Photo Gallery of Secretary Leavitt's Trip to Africa

These photos feature HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt and a group of senior U.S. government leaders who visited the African nations of South Africa, Mozambique, Tanzania, and Rwanda in order to observe U.S. government programs that are delivering life-saving health care and sustenance to underserved communities. The trip took place from August 17, 2007 through August 27, 2007.

	U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael O. Leavitt speaks to students and faculty at the Kigali Health Institute in the Rwandan capital on August 29, 2007. (Photo by John Mallos, HHS) [original = 74KB]
	U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael O. Leavitt speaks to students and faculty at the Kigali Health Institute in the Rwandan capital on August 29, 2007. (Photo by John Mallos, HHS) [original = 74KB]
	U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael O. Leavitt speaks to students and faculty at the Kigali Health Institute in the capital of the Republic of Rwanda on August 29, 2007. Visible in the background is the U.S. Ambassador to Rwanda, the Honorable Michael R. Arrieti. (Photo by John Mallos, HHS) [original = 72KB]
	U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael O. Leavitt speaks to students and faculty at the Kigali Health Institute in the Rwandan capital on August 29, 2007. In the background, from left to right, are the Honorable Innocent Nyaruhirira, M.D., the Rwandan Minister of State for Health in Charge of HIV/AIDS and Other Epidemics, and the Honorable Jeanne d'Arc Mujawamariya, the Rwandan Minister of Education. (Photo by John Mallos, HHS) [original = 78KB]
	On behalf of the people of the United States, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael O. Leavitt presents a herd of goats to representatives of two local associations of people who are living with HIV/AIDS at the Rubengera Health Center in Kirongi District in western Rwanda. The Rubengera clinic receives funding from President Bush's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. (August 28, 2007) (Photo by John Mallos, HHS) [original = 210KB]
	At the Rubengera Health Center in Kirongi District in Western Rwanda, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael O. Leavitt receives the gift of a traditional woven basket from Martha Mukasimbi, the president of one of two local associations of people who are living with HIV/AIDS. The Rubengera clinic receives funding from President Bush's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. (August 28, 2007) (Photo by John Mallos, HHS) [original = 212KB]
	U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Michael O. Leavitt and the Rwandan Minister of State for Health in Charge of HIV/AIDS and Other Epidemics, the Honorable Innocent Nyaruhirira, M.D., after they sat to be tested for HIV at a mobile, voluntary testing site set up at the ES Kicukiro secondary school in the Rwandan capital of Kigali. The mobile testing program, operated by the HHS Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is part of President Bush's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief in Rwanda. (August 28, 2007) (Photo by John Mallos, HHS) [original = 176KB]
	U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael O. Leavitt undergoes testing for HIV at a mobile, voluntary testing site set up at the ES Kicukiro secondary school in the Rwandan capital of Kigali. The mobile testing program, operated by the HHS Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is part of President Bush's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief in Rwanda. (August 28, 2007) (Photo by John Mallos, HHS) [original = 160KB]
	At the Rubengera Health Center in Kirongi District in Western Rwanda, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael O. Leavitt speaks with the members of two local associations of people who are living with HIV/AIDS. The Rubengera clinic receives funding from President Bush's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. (August 28, 2007) (Photo by John Mallos, HHS) [original = 198KB]
	The U.S. delegation and local health officials pose with staff of the Zanzibari National Malaria-Control Program before they dispersed to spray the inside of houses with insecticide against malaria on the main island of Zanzibar, part of the United Republic of Tanzania, in a campaign funded by President Bush's Malaria Initiative (PMI). First row, from left to right: Julie L. Gerberding, M.D., Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS); the Honorable Michael L. Retzer, U.S. Ambassador to the United Republic of Tanzania; the Honorable Michael O. Leavitt, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services; the Honorable Sultan M. Mughery, Zanzibari Minister of Health and Social Welfare; and RADM R. Timothy Ziemer (USN, ret.), U.S. Malaria Coordinator. Second row, from left to right: Mahdi Ramsan, M.D., Ph.D., Research Triangle Institute, contractor for the PMI in implementing the indoor residual spraying campaign; and the Honorable Kent Hill, Ph.D., Assistant Administrator for Global Health at the U.S. Agency for International Development. (August 25, 2007) (Photo by John Mallos, HHS) [original = 216KB]
