Minority Health and Health Disparities  

Introduction  

Vision

The Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene envisions a state in which health care services are organized and delivered in a manner designed to eliminate health disparities among its ethnic and racial populations, thereby leading the way to a Healthy Maryland in the New Millennium.

Mission

In fulfillment of the Department’s mission to promote health equity for all Maryland citizens, the Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities (MHHD) works to focus the Department’s resources on eliminating health disparities through assessment of the health status of all populations, demonstrating and promoting promising practices, engaging local communities and partnering with government and private sector programs in the State. The Office shall focus its efforts of promoting health equity to African Americans, Hispanic/Latino Americans, Asian Americans, Native Americans and all other groups experiencing health disparities.