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No. 3, 2006
HIGHLIGHTS FROM STATE AND LOCAL PROGRAMS
Surgeon General Visits Clinic in
Hawaii
On March 17, 2006, U.S. Surgeon General Richard Carmona
participated in a tour of the state-of-the-art Lanakila TB Clinic in
Honolulu, Hawaii, which reopened in 2003 after a complete
renovation. Derrick Felix, PHA, and Jessie Wing, MD, MPH, the DTBE
field staff members assigned to the Hawaii TB Control Program, were
on hand for the visit. Dr. Carmona was in Hawaii to meet with the
Commissioned Officers and members of the administration in
preparation for a pandemic flu readiness conference that was held in
Hawaii in April.
The state of Hawaii has reported one of the highest state TB
incidence rates for several years (8.8/100,000 in 2005, with 73% of
cases in foreign-born persons). The Hawaii TB Control Program is
fortunate to have this renovated facility and energetic
staff working for change in its mission of reducing and preventing
morbidity in the Pacific.
Reported by Jessie Wing, MD, MPH
Div of TB Elimination
Dr. Jessie Wing has provided the photo, left, showing the late
Dr. J.W. Lee during a visit he made to the Hawaii TB control program
in 2003. Shown in the photo with Dr. Lee are several staff members
of the Hawaii TB control program. Dr. Lee was in Hawaii to address
the University of Hawaii; he had received his MPH degree at the
University of Hawaii.
Last Reviewed: 05/18/2008 Content Source: Division of Tuberculosis Elimination
National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention
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