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Government Web Sites

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
http://www.os.dhhs.gov/
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is the United States government's principal agency for protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services, especially for those who are least able to help themselves. For more women's health information, visit the HHS Office on Women's Health. (http://www.4woman.gov/)

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
  http://www.ahrq.gov/
  The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) was established in 1989 as the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Reauthorizing legislation passed in November 1999 establishes AHRQ as the lead Federal agency on quality research. AHRQ, part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human services, is the lead agency charged with supporting research designed to improve the quality of health care, reduce its cost, and broaden access to essential services. AHRQ's broad programs of research bring practical, science-based information to medical practitioners and to consumers and other health care purchasers. For more information, visit AHRQ's women's health programs. (http://www.ahrq.gov/research/womenix.htm)
  
  
• Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)
  http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/
  The mission of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), as an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is to prevent exposure and adverse human health effects and diminished quality of life associated with exposure to hazardous substances from waste sites, unplanned releases, and other sources of pollution present in the environment.
  
  
• Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
  http://www.fda.gov/
  The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ensures that the food we eat is safe and wholesome, that the cosmetics we use won't harm us, and that medicines, medical devices, and radiation-emitting consumer products such as microwave ovens are safe and effective. FDA also oversees feed and drugs for pets and farm animals. Authorized by Congress to enforce the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and several other public health laws, the agency monitors the manufacture, import, transport, storage, and sale of $1 trillion worth of goods annually, at a cost to taxpayers of about $3 a person. For more information, visit FDA's Women's Health page. (http://www.fda.gov/womens/default.htm)
  
  
• Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
  http://www.hrsa.gov/
  The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) directs national health programs which improve the health of the Nation by assuring quality health care to underserved, vulnerable and special-need populations and by promoting appropriate health professions workforce capacity and practice, particularly in primary care and public health. For more information, visit the HRSA Women's Health page. (http://www.hrsa.gov/WomensHealth/)
  
  
• Indian Health Service (IHS)
  http://www.ihs.gov/
  The Indian Health Service (IHS) is responsible for providing federal health services to American Indians and Alaska Natives. The provision of health services to members of federally recognized tribes grew out of the special government to government relationship between the federal government and Indian tribes. The IHS is the principal federal health care provider and health advocate for Indian people, and its goal is to assure that comprehensive, culturally acceptable personal and public health services are available and accessible to American Indian and Alaska Native people. The IHS currently provides health services to approximately 1.5 million American Indians and Alaska Natives who belong to more than 550 federally recognized tribes in 34 states. For more information, visit the IHS Women's Health page. (http://www.ihs.gov/MedicalPrograms/MaternalChildHealth/
  WomensHealth.asp)
  
  
• National Institutes of Health (NIH)
  http://www.nih.gov/
  Begun as a one-room Laboratory of Hygiene in 1887, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) today is one of the world's foremost biomedical research centers, and the Federal focal point for biomedical research in the United States. The NIH mission is to uncover new knowledge that will lead to better health for everyone. NIH works toward that mission by: conducting research in its own laboratories; supporting the research of non-Federal scientists in universities, medical schools, hospitals, and research institutions throughout the country and abroad; helping in the training of research investigators; and fostering communication of biomedical information. For more information, visit the NIH Office of Research on Women's Health page. (http://www4.od/nih.gov/orwh/)
  
  
• Office of Population Affairs (OPA)
  http://www.hhs.gov/opa/
  The Office of Population Affairs (OPA), within the Office of Public Health and Science of the Department of Health and Human Service, provides resources and policy advice on population, family planning, reproductive health, and adolescent pregnancy issues. OPA also administers two grant programs, the national Family Planning Program, authorized under Title X of the Public Health Service Act (PHSA) and the Adolescent Family Life Program, authorized under Title XX of the PHSA.
  
  
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
  http://www.samhsa.gov/
  Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's (SAMHSA) mission within the Nation's health system is to improve the quality and availability of prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation services in order to reduce illness, death, disability, and cost to society resulting from substance abuse and mental illnesses. SAMHSA's mission is accomplished in partnership with all concerned with substance abuse and mental illnesses.

Department of Veterans Affairs, Center for Women Veterans
http://www1.va.gov/womenvet/
The Center for Women Veterans ensures women veterans have access to VA benefits and services, that VA health care and benefit programs are responsive to the gender-specific needs of women veterans, and more.

U.S. Agency for International Development, The Office of Women in Development (WID)
http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/cross-cutting_programs/wid/about_wid.html
The Office of Women in Development was established in 1974 to help ensure that women participate fully and benefit equally from the U.S. development assistance programs.

Non-Government Web Sites

Disclaimer: Links to non-Federal organizations found at this site are provided solely as a service to our users. These links do not constitute an endorsement of these organizations or their programs by CDC or the Federal Government, and none should be inferred. The CDC is not responsible for the content of the individual organization Web pages found at these links.

