Africa News and Features Archive

2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 |2004 | 2003 | 2002

2010

• 02/22/2010—Secretary Sebelius meets with Dr. Luís Gomes Sambo, Regional Director, WHO Office for Africa

2009

• 10/30/2009—Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Invites Mali Health Officials to attend Telemedicine Training
• 10/20/2009—FDA's International Posts: Improving the Safety of Imported Food and Medical Products:

  http://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ConsumerUpdates/ucm185769.htm

  (U.S. Food and Drug Administration)
• 02/19/2009—HHS Team Assists with DEG Toxicity Investigation in Nigeria

2008

• 11/17/2008—HHS Secretary and the Minister of Secondary and Higher Education and Scientific Research of the Republic of Mali Conclude Arrangement to Cooperate on Malaria and Other Tropical Diseases
• 10/29/2008—HHS/FDA Grants Tentative Approval for 75th Generic Anti-Retroviral Drug as Part of President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief:

  http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/2008/ucm116974.htm

  (U.S. Food and Drug Administration)
• 10/20/2008—U.S. Special Representative for Avian and Pandemic Influenza Discusses Sharm el-Sheikh Conference on Voice of America
• 09/04/2008—HHS Deputy Secretary Leads U.S. Delegation to the State Funeral for Deceased Zambian President
• 08/08/2008—Senior U.S. Government Officials Travel to Africa to Advance Initiatives Fighting Spread of HIV/AIDS and Malaria:

  http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2008pres/08/20080808a.html

• 06/27/2008—Number of Generic Anti-Retrovirals Available for Use in the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Reaches 70
• 03/13/2008—International Women’s Day Honorees Visit HHS
• 02/20/2008—President Bush Announces New Global Initiative for Combating Neglected Tropical Diseases
• 01/07/2008—HHS National Institutes of Health Leads Effort to Present Collection of Latest Discoveries by Top Malaria Experts

2007

• 12/10/2007—Call for Abstracts for Oral and Poster Presentations for 2008 HIV/AIDS Implementers' Meeting, in Kampala Uganda, June 3-7, 2008
• 12/04/2007—HHS Assists Ugandan Ministry of Health to Control Outbreak of Ebola Virus and to Investigate Cases of Schistosomiasis
• 10/25/2007—HHS Secretary Leavitt Participates in Gates Foundation Malaria Forum
• 10/22/2007—October 2007 Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Newsletter Now Available
• 10/19/2007—President Bush Discusses Fight Against Malaria With Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
• 10/09/2007—HHS/CDC Scientists Deployed to Control Ebola Outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
• 09/27/2007—U.S. Government Responds to Ebola Outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
• 09/18/2007—HHS Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Launches Public Health Grand Rounds Webcast on Innovative Basic Care Package Provided in Uganda by the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief
• 08/30/2007—HHS Secretary Michael O. Leavitt and U.S. Government Officials Complete Their Four-Country African Visit in Rwanda
• 08/30/2007—Visit of U.S. Delegation to Zanzibar Highlights Dramatic Drop in Illness After Introduction of the President’s Malaria Initiative
• 08/29/2007—Increased Funding and Innovative Strategies for Delivering Care Have Improved the Health of Thousands of Tanzanians, U.S. Delegation Finds
• 08/24/2007—Health Partnerships in Mozambique Supported by the American People Receive Visits from U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael O. Leavitt and Other Senior U.S. Government Officials
• 08/23/2007—U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael O. Leavitt and Delegation Visit Sites in Mozambique
• 08/22/2007—U.S. Officials Visit CAPRISA and the University of KwaZulu Natal in South Africa
• 08/22/2007—HHS/CDC Scientists and African Partners Find Proof of Marburg Virus in Fruit Bats
• 08/21/2007—HHS Secretary and U.S. Delegation Visits Sites in South Africa Funded by the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief
• 08/15/2007—HHS Secretary Leavitt and Senior U.S. Government Delegation to Visit Africa
• 08/10/2007—August 2007 Newsletter for the President's Malaria Initiative Now Available
• 08/10/2007—HHS Experts Respond to Outbreak of Marburg Fever in Uganda
• 06/26/2007—Webcasts of Sessions from the 2007 HIV/AIDS Implementers’ Meeting Now Available
• 06/26/2007—U.S. Government Signs an Historic Agreement with the Republic of Cameroon
• 05/04/2007—HHS/NIH/NIAID Partners with the Luso-American Development Foundation to Host a Research Meeting on Tuberculosis in Africa in October 2007
• 03/06/2007—HHS’ Food and Drug Administration Offers Training for National Drug Regulatory Authorities
• 03/06/2007—HHS Leads U.S. Government’s Response to Outbreak of Rift Valley Fever in the Republic of Kenya
• 02/12/2007—Office of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator Announces the 2007 HIV/AIDS Implementers’ Meeting Will Take Place in Kigali, Rwanda
• 02/12/2007—Africa's First Large-Scale HIV Vaccine Study Launched
• 02/07/2007—HHS and U.S. Departments of Agriculture and State Conduct United States-North African Food-Safety Regulatory Forum
• 01/30/2007—HHS Expert Dr. Bernard Nahlen Selected as Deputy Coordinator of the President’s Malaria Initiative
• 01/24/2007—President Bush Outlines Future U.S. Government Efforts to Address the AIDS and Malaria Epidemics Globally
• 01/18/2007—Measles Initiative Surpasses Global Goal to Reduce Measles Deaths by 50 Percent
• 01/03/2007—Ambassador John E. Lange Leads U.S. Delegation to Bamako Conference on Avian and Pandemic Influenza

