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HHS Secretary Michael O. Leavitt's Visit to Southeast Asia

April 18, 2008 - U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael O. Leavitt talks with traditional poultry farmers in Ben Tre Province, Viet Nam. (Photo Credit: Christopher Hickey)April 18, 2008 - U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael O. Leavitt talks with traditional poultry farmers in Ben Tre Province, Viet Nam. (Photo Credit: Christopher Hickey)
April 18, 2008 - U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael O. Leavitt talks with shrimp farmers in Ben Tre Province, Viet Nam. Secretary Leavitt discussed with farmers a number of elements of their trade, including product safety. (Photo Credit: Christopher Hickey)April 18, 2008 - U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael O. Leavitt talks with shrimp farmers in Ben Tre Province, Viet Nam. Secretary Leavitt discussed with farmers a number of elements of their trade, including product safety. (Photo Credit: Christopher Hickey)
April 18, 2008 - U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael O. Leavitt holds a catfish at Faqimex Fish Processing Plant in Ben Tre Province, Viet Nam. Secretary Leavitt ended his trip to Southeast Asia on in Ben Tre-- a province with a significant aquaculture industry and a large number of traditional poultry farms-- to highlight the Secretary's dual themes of product safety and avian- and pandemic-influenza preparedness. (Photo Credit: Christopher Hickey)April 18, 2008 - U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael O. Leavitt holds a catfish at Faqimex Fish Processing Plant in Ben Tre Province, Viet Nam. Secretary Leavitt ended his trip to Southeast Asia on in Ben Tre-- a province with a significant aquaculture industry and a large number of traditional poultry farms-- to highlight the Secretary's dual themes of product safety and avian- and pandemic-influenza preparedness. (Photo Credit: Christopher Hickey)
April 17, 2008 - U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael O. Leavitt tours the port of Ho Chi Minh City to learn more about Vietnamese efforts on product safety. (Photo Credit: Christopher Hickey)April 17, 2008 - U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael O. Leavitt tours the port of Ho Chi Minh City to learn more about Vietnamese efforts on product safety. (Photo Credit: Christopher Hickey)
April 16, 2008 - U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael O. Leavitt meets Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tun Dũng. Secretary Leavitt and the Prime Minister discussed U.S.-Vietnamese cooperation on product safety, pandemic-influenza preparedness, and HIV/AIDS. (Photo Credit: Christopher Hickey)April 16, 2008 - U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael O. Leavitt meets Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tun Dũng. Secretary Leavitt and the Prime Minister discussed U.S.-Vietnamese cooperation on product safety, pandemic-influenza preparedness, and HIV/AIDS. (Photo Credit: Christopher Hickey)
April 16, 2008 - U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael O. Leavitt tours the Genome Institute of Singapore. (Photo Credit: Christopher Hickey)April 16, 2008 - U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael O. Leavitt tours the Genome Institute of Singapore. (Photo Credit: Christopher Hickey)
April 16, 2008 - U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael O. Leavitt meets Singapore's Minister of Health, Khaw Boon Wan. The two discussed issues of common interest to the United States and Singapore, including pandemic-influenza preparedness, value-driven health care, and product safety. (Photo Credit: Christopher Hickey)April 16, 2008 - U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael O. Leavitt meets Singapore's Minister of Health, Khaw Boon Wan. The two discussed issues of common interest to the United States and Singapore, including pandemic-influenza preparedness, value-driven health care, and product safety. (Photo Credit: Christopher Hickey)
April 16, 2008 - U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael O. Leavitt addresses business leaders during an event sponsored by the American Chamber of Commerce in Hanoi, Viet Nam. (Photo Credit: Christopher Hickey)April 16, 2008 - U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael O. Leavitt addresses business leaders during an event sponsored by the American Chamber of Commerce in Hanoi, Viet Nam. (Photo Credit: Christopher Hickey)
