National Minority Health Month

Every April, the HHS Office of Minority Health (OMH) observes National Minority Health Month to highlight the importance of improving the health of racial and ethnic minorities and reducing health disparities.

Be the Source for Better Health

Improving Health Outcomes Through Our Cultures, Communities, and Connections

April is National Minority Health Month (NMHM), a time to raise awareness about the importance of improving the health of racial and ethnic minority communities and reducing health disparities.

Join NIMHD, our partners across NIH, and the HHS Office of Minority Health (OMH) to Be the Source for Better Health as we share resources to improve health outcomes through our cultures, communities, and connections.

Experiences with racism and discrimination can contribute to mistrust of the healthcare system among racial and ethnic minority groups, leading to mistrust of factual health related information.

About National Minority Health Month

Celebrated every year in April, National Minority Health Month:

• Builds awareness about the disproportionate burden of premature death and illness in people from racial and ethnic minority groups.
• Encourages action through health education, early detection and control of disease complications.

The origin of National Minority Health Month was the 1915 establishment of National Negro Health Week by Booker T. Washington. In 2002, National Minority Health Month received support from the U.S. Congress with a concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 388) that “a National Minority Health and Health Disparities Month should be established to promote educational efforts on the health problems currently facing minorities and other populations experiencing health disparities.” The resolution encouraged “all health organizations and Americans to conduct appropriate programs and activities to promote healthfulness in minority and other communities experiencing health disparities.”

Source: https://minorityhealth.hhs.gov/nmhm/      and https://www.nimhd.nih.gov/programs/edu-training/nmhm/

Please consider supporting the following organizations:

Black Health Commission – Florida, USA

SisterReach – Tennessee, USA

Ora Lee Smith Cancer Research Foundation – Georgia, USA

Impact Jamaica – Georgia, USA and Montego Bay, Jamaica

Generation Chosen – Ontario, Canada

BrAIDS for AIDS – Ontario, Canada

Black Physicians of Tomorrow – Ontario, Canada

Afro-Canadian Positive Network of BC – British Columbia, Canada

Lady Ballers Camp – Ontario, Canada

Reach Within – St-George’s, Grenada

Enable the Disable Action – Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo

NAZA AGAPE FOUNDATION – Nigeria

African Aid Internationsl – Guinea

Caribbean Bone Marrow Registry – Caribbean, Africa

Helpers Social Development Foundation – Nigeria