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• March 10, 2008
  HIV/AIDS: The Tale and the Fight of Two Women in Public Health. March 10, 2008, is National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
  
  
• May 11, 2007
  Women On Track With Health Screenings; Healthy Eating and Exercise Lacking. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Calls on Women to Take Time for Their Health During National Women's Health Week
  
  
• February 6, 2007
  National Heart Month Activities Aim to Raise Awareness Among Women and Their Health Care Providers
  
  
• May 11, 2006
  Mother's Day Kicks Off National Women's Health Week
  
  
• March 6, 2006
  HHS Announces the First National HIV/AIDS Awareness Day for Women and Girls
  
  
• August 19, 2005
  Girls Health Web Site Changes Name and Web Address
  
  
• November 1, 2004
  HHS Awards $2.86M for Transformation of the National Centers of Excellence in Women’s Health Program (CoE)
  
  
• September 1, 2004
  New Report Maps Women's Health in the United States Shows Patterns by State for Key Indicators
  
  
• August 11, 2004
  Media Advisory: Minority Women's Health Summit
  
  
• June 4, 2004
  Public service campaign to promote breastfeeding awareness launched
  
  
• May 17, 2004
  A healthy makeover in 2004: 4Girls.gov emphasizes the importance of girls' health
  
  
• May 9, 2004
  HHS urges women to take a day for their health and to learn health facts through a special database
  
  
• October 3, 2003
  HHS designates six new National Centers of Excellence in Women's Health
  
  
• May 9, 2003
  Statement by HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson regarding National Women's Health Week
• May 7, 2003
  HHS urges women to get regular preventive checkups
  Preventive Screenings Urged Nationwide on Day Following Mother's Day
• October 9, 2002
  HHS awards five new model community health centers to improve women's health
  
  
• August 1, 2002
  HHS launches new health web site for girls
  
  
• May 10, 2002
  HHS celebrates National Women's Health Week at events around the country May 12-18, 2002
  
  
• December 3, 2001
  Women's health time capsule unveiled at tenth anniversary celebration for the HHS Office on Women's Health
  
  
• August 1, 2001
  Best practices in breastfeeding promotion highlighted by the HHS Office on Women's Health and the American Association of Health Plans
  
  
• May 17, 2001
  National town hall meeting focuses on problems of lupus
  
  
• May 11, 2001
  Statement by HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson regarding HHS' celebration of National Women's Health Week
  
  
• May 11, 2001
  Capitol hill town hall meeting: Unlocking the mystery of lupus: Women's health week event
  
  
• April 30, 2001
  Seventeen federal programs named semifinalists in government innovations award program
  
  
• October 11, 2000
  Violence against women section added to the NWHIC web site
• September 19, 2000
  HHS establishes model community health centers for women
  
  
• August 17, 2000
  New interactive heart health feature for African American women added to NWHIC's For Your Heart web site
  
  
• May 15, 2000
  Nationwide campaign promotes simple steps to women's wellness:
  National Women's Health Week Declared May 14 to May 20, 2000
  
  
• February 14, 2000
  Women's health and body image focus added to NWHIC
  
  
• November 3, 1999
  Interactive heart health feature added to NWHIC
  
  
• August 2, 1999
  Federal resource center for women with disabilities added to NWHIC
• June 18, 1999
  NWHIC adds a section on men's health
• November 16, 1998
  NWHIC web site and hotline launched by the U.S. Public Health Service
• October 1, 1998
  HHS established third generation of National Centers of Excellence in Women's Health
  
  
• September 30, 1998
  First ever National Centers of Leadership in Academic Medicine established by the U.S. Public Health Service's Office on Women's Health
• February 5, 1998
  Jones named Deputy Assistant Secretary for Women's Health
  
  
• October 1, 1997
  The Office on Women's Health establishes a new generation of National Centers of Excellence in Women's Health
• July 24, 1997
  National women's health leadership summit
• March 6, 1997
  OWH joins forces with the Department of Defense to announce Mobile Breast Care Center (MBCC) that provides a revolutionary new approach to breast cancer detection
• October 1, 1996
  HHS launches Centers of Excellence in Women's Health
  
  
• September 17, 1996
  Technology transferred from space, intelligence and defense industries used to detect and diagnose breast cancer
• January 31, 1996
  DHHS/CIA brief Russian health minister on unique collaboration to develop new breast imaging technologies
  
  
• December 14, 1993
  National Action Plan on Breast Cancer announced
  

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