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    • Strategic Goal 1: Protect and Strengthen Equitable Access to High Quality and Affordable Healthcare
    • Strategic Goal 2: Safeguard and Improve National and Global Health Conditions and Outcomes
    • Strategic Goal 3: Strengthen Social Well-Being, Equity, and Economic Resilience
    • Strategic Goal 4: Restore Trust and Accelerate Advancements in Science and Research for All
    • Strategic Goal 5: Advance Strategic Management to Build Trust, Transparency, and Accountability
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HHS Advisory Committees, Task Forces & Initiatives

The Office of the Secretary oversees the following Secretarial and Presidential advisory committees, task forces & initiatives.

For a full list of advisory committees across HHS, see the Federal Advisory Committee Act Database.

Administration for Children and Families

  • National Advisory Committee on the Sex Trafficking of Children and Youth in the United States

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health

  • Advisory Committee on Blood and Tissue Safety and Availability
  • Advisory Committee on Minority Health
  • Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee 2015
  • National Vaccine Advisory Committee
  • Pain Management Best Practices Inter-Agency Task Force
  • Physical Activity Guidelines Advisory Committee
  • Presidential Advisory Council on Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
  • Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS
  • President's Council on Sports, Fitness & Nutrition
  • Secretary's Advisory Committee on Human Research Protections
  • Tick-Borne Disease Working Group

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation

  • Advisory Council on Alzheimer's Research, Care, and Services
  • Interagency Working Group on Youth Programs
  • HHS Data Council
  • Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Parity Task Force
  • National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics
  • PTAC: Physician-Focused Payment Model Technical Advisory Committee

Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response

  • National Advisory Committee on Seniors and Disasters
  • National Advisory Committee on Individuals with Disabilities and Disasters
  • National Advisory Committee on Children and Disasters
  • National Biodefense Science Board

Office for Civil Rights

  • White House Initiative on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (WHIAANHPI)

Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology

  • 2017 Interoperability Standards Advisory Task Force
  • JASON Task Force
  • Precision Medicine Task Force
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Content last reviewed March 13, 2023
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