HHS Secretary Discusses Tripartite Cooperation along the United States-México Border with the Mexican Secretary of Health and the Director of the Pan American Health Organization | February 28, 2008 – U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Michael O. Leavitt today welcomed the Mexican Secretary of Health, the Honorable José Ángel Córdova Villalobos, M.D., and the Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Mirta Roses, M.D., to discuss how to improve joint cooperation along the United States-México Border. Secretary Leavitt is at right, in the middle; Secretary Córdova and Dr. Roses are at left, in the middle. |
February 28, 2008 – U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Michael O. Leavitt today welcomed the Mexican Secretary of Health, the Honorable José Ángel Córdova Villalobos, M.D., and the Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Mirta Roses, M.D., to discuss how to improve joint cooperation along the United States-México Border. PAHO has had a Field Office in El Paso, Texas, since 1942, and that city is also the headquarters of the United States-México Border Health Commission. Authorized by the U.S. Congress in 1994, and brought into being by an executive agreement between the two Governments in the year 2000, the Commission is a binational, public-private organization with a mandate to promote better health and quality of life in the shared border region. The Secretaries of Health of México and the United States chair the Commission, whose other members include the Chief Health Officers of the ten border States and private citizens appointed by the Presidents of both countries. Over the past eight years, the Commission has become the principal vehicle for cooperation in health between the United States and México. Secretaries Leavitt and Córdova met with Dr. Roses to propose concrete ways the PAHO Field Office could manage its activities and resources better to support the mission, vision and work plans of the Commission. In follow-up to this conversation, on Tuesday, March 4, the two Secretaries will brief members of the Commission at its annual meeting, this year held in McAllen, Texas. Secretary Leavitt will also host a luncheon for private-sector representatives involved in cross-border trade, and convene a larger, public Import-Safety Forum to get feedback from the border business community on President Bush's Action Plan for Import Safety. For more information:
Last revised: March 03, 2008 | 
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