	The U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Honorable Michael O. Leavitt (right), and the U.S. Ambassador to the United Republic of Tanzania, the Honorable Michael L. Retzer (left), participate in an indoor residual spraying campaign against malaria on the main island of Zanzibar, part of the United Republic of Tanzania, an activity funded by President Bush's Malaria Initiative. (August 25, 2007) (Photo by John Mallos, HHS) [original = 190KB]
	U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael O. Leavitt meets with the beneficiaries of an indoor residual spraying campaign against malaria on the main island of Zanzibar, part of the United Republic of Tanzania, a campaign funded by President Bush's Malaria Initiative. (August 25, 2007) (Photo by John Mallos, HHS) [original = 213KB]
	U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael O. Leavitt speaks with youth peer educators who work in an HIV prevention program managed by the Aga Khan Foundation, at the Raha Leo Community Clinic in Stone Town, in Zanzibar, part of the United Republic of Tanzania. (Photo by John Mallos, HHS) [original = 80KB]
	U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael O. Leavitt watches a session led by youth peer educators who work in an HIV prevention program managed by the Aga Khan Foundation, at the Raha Leo Community Clinic in Stone Town, in Zanzibar, part of the United Republic of Tanzania. (Photo by John Mallos, HHS) [original = 69KB]
	U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael O. Leavitt and staff of the Raha Leo Community Clinic in Stone Town, in Zanzibar, part of the United Republic of Tanzania. The Aga Khan Foundation manages the clinic in a partnership with the Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar. Standing to Secretary Leavitt's right are Nemat Hajeebhoy, M.D., Executive Officer for the Aga Khan Foundation in Tanzania; Asifa Nurani, Regional Program Officer in Health for the Foundation in East Africa; and Gasper Wilbard Materu, Youth Coordinator at the Raha Leo Community Clinic. (Photo by John Mallos, HHS) [original = 81KB]
	U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael O. Leavitt greets a young girl at the Raha Leo Community Clinic in Stone Town, in Zanzibar, part of the United Republic of Tanzania. The Aga Khan Foundation manages the clinic in a partnership with the Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar. (Photo by John Mallos, HHS) [original = 77KB]
	Secretary Leavitt meets neighborhood children after participating in a home-based care site visit with Pathfinder International in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on August 24, 2007. (Photo by Rebecca Ayer, HHS) [original = 42KB]
	Secretary Leavitt and the Zanzibari Health Minister, the Honorable Sultan Mohamed Mughery, sign the certification to turn over the Zanzibar Blood Center to the people of those islands on August 25, 2007.(Photo by John Mallos, HHS) [original = 22KB]
	U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael O. Leavitt listens to the Honorable Pio Matos, Mayor of the Municipality of Quelimane, on a visit to that city in northern Mozambique. At far left is Che Abdula Wahid Sumaila, a Muslim resident of Bairro Manhaua in Quelimane; at far right is Todd Chapman, Chargé d'Affaires at the U.S. Embassy in Mozambique. (August 23, 2007) [original = 163KB]
	U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael O. Leavitt with the Mozambican Vice Minister of Public Works and Housing, the Honorable Gabriel Muthisse, and the Mozambican National Director for Water, Julião Alferes, at a site in Bairro Manhaua, Quelimane, Zambézia Province, on August 23, 2007. The site will benefit from investments from the American people in clean water and sanitation through the Millennium Challenge Corporation. (Photo by Bita Rodriguez, U.S. Embassy Maputo) [original = 210KB]
	Secretary Leavitt listens to Joaquina's story at Bairro Manhaua, Quelimane, Mozambique. [original = 209KB]
	Secretary Leavitt talks to Halima at Bairro Manhaua, Quelimane, Mozambique. [original = 210KB]
	U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Michael O. Leavitt with peer counselors who work in an HIV-prevention project managed by the Agência de Desenvolvimento do Povo para o Povo and funded by the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, in Matola, Maputo Province, Mozambique, on August 22, 2007. (Photo by John Mallos, HHS) [original = 99KB]
