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HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt Heads Presidential Delegation of the United States for the Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro

HHS Secretary Michael O. Leavitt meets with Brazilian Minister of Health José Gomes Temporão, M.D., at the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Right side: Secretary Leavitt; left side: Paulo Buss, M.D., President, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation; Minister Temporão; and Santiago Alcazar, Director of International Cooperation, Brazilian Ministry of Health.
The official U.S. Delegation to the XV Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. From left to right, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael O. Leavitt; Hall of Fame pitcher Luis Tiant; George P. Bush, Chief Operating Officer, N3 Opportunity Fund; and Donna Richardson Joyner, Member of the President's Council on Physical Fitness.
 HHS Secretary Leavitt speaks to the U.S. baseball team at Athletes' Village at the XV Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; at right is Hall of Fame pitcher Luis Tiant.

HHS Secretary Michael O. Leavitt gives interviews to the Brazilian media (TV and local newspapers) after meeting with Minister José Gomes Temporão in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; also present in the photo are Rosaly Correa-de-Araujo, M.D., M.Sc., Ph.D., of HHS, who translated, and the U.S. Ambassador to Brazil, the Honorable Clifford Sobel.


Last revised: July 30, 2007