 | March 28, 2007 -- While visiting a new Operation Smile facility in Tegucigalpa, HHS Secretary Leavitt visits with two young patients at the clinic. The Secretary was in Honduras to sign a letter of intent and meet with Government officials and local providers to discuss joint efforts to improve the health-care systems and train health-care workers in Central America. |
 | March 28, 2007 -- Joined by Honduran Health Minister Jenny Meza, HHS Secretary Leavitt talks to senior doctors in the neonatal facility of Hospital Escuela, a leading teaching hospital in Tegucigalpa. Receiving input from health-care providers on ways to improve the health-care infrastructure, training and services in Central America is a prime goal of the Secretary's week-long trip to the region. |
 | March 27, 2007 -- HHS Secretary Leavitt and Nicaraguan Health Minister Maritza Cuan shake hands after signing a letter of intent that formalizes plans to work jointly to improve health care in Nicaragua and other Central American countries. Eight health-care workers from Nicaragua will participate in the first class of a new regional training facility, located in Panamá and in partnership with the United Sates and Central American nations. |
 | March 27, 2007 -- HHS Secretary Leavitt and Nicaraguan Health Minister Maritza Cuan participate in a ceremony to formalize plans to work jointly to improve health care in Nicaragua and other Central American countries. |
 | March 27, 2007 -- Honduran President José Manuel Zelaya and HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt shake hands in friendship at a meeting to further these nations' joint efforts to improve health care in Honduras and other Central American countries. They are joined by (left to right) Honduran Health Minister Jenny Meza, U.S. Ambassador Charles Ford and Panamanian Health Minister Camilo Alleyne. Honduras will send 12 health care workers to participate in the first class of a new regional training facility, located in Panamá and in partnership with the United States and Central American nations. |
 | March 27, 2007 -- Honduran President José Manuel Zelaya and Secretary Leavitt prepare to go to a signing ceremony to formalize plans to improve health care and establish a regional training facility for Central America. They are flanked by Health Minister Jenny Meza and U.S. Ambassador Charles Ford. |
 | March 27, 2007 -- Honduran Health Minister Jenny Meza and HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt sign an agreement formalizing plans to work jointly to improve health care in Honduras and other Central American countries. They are joined at the ceremony by President José Manuel Zelaya and Panamanian Health Minister Camilo Alleyne. |
 | March 27, 2007 -- HHS Secretary Leavitt kicks off a conversation with Honduran medical, dental and pediatric societies to receive input on the President's initiative to advance health care in Central America. Honduras will send 12 health-care workers to participate in the first class of a new regional training facility, located in Panamá and in partnership with the United State and Central American nations. |
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