NEW! The Health People Training and Consulting Institute (TCI)
Tired of seeing patients with preventable illnesses getting sicker and sicker? SO ARE WE!! Health People’s powerful peer education model gets real... Read More
New York State Diabetes-Related Amputation: A Horror Story
An estimated 50,000 New York residents lose limbs/feet to diabetes-related amputations. Since 2009, New York’s 84% Pre-Covid-19 increase in amputations is almost... Read More
A Health People Special Report: Ending the Diabetes-COVID Disaster
The Massive Mortality that People with Diabetes in the United States, and Particularly New York City and New York State, Have Suffered... Read More
Unprevented Diabetes Means Unnecessary Alzheimer’s
Despite mounting research which underscores that having diabetes raises the risk for developing Alzheimer’s disease by 40 to 70%, the major role... Read More
Mentoring the Next Generation of Leaders
In a community besieged by poverty and ill-health, Health People’s youth mentoring programs have become beacons of hope, encouraging children, teens and... Read More
Leading the Way in HIV/AIDS Prevention
We’ve been at the forefront of AIDS prevention and support from the start, caring for men, women and families, including the homeless,... Read More
Pioneering Peer Health Education
For 25 years in the South Bronx, we’ve trained and employed community peer educators who lead innovative programs, inspiring and teaching others... Read More
A New Vision of Health
From assisting families affected by HIV or AIDS to teaching diabetes prevention, Health People brings a new vision of health to America’s poorest... Read More