HHS Secretary Michael O. Leavitt's Visit to Africa | August 10, 2008 – From left to right: Rich McKeown, HHS Chief of Staff; Julie Gerberding, M.D., Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt; Bishop Abune Samuel of the Addis Ababa Diocese Ato Bedellu Ethiopian Orthodox Church Administrator; and Solomon Zewdu, M.D., County Director, Technical Support for Ethiopians HIV/AIDS Initiative and Disease Prevention and Control Program, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins University. HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt, CDC Director Julie Gerberding, M.D., and HHS Chief of Staff Rich McKeown were led on a tour of the Holy Water Site at Entoto Mountain in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia by Bishop Abune Samuel and Solomon F. Zewdu, M.D. (Photo Credit: Holly Babin, HHS) |  | August 11, 2008 – HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt meets with His Holiness Abune Paulos, Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church at the Patriarch's Residence in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The Patriarch told Secretary Leavitt that Ethiopians are very grateful to the United States for their support in the fight against HIV/AIDS and malaria and that the Church stood ready to help in the distribution of medicine and health services. The Patriarch's influence is very powerful in Ethiopia. (Photo Credit: Holly Babin, HHS) |  | August 11, 2008 – HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt and Prime Minister Meles Zenawi discusses US-Pakistan cooperative efforts to fight HIV/AIDS and malaria. (Photo Credit: Holly Babin, HHS) |  | August 11, 2008 – From left to right: His Holiness Abune Paulos, Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church; HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt; and Minister of Health Tewodros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Ph.D. discuss the important role the faith-based community plays in delivering health care in Ethiopia at a press conference at St. Peter's Hospital. The hospital treats many with HIV/AIDS. (Photo Credit: Holly Babin, HHS) |  | August 11, 2008 – A gardener at an urban garden in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia poses with HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt. Women who have lost their husbands to HIV/AIDS often have limited income for their families. The garden allows them to grow nutritious food and sell surplus crops for income. (Photo Credit: Holly Babin, HHS) |
Last revised: September 09, 2008 |
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