The African Diaspora Association of Public Health Professionals (ADAPHP), LLC, was established on August 08, 2023. The term ‘public health professional’ used here is intended as an expansive, all-inclusive term for those having tangible impacts on the public’s health. ADAPHP works to unify and support the African diaspora lineages within Africa, the Americas, and other global regions. ADAPHP supports African diaspora public health professionals engaged in science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics (STEAM). This includes scholarship, AI usage, employment, and healthcare infrastructure implementation and ownership.

Historical marginalization has worked to the detriment of those in the African diaspora pursuing STEAM and public health-related education and career opportunities. Dispelling misinformation and disinformation regarding the African diaspora’s historical contributions to science, public health, and medicine is an essential prerequisite to further progress. This requires reeducation in the wake of traditional, systematic, racially biased miseducation regarding the African diaspora’s critical contributions and involvement in these scientific disciplines. Strengthening community identity and resiliency with African diaspora public health providers is essential to ensure that positive, tangible health impacts occur.