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The biennial Report to Congress on Minority Health Activities summarizes the programs, policies and initiatives of agencies across the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that address minority health and health disparities.
Significant progress has been achieved in addressing health disparities in the United States. Since the first 2011 Report to Congress on Minority Health Activities, all of the individual Offices of Minority Health have been established. The HHS Office of Minority Health, the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, the individual Offices of Minority Health within six HHS agencies, and various other HHS agencies and offices have carried out programs and developed policies to reduce disparities in health and health care for minority populations. These activities have included:
The Department is implementing the HHS Action Plan to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities through the HHS Office of Minority Health.
2015 Report to Congress on Minority Health Activities [PDF]
2013 Report to Congress on Minority Health Activities [PDF]
2011 Report to Congress on Minority Health Activities [PDF]