FHI - Secretary Leavitt Impressed with FHI Programs

OCTOBER 2007 — On his visit to Mozambique in August, US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Mike Leavitt commented positively on a poster presentation on the rapid scale-up in Zambezia Province of FHI programs to prevent mother-to-child transmission and provide HIV counseling, testing, care, and treatment.

Secretary Leavitt's delegation included U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator Ambassador Mark Dybul, MD; USAID Assistant Administrator for Global Health Kent Hill, PhD, US Malaria Coordinator Tim Ziemer, and Director of the HHS Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Julie Gerberding, MD.

On a 10-day tour of four African countries, the delegation reviewed programs funded by the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief and the President's Malaria Initiative.

PHOTO: FHI/Mozambique Country Director Silvia Gurrola Bonilla (left) met with HHS Secretary Leavitt (far right), U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator Mark Dybul, and CDC Director Julie Gerberding (second and third from right) during their August 2007 visit to Mozambique. (FHI/Mozambique)