2006

• 12/26/2006—2007 HIV/AIDS Implementers' Meeting: Call for Abstracts
• 12/13/2006—Partially Funded by HHS, New Study Reveals Extent of HIV and Malaria Co-Infections in Africa
• 11/14/2006—The White House Summit on Malaria
• 09/28/2006—First Lady Laura Bush Announces New Public-Private Partnership to Fund a Children's Merry-Go-Round Pump to Produce Clean Water for Millions
• 09/26/2006—HHS and Other Federal Partners Join to Help Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, Recover from Toxic Spill
• 06/30/2006—Fighting Malaria in Africa:

  http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2005/06/20050630-8.html

  (White House)
• 06/15/2006—"Building on Success": The U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Third Annual Meeting and 2006 HIV Implementers' Meeting in Durban, South Africa, June 12-15, 2006
• 06/08/2006—First Lady Introduces Coordinator for the President's Malaria Initiative as Well as Announcing Countries to be Added as Focus Countries
• 04/24/2006—HHS Celebrates Africa Malaria Day with Research Workshop in Uganda
• 04/17/2006—April 25, 2006 is Africa Malaria Day: Better Treatment for Malaria
• 01/18/2006—HIV/AIDS Clinical Trial Enrollment Halted Due to Early Results
• 01/17/2006—NIH Director Leads Scientific Team to North Africa

2005

• 12/28/2005—U.S. Co-sponsors U.N. Resolution to Roll Back Malaria in Developing Countries
• 12/15/2005—Fogarty International Center Awards Research Training Grants to Tackle AIDS and Tuberculosis:

  http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/dec2005/fic-15.htm

  (U.S. National Institutes of Health)
• 12/02/2005—New Partners Initiative Launched
• 12/01/2005—President Bush Commemorates World AIDS Day
• 08/08/2005—Joint U.S. and WHO Delegates Visit Angola
• 07/18/2005—First Lady Laura Bush Returns from Trip to Africa
• 06/13/2005—Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Exceeding Goals, Tobias Says:

  http://www.america.gov/st/washfile-english/2005/June/20050613171653wCyeroC0.234112.html

  (U.S. Department of State)
• 04/04/2005—HHS Sends Team to Angola to Fight Marburg Virus Outbreak
• 03/24/2005—World Tuberculosis (TB) Day:

  http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5410a1.htm

  (U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

2004

• 12/10/2004—United States Pledges 20 Million Doses of Smallpox Vaccine to Global Stockpile:

  http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2004pres/20041210a.html

• 11/18/2004—HHS Awards $10.4 Million to Fight AIDS on Three Continents:

  http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2004pres/20041118.html

• 11/16/2004—HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson Tours Muhimbili Hospital
• 06/28/2004—U.S. Campaign Protects Thousands of Newborns from HIV Infection:

  http://www.america.gov/st/washfile-english/2004/June/20040628170842CMretroP0.5898096.html

  (U.S. Department of State)
• 04/13/2004—USAID Announces Grants for AIDS Relief in Caribbean, Africa:

  http://www.america.gov/st/washfile-english/2004/April/20040414144444AEneerG0.2118494.html

  (U.S. Department of State)
• 04/08/2004—HHS Secretary Travels to Polio-Affected Countries:

  http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2004pres/20040408c.html

• 03/24/2004—World TB Day—March 24, 2004:

  http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/mar2004/niaid-24a.htm

  (U.S. National Institutes of Health)
• 02/20/2004—Massive Polio Immunization Program to Begin in West Africa:

  http://www.america.gov/st/washfile-english/2004/February/20040220160317CMretroP0.8149378.html

  (U.S. Department of State)
• 02/05/2004—U.S. Health Secretary Sees Global Progress Against AIDS Epidemic:

  http://www.america.gov/st/washfile-english/2004/February/20040206160439CMretroP5.666751e-02.html

  (U.S. Department of State)

2003

• 12/08/2003—Secretary Thompson Returns from Successful Africa Trip
• 12/01/2003—World AIDS Day 2003
• 12/01/2003—Thompson Leads Largest-Ever Delegation of Leaders to Assess HIV/AIDS Efforts and Needs in Africa:

  http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2003pres/20031126a.html

• 10/06/2003—President Bush Welcomes Kenyan President to the United States
• 07/14/2003—President Bush Returns from Successful Africa Trip
• 07/07/2003—President Bush Set to Visit Five African Countries, Focus on HIV/AIDS, Economic Development
• 04/25/2003—HHS Participates in Africa Malaria Day

2002

• 12/13/2002—President Delivers Remarks on Smallpox:

  http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2002/12/20021213-7.html

  (White House)
• 10/25/2002—Secretary Thompson Meets with the Prime Minister of Mozambique
• 03/31/2002—Presidential Mission to Africa Led by Secretary of Health and Human Services, Tommy G. Thompson

Last revised: May 04, 2010