HHS Office of Minority Health

3-4-2019National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day provides a chance to communicate with ready-to-go content or your own content.

2-19-2019The 2019 HIV observances season has begun. Learn how your partners in the HIV field are using social media to reach and engage their audiences.

6-20-2018An estimated 1.1 million people in the United States are living with HIV. About one in seven are unaware of their infection. As a result, they are not accessing…

4-16-2018Dr. Matthew Lin, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minority Health and Director, Office of Minority Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), cor…

12-2-2017Cross-posted from the Department of Health and Human Services' Viral Hepatitis Blog On December 1, we join colleagues, healthcare providers, public health pro…

10-6-2017Cross-posted from the Department of Health and Human Services' Viral Hepatitis Blog  The Office of HIV/AIDS and Infectious Disease Policy (OHAIDP), in collabo…

9-6-2017As of March 2019, the program formerly known as the Secretary’s Minority AIDS Initiative Fund (SMAIF) has been renamed. The program is now known as the Mi…

6-1-2017Improving the health of racial and ethnic minority persons is a core focus of what we do in our HIV and viral hepatitis policies and programs, given the disprop…

5-20-2017An estimated 37,600 HIV infections are diagnosed each year, according to the most recent CDC data. The Federal approach to reducing new HIV infections is based …

4-18-2017Many people in the HIV community work year-round to respond to health disparities beyond HIV. National Minority Health Month (NMHM) is observed annually in Apr…