14. Department of Health and Human Services · Minor
Train and replace health attachés who oppose Administration policy
Printed page 493 14. Department of Health and Human Services
“Health attachés in various global locations should be trained in the Administration’s policies with clear expectations communicated and with accountability, including replacement, when their conduct and advocacy are contrary to Administration policies and programmatic priorities.”
What has happened
- Not started
No training program for HHS health attaches in Administration policy, and no replacement of an attache for conduct contrary to Administration policy, is on any allowlisted record. Cluster negative search D (Office of Global Affairs and HHS internal management) in the Chapter 14 log covers this item. **The negative now rests on a dated in-window page from the office that runs them.** The Office of Global Affairs' About page, rewritten in this administration's language and page-reviewed 2026-05-07, names the posts: "Our Health Attachés posted in U.S Embassies in Brazil, China, India, Mexico, Kenya, South Africa, and Switzerland serve as the Secretary's representatives abroad and play a critical role in health diplomacy." The page states OGA's purpose in Administration terms — "Protects Americans First", shaping international health policy "to reflect American priorities and values" — and says nothing about training attachés in Administration policy and records no replacement of any attaché. Seven posts, unchanged in number and location from the pre-window arrangement so far as the page shows.
Research log
What was searched, and what didn’t count as evidence
Research notes
- Federal Register full text “health attache” and “health attaches” since 2025-01-20 return nothing.
- HHS health attachés are posted to missions abroad and are administered by the Office of Global Affairs. Its pages are on hhs.gov, which can be read, and the About page was read on 2026-09-03.
- state.gov’s sitemap was searched for “health attache”: no in-window release.
- Action
- other
- Object
- HHS health attachés
- ID
- 1388