HRSA Administrator Tom Engels spoke at a convening in Washington D.C. that included over 650 participants of HRSA’s Rural Communities Opioid Response Program (RCORP).

The three-day event was an opportunity for RCORP grantees to engage, collaborate, and share lessons learned with peers, federal officials, and partners to expand treatment, prevention and recovery efforts for rural Americans affected by opioid and substance use disorders, including from fentanyl.

HRSA Administrator Tom Engels participated in the February 25-26 Secretary’s Tribal Advisory Committee meeting in Washington, DC.

During this first meeting between Tribal delegates and HHS principals from the new Administration, Administrator Engels engaged with Tribal leaders to listen to their priorities and recommendations. He also shared updates about HRSA programs, including the National Maternal Mental Health Hotline and the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program. 

He also invited Tribal leaders to connect with regional staff in HRSA’s Office of Intergovernmental and External Affairs who offer valuable technical assistance and support to Tribes. The two-day meeting concluded with HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. highlighting the Administration’s vision to Make America Healthy Again. 

Monday, March 10 is National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, an opportunity to highlight the importance of HIV prevention, testing, care, and treatment.

This year’s theme, “Hope, Health, and Healing: Overcoming Barriers to HIV/AIDS Treatment for Women and Girls,” reflects HRSA’s commitment to ensuring that all women and girls affected by HIV have access to care.

The Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program provides health care services and medications to over half a million people with HIV each year, including thousands of women who rely on the program to help manage their HIV as a chronic disease. In 2023, nearly 91 percent of women receiving medical care through the program reached viral suppression, allowing them to live longer, healthier lives while effectively preventing HIV transmission.

Join the Maternal and Child Health Bureau in raising awareness of National Poison Prevention Week (NPPW) March 16-22.

NPPW is recognized annually to raise awareness of poison prevention nationwide. Poison control centers manage more than two million calls each year through the Poison Help Line. Callers usually get the help they need over the phone and do not have to go to a doctor or the hospital.

Visit HRSA’s Poison Control Program’s website for more information and resources on how to prevent and respond to a poison emergency.