News and Features - 2010

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March

• 03/04/2010—Secretary Sebelius meets with Spanish Minister of Health and Social Policy Trinidad Jiménez García-Herrera

February

• 02/26/2010—U.S, Mexico Agree to Execute Priority Drug Demand Reduction Programs; Joint Declaration Outlines Commitment to Reduce Illicit Drug Consumption

  http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/news/press10/022610.html

  (Office of National Drug Control Policy)
• 02/23/2010—Secretary Sebelius meets with Mexican Secretary of Health
• 02/22/2010—Secretary Sebelius meets with Dr. Luís Gomes Sambo, Regional Director, WHO Office for Africa
• 02/18/2010—Secretary Sebelius meets with German Federal Minister of Education and Research Annette Schavan
• 02/05/2010—Secretary Sebelius Meetings with Danish Health Minister
• 02/01/2010—The United States will invest $63 billion through the Global Health Initiative (GHI) over six years to help partner countries improve health outcomes through strengthened health systems:

  http://www.pepfar.gov/ghi/index.htm

  (The United States President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief)

January

• 01/31/2010—New York Times Reports on Iraq’s Program to Rebuild its Mental Health Care System: Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services (HHS/SAMHSA) Supports Iraq’s Mental Health Care Program by Hosting Mental Health Professionals in the United States
• 01/28/2010—Emergency Response Shifts to Primary Health Care in Haiti:

  http://new.paho.org/disasters/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1088&Itemid=904〈=en

  (Pan American Health Organization)
• 01/21/2010—United States Government Haiti Earthquake Disaster Response Update 1/21/10:

  http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/united-states-government-haiti-earthquake-disaster-response-update-12110

  (White House)
• 01/19/2010—HHS Emergency Response in Haiti: Summary Report, Jan. 19:

  http://www.hhs.gov/haiti/summaryrept01192010.html

• 01/18-23/2010—U.S. Statement at the 126th World Health Organization (WHO) Executive Board Health related to the consequences of the earthquake in Haiti
• 01/18/2010—Haiti – HHS Relief and Support Activities:

  http://www.hhs.gov/haiti/

Last revised: March 18, 2010