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Region I – Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont
Region II – New Jersey, New York, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and US Virgin Islands (comprised of St. Thomas, St. Croix, and St. John)
Region III – Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia
Region IV – Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee
Region V – Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin
Region VI – Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas
Region VII – Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska
Region VIII – Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming
Region IX – Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, and the United States (U.S.) associated Pacific Basin jurisdictions:, American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Republic of the Marshall Islands, and Republic of Palau
Region X – Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington
Ledia I. Martínez, MD, MPH
Regional Women's Health Liaison
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Office on Women's Health
200 Independence Avenue, SW, Rm. 728E
Washington, D.C. 20201
Tel: (202) 205-1960
Fax: (202) 401-4005
E-mail: Ledia.Martinez@hhs.gov
Region I – Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont
Women's Health Coordinator:
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Region II – New Jersey, New York, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and US Virgin Islands (comprised of St. Thomas, St. Croix, and St. John)
Women's Health Coordinator:
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Region III – Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia
Women's Health Coordinator:
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Region IV – Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee
Acting Women's Health Coordinator:
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Region V – Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin
Women's Health Coordinator:
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Region VI – Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas
Women's Health Coordinator:
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Region VII – Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska
Women's Health Coordinator:
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Region VIII – Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming
Acting Women's Health Coordinator:
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Region IX – Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, and the United States (U.S.) associated Pacific Basin jurisdictions:, American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Republic of the Marshall Islands, and Republic of Palau
Women's Health Coordinator:
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Region X – Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington
Women's Health Coordinator:
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Role of the Regional Women's Health Coordinators
Ten Regional Women's Health Coordinators (RWHCs) in the United States coordinate and implement national public health initiatives to promote a greater focus on women's health issues at the regional, state and local levels. They advance the mission of the Office on Women's Health in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and represent the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health (Women's Health) by administering programs that improve the health of women in communities across the country, and by coordinating activities and programs in health care service delivery, research, and public and health professional education. Sensitivity to local, state, and regional needs in women's health is reflected in their work to identify priority health areas, to establish networking relationships, and to implement initiatives addressing regional women's health concerns.
The RWHCs chair regional advisory committees on women's health; advise Regional Health Administrators on women's health priorities; provide information and technical assistance; and share information and resources with Federal and state agencies, local communities, the public and entities funded by Office on Women's Health to promote comprehensive, integrated health care for women. They also convene conferences and workshops; support the capacity building of minority women's organizations; and participate in local, state, regional, Federal and international activities to advance the mission of the Office on Women's Health.
Content last updated September 18, 2008.
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