The National Minority Health Month Foundation (NMHMF) has launched the Ryan White CARE Act Campaign to encourage the reauthorization and modernization of the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency (CARE) Act. Our national campaign will focus on encouraging HIV-positive patients and community leaders across the country to urge the U.S. Congress to reduce the inequalities in the CARE Act so that everyone receives the most advanced treatment and medical care available.

Founded as a nonprofit organization in 1998, NMHMF was established to strengthen national and local efforts to eliminate the disproportionate burden of premature death and preventable illness in racial and ethnic minorities and other special populations through the use of evidence-based, data-driven initiatives. The Foundation, formed by Dr. Gary Puckrein, recognizes the need for a credible, objective, and reliable source of integrated data and expertise to eliminate health disparities affecting all minority populations by building public-private partnerships, fostering cultural competency among health-care providers, encouraging health education and training, and expanding the use of state-of-the-art technology. Through analysis of current information, organization of health-care networks, and management of minority-health-care resources, NMHMF assists health-care providers, administrators, policy makers, and community and faith-based organizations in delivering precise health-care services to high-risk communities.