The National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NCMHD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) would like to welcome you to our new web site offering the public and scientific community information about NIH Minority Health and Health Disparities activities. This site will spotlight programs, initiatives and research focused on improving the health status of minority Americans and other underserved populations.

The mission of NCMHD is to lead, coordinate, support, and assess the NIH effort to reduce and ultimately eliminate health disparities. In this effort, NCMHD conducts and supports basic, clinical and behavioral research, emerging programs, training, and information dissemination aimed at reducing the disproportionately high incidence and prevalence of disease, burden of illness, and mortality experienced by American populations who suffer from health disparities, including racial and ethnic minorities and other groups, such as the urban and rural poor.

We welcome your input! Please send comments on the content of this Web Site or NCMHD programs to NCMHDInfo@od.nih.gov