April 16, 2008 - At the conclusion of an event at the Hanoi School of Public Health U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael O. Leavitt greets a student. (Photo Credit: Christopher Hickey)April 16, 2008 - At the conclusion of an event at the Hanoi School of Public Health U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael O. Leavitt greets a student. (Photo Credit: Christopher Hickey)
April 16, 2008 - U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael O. Leavitt meets with Vietnamese Minister of Health Nguyen Quoc Trieu. The two discussed U.S.-Vietnamese cooperation on HIV/AIDS, product safety, and pandemic-influenza preparedness. (Photo Credit: Christopher Hickey)April 16, 2008 - U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael O. Leavitt meets with Vietnamese Minister of Health Nguyen Quoc Trieu. The two discussed U.S.-Vietnamese cooperation on HIV/AIDS, product safety, and pandemic-influenza preparedness. (Photo Credit: Christopher Hickey)
April 16, 2008 – U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, Michael O. Leavitt at the fish factory. (Photo Credit: Christopher Hickey)April 16, 2008 – U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, Michael O. Leavitt at the fish factory. (Photo Credit: Christopher Hickey)
April 14, 2008 – The Honorable Michael O. Leavitt, Secretary, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, meets with the Honorable Noer Hassan Wirajuda, Foreign Minister of the Republic of Indonesia. The meeting with the Foreign Minister started a day of meetings with Indonesian senior officials on cooperation between the United States and Indonesia on health issues. (Photo Credit: Christopher Hickey)April 14, 2008 – The Honorable Michael O. Leavitt, Secretary, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, meets with the Honorable Noer Hassan Wirajuda, Foreign Minister of the Republic of Indonesia. The meeting with the Foreign Minister started a day of meetings with Indonesian senior officials on cooperation between the United States and Indonesia on health issues. (Photo Credit: Christopher Hickey)
April 14, 2008 – The Honorable Michael O. Leavitt, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, meets with the Honorable Siti Fadilah Supari, Ph.D. Minister of Health of the Republic of Indonesia. The two discussed U.S.-Indonesian cooperation on health matters, and the Secretary questioned Indonesia's policy on not sharing viral samples of human cases of H5N1 influenza with the World Health Organization. (Photo Credit: Christopher Hickey)April 14, 2008 – The Honorable Michael O. Leavitt, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, meets with the Honorable Siti Fadilah Supari, Ph.D. Minister of Health of the Republic of Indonesia. The two discussed U.S.-Indonesian cooperation on health matters, and the Secretary questioned Indonesia's policy on not sharing viral samples of human cases of H5N1 influenza with the World Health Organization. (Photo Credit: Christopher Hickey)
April 14, 2008 – The Honorable Michael O. Leavitt, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, meets with the Honorable Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, President of the Republic of Indonesia. The meeting with the Indonesian President ended a day of meetings with Indonesian senior officials related to cooperation between the United States and Indonesia on health issues. (Photo Credit: Christopher Hickey)April 14, 2008 – The Honorable Michael O. Leavitt, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, meets with the Honorable Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, President of the Republic of Indonesia. The meeting with the Indonesian President ended a day of meetings with Indonesian senior officials related to cooperation between the United States and Indonesia on health issues. (Photo Credit: Christopher Hickey)
April 14, 2008 – The Honorable Michael O. Leavitt, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, addresses the press in Jakarta with the Honorable Aburizal Bakrie, Coordinating Minister for People's Welfare of the Republic of Indonesia. The two met earlier in the day to discuss U.S.-Indonesian cooperation on health matters. (Photo Credit: Christopher Hickey)April 14, 2008 – The Honorable Michael O. Leavitt, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, addresses the press in Jakarta with the Honorable Aburizal Bakrie, Coordinating Minister for People's Welfare of the Republic of Indonesia. The two met earlier in the day to discuss U.S.-Indonesian cooperation on health matters. (Photo Credit: Christopher Hickey)


Last revised: May 07, 2008