US Department of Health and Human Services
WebsiteWashington

Founding Year: 1953

Staff: 79540

Budget: $1.3trillion

Alex M. Azar II (Secretary)

It’s an executive department of the U.S. federal government, which works to “enhance the health and well-being of all Americans, by providing for effective health and human services and by fostering sound, sustained advances in the sciences underlying medicine, public health, and social services.”

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US Department of Health and Human Services contributes to the following Sustainable Development Goals


  Organization Type

Government

  Geographic Foci

National

 Subjects

Health|Policy

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