MEDIA ADVISORY
For Friday, November 2, 2007
CREDENTIALED STILL PHOTO MEDIA ONLY
HHS Secretary Leavitt, DHS Secretary
Chertoff Meet with Health Ministers on Global Health
Security
Photo opportunities at both breakfast meeting
and Ministerial meeting |
Health and Human Services Secretary Mike
Leavitt and Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff
will meet with health ministers from allied nations,
the European Union, and the World Health Organization
for a breakfast and photo opportunity Friday, Nov.
2. A Ministerial meeting and second photo opportunity
will follow the breakfast.
The meetings will take place as part of the Global
Health Security Initiative (GHSI), where health ministers,
senior officials, and technical experts have engaged
in a series of discussions and workshops this week
in Washington to help decide how best to address the
threats of bioterrorism, infectious disease, and other
public-health risks.
The GHSI originated following the attacks of Sept.
11, 2001, and the subsequent anthrax attacks, when
the U.S. Government called for the establishment of
a regular, formal opportunity for the health ministers
of the major industrialized nations and its immediate
neighbors to meet and exchange ideas. This is the first
time the U.S. has hosted the meeting. |
| Who: |
The Honorable Mike Leavitt,
U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services
The Honorable Michael Chertoff, U.S. Secretary of Homeland
Security
The Right Honorable Tony Clement, MP, Minister of Health,
Canada
The Honorable Markos Kyprianou, Esq. Commissioner for
Health, EuropeanCommission
The Honorable Ulla Schmidt, Federal Minister of Health,
Federal Republic of Germany
The Honorable José Angel Córdova-Villalobos, M.D.,
Secretary of Health, Mexico
The Right Honorable Dawn Primarolo, MP, Minister of
State for Public Health, United Kingdom
Dr. Donato Greco, Head, Department of Prevention and
Communication, Ministry of Health, Italy
The Honorable Kenta Matsunami, Parliamentary Secretary
for Health Labor and Welfare, Japan
Dr. Anarfi Asamoah-Baah, Deputy Director-General, World
Health Organization |
| What: |
Two Photo Opportunities |
| When: |
Friday, Nov. 2, 2007 at
8:00 a.m., and 9:30 a.m.
8:00 a.m. photo opportunity at a breakfast with HHS
Secretary Leavitt, DHS Secretary Chertoff and Ministers
of Health
9:00 a.m. photo opportunity at Ministerial Meeting
with HHS Secretary Leavitt and Ministers of Health |
| Where: |
(8:00 a.m. Breakfast)
Stone House
National Institutes of Health
9000 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, Md. 20892 |
(9:30 a.m. Meeting)
Natcher Conference Center Auditorium
National Institutes of Health
9000 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, Md. 20892 |
| Contact: |
HHS Press Office
(202) 690-6343 |
|
The National Institutes of Health is a secure government
facility with perimeter checkpoints and vehicle inspections.
All visitor vehicles will be inspected before being allowed
on campus. Visitors will be asked to show one (1) form of
identification (a government-issued photo ID—driver's license,
passport, green card, etc.) and to state the purpose of their
visit. Be sure to allow extra time for this vehicle inspection
procedure.
Visitors should continue to wear their identification prominently
at all times while on campus.
Tune your radios to 1660 AM for further NIH traffic, parking
and security advisories. For questions, please contact the
ORS Information Line at orsinfo@mail.nih.gov or
301-594-6677, TTY 301-435-1908.
More information is available at http://www.globalhealth.gov/.
Note: All HHS press releases, fact sheets and other press materials are available at http://www.hhs.gov/news. |