American Cancer Society
http://www.cancer.org/
The American Cancer Society is the nationwide community-based voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem by preventing cancer, saving lives, and diminishing suffering from cancer, through research, education, advocacy, and service.

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
http://www.acog.org/
With a membership of 40,000 physicians, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists is the nation's leading group of professionals providing health care for women.

American Medical Women's Association
http://www.amwa-doc.org/index.html
The American Medical Women's Association is an organization of 10,000 women physicians and medical students dedicated to serving as the unique voice for women's health and the advancement of women in medicine.

American Menopause Foundation, Inc.
http://www.americanmenopause.org/
The American Menopause Foundation, Inc., is the only independent not for profit health organization dedicated to providing support and assistance on all issues concerning menopause.

American Psychological Association
http://www.apa.org/
The American Psychological Association is a scientific and professional organization that represents psychology in the United States.

American Public Health Association
http://www.apha.org/
The American Public Health Association is the oldest and largest organization of public health professionals in the world.

Arthritis Foundation
http://www.arthritis.org/
The mission of the Arthritis Foundation is to improve lives through leadership in the prevention, control, and cure of arthritis and related diseases.

Association of Women's Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nurses
http://www.awhonn.org/
The Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses serves and represents more than 22,000 health care professionals and focuses on three areas: childbearing and the newborn; women's health across the lifespan, and professional issues.

Black Women's Health Imperative
http://www.blackwomenshealth.org/site/PageServer
The Black Women's Health Imperative seeks to improve the health of black women by providing wellness education and services, health information, and advocacy.

Boston Women's Health Book Collective
http://www.ourbodiesourselves.org/
The Boston Women's Health Book Collective is a nonprofit, public interest women's health education, advocacy and consulting organization.

Chronic Disease Directors Women's Health Council (WHC)
http://www.ChronicDisease.org/whc/index.html
The mission of this Council is to help state agencies advance and protect the health of women across the life span through chronic disease prevention and control. The Women's Health Council (WHC), one of four councils of the Association of State and Territorial Chronic Disease Program Directors, was established in December of 1995 to foster the public health agenda as it relates to diseases and conditions most affecting women, and to stimulate program activities that will prevent and control these diseases/ conditions.

Endometriosis Association (EA)
http://www.endo-online.org/index.html
The Endometriosis Association (EA) is a non-profit, self-help organization founded by women for women. The EA is dedicated to providing information and support to women and girls with endometriosis, educating the public as well as the medical community about the disease, and conducting and promoting research related to endometriosis.

HERS [Hysterectomy Educational Resources & Services] Foundation
http://www.hersfoundation.com/
The HERS Foundation is an independent non-profit national and international women's health education organization. It provides full, accurate information about hysterectomy, its adverse effects and alternative treatments.

Jacob's Institute of Women's Health (JIWH)
http://www.jiwh.org/
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists established the Jacob's Institute of Women's Health (JIWH) to promote the study and reporting of women's health issues at the interface of medicine and the social sciences.

March of Dimes
http://www.modimes.org/
The mission of the March of Dimes is to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects and infant mortality.

National Asian Women's Health Organization
http://www.nawho.org/
The National Asian Women's Health Organization was founded in 1993 to serve as a catalyst for a powerful advocacy movement that would inspire individuals to become active players in the political decision-making that impacted their daily lives.

National Association for Women's Health (NAWH)
http://nawh.org/
The National Association for Women's Health (NAWH) represents organizations and individuals dedicated to improving the quality of women's health by integrating the best of business, science, policy and clinical practice.

National Women's Health Network
http://www.womenshealthnetwork.org/index.htm
The National Women's Health Network, a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization, is the only national public interest membership organization dedicated exclusively to women's health.

National Women's Health Resource Center
http://www.healthywomen.org/index.cfm
This non-profit organization, dedicated to helping women make informed decisions about their health, encourages women to embrace healthy lifestyles to promote wellness and prevent disease.

North American Menopause Society
http://www.menopause.org/
The North American Menopause Society is the leading nonprofit scientific organization devoted to promoting understanding of menopause, and thereby improving the health of women through midlife and beyond.

Older Women's League (OWL)
http://www.owl-national.org/
As the only national grassroots membership organization to focus solely on issues unique to women as they age, OWL strives to improve the status and quality of life for midlife and older women. 

Society for Women's Health Research
http://www.womens-health.org/
The Society for Women's Health Research is the nation's only non-profit advocacy group whose sole mission is to improve the health of women through research.

United Nations, Division for the Advancement of Women
http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/
The Division for the Advancement of Women advocates improvement of the status of the women of the world and the achievement of their equality with men.

World Health Organization (WHO), Department of Gender and Women's Health (GWH)
http://www.who.int/fch/depts/gwh/en/
World Health Organization (WHO), Reproductive Health and Research
http://www.who.int/reproductive-health/
The objective of the World Health Organization (WHO) is the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of health.

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