Americas News and Features Archive

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2008

• 06/25/2008—HHS Secretary Meets with Patients in El Salvador Who Received Care from U.S. Public Health Service Officers Assigned to the U.S.S. Boxer
• 06/23/2008—HHS Secretary Travels To México And Central America To Advance Product-Safety Efforts; Multinational Summit on Product Safety, Visit to Regional Health-Care Training Center in Panamá and Review of U.S.S. Boxer Mission in El Salvador also planned
• 05/06/2008—Update on Honduran Cantaloupe Investigation
• 04/22/2008—Leaders Meet in New Orleans to Review the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America
• 04/18/2008—Update on the HHS Investigation in Honduras
• 04/17/2008—The United States and México Support Vaccination Week in the Americas
• 04/07/2008—HHS Completes In-Country Portion of Food-Safety Investigation in Honduras
• 03/28/2008—U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services and Honduran Ministers Meet on Food Safety
• 03/27/2008—U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services and Honduran Ministers Meet on Food Safety
• 03/13/2008—First Lady Laura Bush Visits Emergency Plan Site in Haïti
• 02/28/2008—HHS Secretary Discusses Tripartite Cooperation along the United States-México Border with the Mexican Secretary of Health and the Director of the Pan American Health Organization
• 02/25/2008—100 Health-Care Professionals from Central America Attend Training at the Regional Health-Care Training Center in Panamá City
• 01/14/2008—HHS Secretary Represents the United States at the Inauguration of the New President of Guatemala
• 01/11/2008—President Bush Names HHS Secretary to Represent the United States at the Inauguration of the New President of Guatemala

2007

• 12/10/2007—HHS/NIH National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Announces New Spanish-Language Website
• 11/19/2007—Fourth Training of Central Americans Takes Place at the Regional Health-Care Training Center in Panamá City
• 11/19/2007—HHS Assistant Secretary for Aging Carbonell Represents the U.S. Government at the 14th Conference of First Ladies, Spouses and Representatives of Heads of State and Government of the Americas
• 11/14/2007—President Bush Awards Medal of Freedom to HHS Scientist Dr. Francis S. Collins
• 11/01/2007—HHS Secretary Michael O. Leavitt and Canadian Minister of Health Tony Clement Sign Memorandum of Understanding on Indigenous Health
• 11/01/2007—Health Leaders from United States, México and Canada Sign Declaration on Mutual Support During a Health Emergency
• 10/10/2007—USNS COMFORT Completes Mission to Latin America and the Caribbean Region
• 10/03/2007—HHS Secretary Leavitt Signs Memorandum of Understanding with Central American Ministers of Health
• 10/01/2007—HHS Secretary Michael O. Leavitt Addresses 27th Pan American Sanitary Conference
• 09/24/2007—Third Training of Central Americans Takes Place at the Regional Health-Care Training Center in Panamá City
• 09/17/2007—Fourth Team of HHS Commissioned Corps Officers Joins Humanitarian Mission of the USNS Comfort
• 09/11/2007—HHS Secretary and Mexican Secretary of Health Together Visit United States-México Border Region on Import Safety
• 09/07/2007—HHS Secretary Leavitt Visits HHS Commissioned Corps Officers Aboard USNS Comfort in Haïti
• 08/28/2007—First HHS U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps Pharmacist Serves Aboard USNS Comfort
• 08/21/2007—North American Plan for Avian and Pandemic Influenza Announced
• 08/10/2007—HHS Team Assists in the Mission of the USNS Comfort in Perú
• 08/03/2007—HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt Visits Oakland, California, on Fact-Finding Tour of U.S. Ports of Entry for Import
• 07/27/2007—HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt Visits El Paso, Texas, in First Fact-Finding Tour of U.S. Ports of Entry for Imports
• 07/26/2007—Second HHS Team Joins the Mission of the USNS Comfort
• 07/20/2007—Health-Care Personnel on the USNS Comfort Provide Medical and Dental Care for the People of Nicaragua
• 07/19/2007—HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt Heads Presidential Delegation of the United States for the Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro
• 07/19/2007—U.S. Public Health Service Promotion Ceremony on the USNS Comfort
• 07/19/2007—Second Team of HHS U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps Officers Arrives on Board the USNS Comfort in Central America
• 07/18/2007—HHS Secretary Leavitt Announces Revised International Health Regulations Enter into Force for the United States
• 07/13/2007—HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt Heads Presidential Delegation of the United States for the Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro
• 07/10/2007—Secretary Leavitt Chairs Panel on Health Care at White House Conference on the Americas
• 06/30/2007—At Sea and on Shore with HHS Environmental Health and Engineering Officers on the Humanitarian Mission of the USNS Comfort to Latin America and the Caribbean
• 06/28/2007—USNS Comfort Mission to Latin America and Caribbean
• 06/22/2007—USNS Comfort Sets Sail to 12 Ports
• 06/20/2007—Canada to Host the North American Leaders Summit in August 2007; Pandemic Influenza Preparedness on the Agenda
• 06/19/2007—First US-Brazil Working Group on Public Health Meets
• 06/15/2007—President Bush Orders the USNS Comfort to Latin America and the Caribbean on Humanitarian Mission (White House)
• 06/04/2007—Secretary of Health and Human Services Celebrates Opening of the Regional Health-Care Training Center in Panamá
• 05/23/2007—HHS National Cancer Institute Launches Internet Site in Spanish
• 05/04/2007—Former HHS Senior Official Dr. Cristina Beato Sworn In as Deputy Director of PAHO
• 04/18/2007—Central American Regional Health-Care Training Center Offers First Course in Panamá
• 03/27/2007—HHS Secretary Leavitt Visits Central America to Advance Initiative to Improve Health Infrastructure
• 03/23/2007—HHS Assistant Secretary for Health John Agwunobi Visits U.S.-México Border
• 03/22/2007—HHS Secretary Leavitt and the Panamanian Minister of Health Sign Letter of Intent for Health-Care Training Center
• 03/08/2007—President and First Lady Visit Latin America
• 03/07/2007—President Bush Announces a New Initiative for Social Justice in the Western Hemisphere
• 01/12/2007—HHS Secretary Leavitt Leads U.S. Delegation at Inauguration of Daniel Ortega, President of Nicaragua

