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About the FDA and
Its Office of Women's Health
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is the U.S. government
agency that oversees most foods and medical products. Its job
is to make sure that:
- food is safe, healthy, and clean
- medicines and medical devices are reasonably safe and effective
- cosmetic products are safe
- animal foods and drugs are safe
- food and medical products have proper labels
Our Mission
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Office of Women's
Health (OWH) serves as a champion for women's health both within
and outside the agency. To achieve its goals, OWH:
- Ensures that FDA functions, both regulatory and oversight,
remain gender sensitive and responsive;
- Works to correct any identified gender disparities in drug,
device and biologics testing, and regulation policy;
- Monitors progress of priority women's health initiatives
within FDA;
- Promotes an integrative and interactive approach regarding
women's health issues across all the organizational components
of the FDA; and
- Forms partnerships with government and non-government entities,
including consumer groups, health advocates, professional
organizations, and industry, to promote FDA's women's health
objectives.
Our Director
Kathleen Uhl, M.D., Assistant
Commissioner for Women's Health
Phone: 301-827-0350
Fax: 301-827-0926
Reports
Our Web Site
The Office of Women's Health Web site, originally created in 1998, was most recently reorganized in Summer of 2006.
Other FDA Links
In its role as part of the Office of the Commissioner, the
OWH supports and provides input to all FDA offices. The FDA
is organized into centers that are responsible for different
types of products, and most have programs and initiatives that
support women's health. These centers include:
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