News and Features - 2003

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December

• 12/27/2003—U.S. to Deploy Humanitarian Assistance to People of Iran (White House)
• 12/12/2003—HHS to Fund Early Warning Disease Surveillance System Along the U.S.-Mexico Border
• 12/08/2003—HHS Reaffirms Health Commitments Between U.S. and China
• 12/08/2003—Secretary Thompson Returns from Successful Africa Trip
• 12/02/2003—U.S. Delegation Visits Memorial to Victims of Genocide in Rwanda (U.S. Department of State)
• 12/02/2003—U.S., Zambia Sign Health Care Agreement During HHS Secretary's Visit (U.S. Department of State)
• 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
• 12/01/2003—Ambassador Holbrooke Leads Private Sector Effort Against AIDS (U.S. Department of State)
• 12/01/2003—Top Level U.S. Delegation Assesses HIV/AIDS Needs in Africa (U.S. Department of State)
• 12/01/2003—HHS Secretary Travels to Africa for World AIDS Day (U.S. Department of State)

November

• 11/20/2003—President Bush, Prime Minister Blair Launch Joint Task Force on HIV/AIDS
• 11/03/2003—Fogarty International Center Announces Awards for Global Health Research Initiative Program for New Foreign Investigators (U.S. National Institutes of Health)

October

• 10/21/2003—President Bush, Singapore P.M. Discuss Terrorism, Iraq, Economic Cooperation (White House)
• 10/19/2003—Secretary Pledges Cooperation With China, Urges Openness
• 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
• 10/06/2003—President Bush Welcomes Kenyan President to the United States

July

• 07/22/2003—HHS, Republic of Korea Expand Cooperation on Infectious Diseases Research
• 07/14/2003—President Bush Returns from Successful Africa Trip
• 07/07/2003—HHS Participates in Africa Malaria Day 2003
• 07/07/2003—President Bush Set to Visit Five African Countries, Focus on HIV/AIDS, Economic Development

May

• 05/06/2003—U.S., China Develop Plan for Improved Disease Surveillance

April

• 04/25/2003—HHS Participates in Africa Malaria Day 2003
• 04/21/2003—Secretary Thompson Helps Open Women’s Hospital in Kabul
• 04/17/2003—HHS Secretary Thompson Signs Agreement with Italian Minister of Health Sirchia
• 04/04/2003—Secretary Thompson, Chinese Health Minister Vow to Cooperate on SARS

February

• 02/27/2003—Secretary Thompson Renews Commitment to Promote Health in Afghanistan in Meeting with President Karzai
• 02/25/2003—Trafficking in Persons National Security Presidential Directive (White House)

January

• 01/31/2003—Secretary Thompson Elected as Chair of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS
• 01/27/2003—HHS Secretary Thompson Announces $5 Million to Improve Maternal and Child Health in Afghanistan

Last revised: February 20, 2008