2006

• 11/15/2006—United States and México Pledge Increased Cooperation in Pandemic-Influenza Preparedness along Their Shared Border
• 10/27/2006—HHS Staff Attend “Escudo Centinela,” a Full-Scale Pandemic Influenza Exercise in México
• 10/27/2006—Director of the HHS National Institutes of Health Lectures on the Future of Biomedical Research in Paris, France
• 10/25/2006—Update on Poisoning in Panamá
• 10/06/2006—HHS Secretary Meets with Ministers of Health of Central America
• 10/04/2006—HHS Provides Assistance in Addressing a Neurological Illness in the Republic of Panamá
• 10/03/2006—HHS Secretary and Minister of Health of the Republic of Argentina Sign an Arrangement Relevant to Health
• 09/25/2006—HHS Secretary Welcomes Health Ministers from the Americas to the Annual Ministerial Summit of the Pan American Health Organization
• 09/06/2006—HHS Deputy Secretary Addresses Islamic Medical Association of North America
• 07/10/2006—President Bush Announces a Compact with the People of Cuba and the Second Report of the Commission for Assistance to a Free Cuba
• 06/22/2006—HHS Secretary Leavitt Meets with Members of the U.S.-Mexico Border Health Commission
• 06/08/2006—"Pandemics Shape History": HHS Secretary in Panamá to Reinforce the Need for Preparations for a Pandemic Influenza in the Americas
• 05/03/2006—HHS Staff Join the USNS Comfort for Health Emergency Readiness Exercise
• 04/19/2006—The U.S.-México Border Health Commission to Hold Meeting with New Members
• 04/13/2006—HHS/NIH Director Speaks at PAHO on the Fight against Disease and Disability in the Americas
• 03/09/2006—HHS Announces Early Warning Infectious Disease Surveillance Project with México
• 02/23/2006—New Members to be Appointed to the U.S. Section of the U.S.-México Border Health Commission
• 01/26/2006—New Website on U.S.-México Border Health

2005

• 04/07/2005—Secretary Leavitt Addresses PAHO on World Health Day
• 03/21/2005—Rubella No Longer Major Public Health Threat in the United States (U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

2004

• 06/15/2004—Assistant Secretary Carbonell Speaks at Challenge of Global Aging International Conference in Mexico (U.S. Administration on Aging)
• 04/13/2004—USAID Announces Grants for AIDS Relief in Caribbean, Africa (U.S. Department of State)
• 02/10/2004—U.S. Participating in First Vaccination Week in the Americas (U.S. Department of State)

2003

• 12/12/2003—HHS to Fund Early Warning Disease Surveillance System Along the U.S.-Mexico Border
• 10/09/2003—HHS Issues New Rules to Enhance the Security of the U.S. Food Supply
• 10/07/2003—President Bush Names Four to U.S.-Mexico Border Health Commission

2002

• 09/23/2002—Secretary Thompson Delivers Welcoming Remarks at the 26th Pan American Sanitary Conference
• 09/16/2002—Secretary Thompson Travels to Iceland To Formalize Research Agreement
• 06/28/2002—Secretary Thompson Meets with Peruvian Minister of Health
• 04/20/2002—U.S. and Caribbean Ministerial Meeting on HIV/AIDS Georgetown, Guyana

Last revised: July 01, 2008