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The Department of Health & Human Services administers 115 programs across its 11 operating divisions. [21] The United States Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) aims to "protect the health of all Americans and provide essential human services, especially for those who are least able to help themselves."
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After two oil refineries settled in Aruba in the 1920s, they proceeded to set up their own health care. Arend Petroleum company doctor, Adriaan Dussenbroek (1893-1965), had a small practice in Quinta del Carmen, his private residence in Bubali.
Tribal communities are often sequestered in unfavorable and isolated locations. According to a study of provider vacancies in the Indian Health Service (IHS), conducted by the Department of Health and Human Services (2016), about half of the clinics studied identified their remote location as a large obstacle for hiring and retaining staff. [20]
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA; pronounced / ˈ s æ m s ə /) is a branch of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.SAMHSA is charged with improving the quality and availability of treatment and rehabilitative services in order to reduce illness, death, disability, and the cost to society resulting from substance abuse and mental illnesses.
The assistant secretary for health (ASH) is a senior U.S. government official within the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The position is a statutory office (42 U.S.C. § 202) and the holder of the office serves as the United States secretary of health and human services's primary advisor on matters involving the nation's public health.
A Department of Human Services (DHS) or Ministry of Human Services (MHS) is a national or subnational umbrella agency which is responsible for providing public assistance programs to the population they serve.
A common thread of service, United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1970 Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, Richard Nixon, 1973: Containing the Public Messages, Statements, and Speeches of the President , Government Printing Office, 1999, ISBN 978-0-16-058865-5