We lead the agency on women's health. With our partners, our work improves the health, wellness, and safety of all women.
Mission
To advance health and wellness for women across the lifespan by leading and promoting innovative public health approaches.
Vision
Healthy women, healthy communities
How we achieve our goals
We perform three core functions to reach our goals:
- Advise our leaders on health issues that impact women
- Lead cross-agency partnerships to address key issues of concern for women
- Consult with key stakeholders on how to improve women’s health
What we focus on
Cervical cancer
- Improving Cervical Cancer Care Through Federal Partnerships
- Federal Cervical Cancer Collaborative Resources
Opioid use in women
- Caring for Women with Opioid Disorder (PDF - 5 MB)*
* Per a court order, HHS is required to restore this website as of 11:59 p.m., February 14, 2025. Any information on this page promoting gender ideology is extremely inaccurate and disconnected from the immutable biological reality that there are two sexes, male and female. The Trump Administration rejects gender ideology and condemns the harms it causes to children, by promoting their chemical and surgical mutilation, and to women, by depriving them of their dignity, safety, well-being, and opportunities. This page does not reflect biological reality and therefore the Administration and this Department rejects it.
How we share our work
We share our work through newsletters.
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