The Secretary’s Office of Global Affairs is our nation’s global health lead, advancing the President’s agenda and priorities by driving common sense approaches and transparency to global partnerships. We are the diplomatic voice for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, fostering global relationships, coordinating international engagement, and strengthening the United States’ position as the global gold-standard for public health, ensuring that Americans are protected at home and abroad.
Featured OGA Topics
Global Health Diplomacy
Global health diplomacy—the intersection of public health and foreign affairs—is the core of OGA’s work.
We build and sustain partnerships with foreign governments, international organizations, and other stakeholders to bring HHS expertise to global challenges and shape policies to make America safer, healthier, and more prosperous.
Making America Healthy Again for a Healthier World
HHS is taking bold, decisive action to reform America’s food, health, and scientific systems to identify the root causes of the chronic disease epidemic and Make America Healthy Again. OGA is dedicated to amplifying the MAHA agenda on the global stage and standing up for gold-standard science.
Protecting Women and Children
The Geneva Consensus Declaration advocates for improved health care for women, emphasizes unalienable rights and the sanctity of life, and reaffirms that there is no international right to abortion or obligation for states to finance it. It affirms each nation's sovereign right to implement programs based on its laws and policies.
The United States Reaffirms Sovereignty in Global Health by Rejecting Amendments to International Health Regulations
"The proposed amendments to the International Health Regulations open the door to the kind of narrative management, propaganda, and censorship that we saw during the COVID pandemic. The United States can cooperate with other nations without jeopardizing our civil liberties, without undermining our Constitution, and without ceding away America’s treasured sovereignty." - Secretary Kennedy