	U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Michael O. Leavitt and Mozambican Health Minister Paulo Ivo Garrido, M.D., in the Minister's office in Maputo on August 22, 2007. The two discussed progress in Mozambique under President Bush's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief and Malaria Initiative. Mozambique is one of seven countries that are partners in both of these Presidential priority international humanitarian programs. (Photo by John Mallos, HHS) [original = 65KB]
	U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Michael O. Leavitt speaks to students and faculty at Eduardo Mondlane University in Maputo, Mozambique, on August 22, 2007. (Photo by John Mallos, HHS) [original = 82KB]
	U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael O. Leavitt talks with people in a community that will benefit from investments by the U.S. Government's Millennium Challenge Corporation in clean water and sanitation, in Quelimane, Zambézia Province, Mozambique. (Photo by Jack McNeill, HHS) [original = 37KB]
	U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael O. Leavitt speaks to students and faculty at the Catholic University of Mozambique in Beira, Sofala Province, Mozambique. (Photo by Jack McNeill, HHS) [original = 34KB]
	U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael O. Leavitt visits with patients at the Ponta Gêa Health Center in Beira, Sofala Province, Mozambique. (Photo by Jack McNeill, HHS) [original = 22KB]
	U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael O. Leavitt talks with children in a community that will benefit from investments by the U.S. government's Millennium Challenge Corporation in clean water and sanitation, in Quelimane, Zambézia Province, Mozambique, on August 24, 2007. (Photo by John Mallos, HHS) [original = 85KB]
	U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael O. Leavitt plays marbles with children in a community that will benefit from investments by the U.S. government's Millennium Challenge Corporation in clean water and sanitation, in Quelimane, Zambézia Province, Mozambique, on August 24, 2007. (Photo by John Mallos, HHS) [original = 83KB]
	U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael O. Leavitt speaks to students and faculty at the Catholic University of Mozambique in Beira, Sofala Province, Mozambique. (Photo by Jack McNeill, HHS) [original = 109KB]
	U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael O. Leavitt visits with patients at the Ponta Gêa Health Center in Beira, Sofala Province, Mozambique. (Photo by Jack McNeill, HHS) [original = 23KB]
	U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael O. Leavitt talks with children in a community that will benefit from investments by the U.S. government's Millennium Challenge Corporation in clean water and sanitation, in Quelimane, Zambézia Province, Mozambique. (Photo by Jack McNeill, HHS) [original = 116KB]
	HHS Secretary Leavitt answers questions from members of the local media during his visit to Maputo, Mozambique. (August 22, 2007) [original = 176KB]
	HHS Secretary Leavitt waits to receive an HIV test in Maputo, Mozambique. (August 22, 2007) [original = 125KB]
	U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael O. Leavitt with grandmothers who are learning sewing skills as part of the community support offered by the Heartbeat program, in Nellmapius Township, in Gauteng Province outide of Pretoria, South Africa, an activity funded by the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. (August 20, 2007) (Photo by John Mallos, HHS) [original = 143KB]
	U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael O. Leavitt with students enrolled in the Heartbeat after-school support program, in Nellmapius Township, in Gauteng Province outide of Pretoria, South Africa, an activity funded by the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. (Photo by John Mallos, HHS) [original = 98KB]
	U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael O. Leavitt with students enrolled in the Heartbeat after-school support program, in Nellmapius Township, in Gauteng Province outide of Pretoria, South Africa, an activity funded by the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. (Photo by John Mallos, HHS) [original = 140KB]
	U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael O. Leavitt with students enrolled in the Heartbeat after-school support program, in Nellmapius Township, in Gauteng Province outide of Pretoria, South Africa, an activity funded by the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. (Photo by John Mallos, HHS) [original = 138KB]
	U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael O. Leavitt with students enrolled in the Heartbeat after-school support program, in Nellmapius Township, in Gauteng Province outide of Pretoria, South Africa, an activity funded by the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. (Photo by John Mallos, HHS) [original = 143KB]
