The Mayors' Task Force on Black and Minority Health seeks to develop a national agenda and programs on African-American health. Its parent organization, the NCBM, administers federal grants and voices the opinions of African-American mayors on national issues. Workshops cover relapse education, eroticizing safer sex, and HIV peer education. HIV education is also provided for substance abusers, adolescents, and women. The National Alumni AIDS Prevention Project is a collaboration of Jackson State alumni in 27 states aimed at decreasing HIV transmission within the African-American community.
Technical assistance is provided to minority, community-based organizations.
The nurses of the National Black Nurses Association act together to investigate and better define the healthcare needs of African Americans. The National Office provides annual scholarships for students and educational programs for nurses and other health professionals. American women, their children, and their communities. The NMA seeks to promote public health and disseminate medical knowledge among medical practitioners. It sponsors an annual convention and scientific assembly.