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Building on strong trilateral cooperation this past spring, and, in anticipation of a possible fall wave of flu due to the 2009 H1N1 virus, President Obama, Mexican President Felipe Calderón, and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper issued a joint statement on H1N1 influenza at the North American Leaders Summit, held August 9-10 in Guadalajara, Mexico. The three leaders stated that strong trilateral collaboration has led to a more secure North America region, and agreed to continue to work together in the months ahead to address the pandemic and promote the health of the people of the three nations.  More>>

HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius participated in the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED) on July 28, 2009, along with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo, Vice Minister of Health Yin Li and other U.S. and Chinese government leaders. Secretary Sebelius joined U.S. and Chinese leaders in a discussion on global issues Group Photo of the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue participants.  More>>

Secretary Sebelius and Jae-Hee Jeon, Minister for Health, Welfare and Family Affairs of the Republic of Korea met on July 14, 2009 to renew the Memorandum of Understanding on Health and Medical Science between the United States and the Republic of Korea.  More>>

The Pan American Health Organization has expressed its appreciation to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for the donation of 420,000 treatments of Tamiflu for the treatment of Influenza A (H1N1) in the Latin American region, stating that the recent donation is having an impact in Chile and Argentina as well as in other countries to which distribution will be made in the region in a letter dated July 13, 2009 to the acting Director of the Office of Global Health Affairs, Jim Kulikowski, from the PAHO Director, Dr. Mirta Roses Periago.  More>>

Ambassador John Beyrle, on behalf of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and Deputy Minister of Health and Social Development Veronika Skvortsova of the Russian Federation signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Cooperation in the Field of Public Health and Medical Sciences.  This MOU strengthens the bilateral framework for deeper cooperation between health authorities, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, scientific institutions, and other organizations.  More>>

July 3, 2009 - HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and health ministers from 40 other countries discussed pandemic preparedness and lessons learned from the 2009 influenza pandemic at a high-level summit organized and hosted by Mexican President Felipe Calderon with support from the United States and Canada in Cancun July 2-3. Other key participants at this meeting included World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Margaret Chan, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director Mirta Roses, and influenza experts from several international organizations.  More>>

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