We work in partnership with tribal communities to design public health programs that raise the health status, self-sufficiency, and health leadership of Native people to the highest possible level.

Founded in 1991 and based in the Department of International Health of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, the Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health supports public health interventions designed for and by Native peoples. The Center has offices in tribal communities across Arizona and New Mexico as well as a Great Lakes Hub serving tribes in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and along the shared border with Canada. With nearly 40 years of collaboration with Native American tribes, the Center supports public health interventions in more than 140 tribal communities in over 20 states. These partnerships have achieved landmark public health breakthroughs credited with saving millions of children’s lives worldwide.

Our holistic approach to improving health and well-being across the lifespan targets:

• Adolescent Health
• Alcohol & Drug Abuse Prevention
• Early Child Development
• Entrepreneurship & Workforce Development
• Environmental Health
• Infectious Disease Prevention
• Injury Prevention
• Mental Health
• Maternal and Child Health
• Nutrition, Obesity & Diabetes Prevention
• Sexual & Reproductive Health

NOTE:  While based at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, the Center for American Indian Health is independent financially and relies on contributions from individual donors, foundations and corporations to support its work.