	U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael O. Leavitt with students enrolled in the Heartbeat after-school support program, in Nellmapius Township, in Gauteng Province outide of Pretoria, South Africa, an activity funded by the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. (Photo by John Mallos, HHS) [original = 119KB]
	U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael O. Leavitt with students enrolled in the Heartbeat after-school support program, in Nellmapius Township, in Gauteng Province outide of Pretoria, South Africa, an activity funded by the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. (Photo by John Mallos, HHS) [original = 130KB]
	U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael O. Leavitt with students enrolled in the Heartbeat after-school support program, in Nellmapius Township, in Gauteng Province outide of Pretoria, South Africa, an activity funded by the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. (Photo by John Mallos, HHS) [original = 130KB]
	U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael O. Leavitt with students enrolled in the Heartbeat after-school support program, in Nellmapius Township, in Gauteng Province outide of Pretoria, South Africa, an activity funded by the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. (Photo by John Mallos, HHS) [original = 137KB]
	U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael O. Leavitt with students enrolled in the Heartbeat after-school support program, in Nellmapius Township, in Gauteng Province outide of Pretoria, South Africa, an activity funded by the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. (Photo by John Mallos, HHS) [original = 128KB]
	U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael O. Leavitt with students enrolled in the Heartbeat after-school support program, in Nellmapius Township, in Gauteng Province outide of Pretoria, South Africa, an activity funded by the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. (Photo by John Mallos, HHS) [original = 124KB]
	U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael O. Leavitt with students enrolled in the Heartbeat after-school support program, in Nellmapius Township, in Gauteng Province outide of Pretoria, South Africa, an activity funded by the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. (Photo by John Mallos, HHS) [original = 96KB]
	Inkosi (Chief) S. Zondi (left) presents a gift to the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator, Ambassador Mark Dybul, at CAPRISA in Vulindlela, South Africa. In the background are CAPRISA Associate Scientific Director Quarraisha Abdool-Karim, Ph.D., and CAPRISA Director Salim Abdool-Karim, Ph.D. Photo taken by Sandile Qwabe. (August 22, 2007) [original = 349KB]
	U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Michael O. Leavitt receives a gift from Inkosi S. Zondi, the local Zulu leader, at the CAPRISA site in Vulindlela District, KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa, a non-profit HIV/AIDS research, treatment and care program financed by the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief through the HHS National Institutes of Health and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as well as the U.S. Agency for International Development. Behind the Secretary, are Julie L. Gerberding, M.D., Director of the HHS Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Okey Nwanyanwu, M.D., HHS/CDC Chief of Party in South Africa; Quarraisha Abdool Karim, Ph.D., Associate Scientific Director, CAPRISA; and Salim Abdool Karim, Ph.D., Director of CAPRISA. (August 22, 2007) [original = 84KB]
	HHS Secretary Michael O. Leavitt engages in a discussion with leaders, staff and students at the University of KwaZulu Natal Medical School (August 22, 2007). Seated at the front table are the Pro Vice Chancellor of Research and CAPRISA Director, Salim Abdool-Karim, Ph.D., and the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Dr. Willem Sturm. Photo taken by Sandile Qwabe. (August 22, 2007) [original = 361KB]
	HHS Secretary Michael O. Leavitt at the University of KwaZulu Natal Medical School. Photo taken by Sandile Qwabe. (August 22, 2007) [original = 287KB]
	(Left to right) Inkosi (Chief) S. Zondi, District Health Manager May Zuma, HHS Secretary Leavitt, and CAPRISA Associate Scientific Director Quarraisha Abdool-Karim, Ph.D., light a candle to remember the victims of HIV/AIDS. Photo taken by Sandile Qwabe at the Centre for the AIDS Program Research in South Africa (CAPRISA) in Vulindlela South Africa. (August 22, 2007) [original = 367KB]
	HHS Secretary Michael O. Leavitt (second from left) at CAPRISA in Vulindlela, South Africa. Photo taken by Sandile Qwabe. (August 22, 2007) [original = 345KB]
	(Left to right) Dr. Janet Frohlich, Vulindlela Site Manager; Thulisile Zondi; Dudizile Ndlovu; HHS Secretary Leavitt; Mukelisiwe Mdlotshwa; and Silvia Maarschalk. Photo taken by Sandile Qwabe at CAPRISA site in Vulindlela South Africa. (August 22, 2007) [original = 329KB]

Last revised: September 10, 2007