The Office of Minority Health received $335,000 out of $1 million set aside for infant mortality programs.
Budget documents show that the administration wants to cut spending for the Office of Minority Health and the training of health care professionals.
According to Stephen Thomas, director of the University of Pittsburgh Center for Minority Health, "people are focusing on the wrong thing.
In 2000, Thompson wrote legislation that created the National Center for Minority Health and Health Care Disparities.
The Department of Human Services has an Office of Minority Health, which among other activities publishes a newsletter, Closing the Gap.
In the United States, the Office of Minority Health provides useful links and supports research and development relating to the needs of America's ethnic minorities.
Center for Minority Health, US.
CDC, Office of Minority Health.
The latest news, data and statistics, prevention and treatment information, funding, and publications from the Office of Minority Health.
Member of Regional Board of the Maya Angelou Institute for Minority Health, Inc.