in their 2025 communication efforts to advance their commitments to eliminate health disparities. The 2025 theme is one way that OMH champions initiatives that support the Make America Healthy Again Commission, which aims to improve the health and well-being of all Americans.

How to Start Advancing Your Commitments to Eliminate Health Disparities

Consider

Considering cultural backgrounds, languages spoken other than English, and health literacy levels is the first step toward helping address health disparities among racial and ethnic minority and AI/AN communities. When individuals are provided with culturally and linguistically appropriate services (CLAS) and information, they can create healthier outcomes for themselves, their families, and their communities.

Connect

Connecting multiple sources of trusted data and information, like the OMH Population Profiles and Healthy People 2030 social determinants of health data, can help develop comprehensive, data-driven policies, programs, and practices that benefit racial and ethnic minority and AI/AN populations.

Collaborate

Collaborating with federal, state, and local partners may help identify and provide the resources needed to support efforts to eliminate health disparities.

Contribute

Contributing to conversations on social media is a great way to raise awareness about health disparities. Follow OMH on X (in English and in Spanish), Instagram, and Facebook and use #AdvancingCommitments to share how you and your organization are Advancing Commitments to Eliminate Health Disparities.