News and Features - 2008

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December

• 12/19/2008—Regulation on the Organization Integrity of Entities that are Implementing Programs and Activities Under the Leadership Act:

  http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/E8-30686.htm

  (The Office of the Federal Register)
• 12/15/2008—HHS Releases Guidance for the Use and Stockpiling of Antiviral Drugs for Pandemic Influenza
• 12/14/2008—United States and the Republic of Iraq Sign Strategic Framework Agreement; Covers Bilateral Cooperation in Health
• 12/12/2008—HHS Secretary Leavitt Speaks on Health Diplomacy at the Global Health Policy Center of the Center for Strategic and International Studies
• 12/05/2008—Two-Year Update on the Implementation Plan for the President's National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza Now Available
• 12/04/2008—United States and China Renew Protocol on Cooperation in the Science and Technology of Medicine and Public Health
• 12/03/2008—HHS Deputy Secretary Opens European Office of the HHS Food and Drug Administration
• 12/01/2008—President Bush Announces His Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Has Fulfilled Treatment and Care Commitments
• 12/01/2008—HHS/FDA Report Outlines Progress in Implementing Food-Protection Plan
• 12/01/2008—Michel Sidibé of Mali Chosen as New Executive Director of UNAIDS

November

• 11/25/2008—2009 HIV/AIDS Implementers’ Meeting Announces Call for Abstracts
• 11/25/2008—HHS Marks International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
• 11/20/2008—HHS Deputy Secretary Meets with Canadian Deputy Minister of Health
• 11/18/2008—HHS Opens Offices of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in China
• 11/18/2008—Secretary Leavitt to Hold Three Roundtables with the Private Sector in China
• 11/17/2008—HHS Secretary and the Minister of Secondary and Higher Education and Scientific Research of the Republic of Mali Conclude Arrangement to Cooperate on Malaria and Other Tropical Diseases
• 11/13/2008—HHS Announces Latest Efforts with China to Further Improve Cooperation on Food Safety
• 11/06/2008—HHS Deputy Secretary Co-Chairs Sixth Meeting of the Steering Group for the United States – Ireland Research and Development Partnership

October

• 10/30/2008—HHS Secretary Speaks on Health Diplomacy at the University of Texas at Austin
• 10/29/2008—HHS/FDA Grants Tentative Approval for 75th Generic Anti-Retroviral Drug as Part of President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief:

  http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/2008/ucm116974.htm

   (U.S. Food and Drug Administration)
• 10/26/2008—United States Pledges $320 Million More to the Fight Against H5N1 Influenza
• 10/25/2008—HHS/FDA Acts to Avoid Shortage of Sucraid and Strengthen the Drug's Safety
• 10/25/2008—U.S. International Avian and Pandemic Influenza Assistance Approaches $950 Million
• 10/24/2008—HHS Secretary to Lead Live Webinar on Pandemic-Influenza Preparedness
• 10/20/2008—HHS Secretary to Speak on Health Diplomacy at the University of Texas at Austin
• 10/20/2008—U.S. Special Representative for Avian and Pandemic Influenza Discusses Sharm el-Sheikh Conference on Voice of America
• 10/16/2008—HHS/FDA Urges U.S. Consumers to Use Caution with Ayurvedic Products
• 10/16/2008—HHS Preparing to Open FDA Offices in China, India, Europe, and Latin America This Year:

  http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2008pres/10/20081016a.html

• 10/08/2008—Director of the HHS Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to Speak at the Australian Health-Insurance Annual Conference
• 10/07/2008—HHS/FDA and PATH Malaria-Vaccine Initiative Announce Research Collaboration Grant
• 10/06/2008—HHS/FDA Detects Melamine Contamination in Flavored Drink
• 10/03/2008—Melamine Contamination In China:

  http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/PublicHealthFocus/ucm179005.htm

  (U.S. Food and Drug Administration)

September

• 09/30/2008—FDA Clears New CDC Test to Detect Human Influenza:

  http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2008pres/09/20080930a.html

• 09/29/2008—HHS National Institutes of Health Launches New Website for Parents on Medical Research Studies for Children
• 09/26/2008—HHS/FDA Updates Health Information Advisory on Melamine Contamination
• 09/23/2008—HHS Secretary Congratulates Newly Elected World Health Organization Regional Director for the Western Pacific
• 09/20/2008—HHS/FDA Updates Health Information Advisory on Melamine Contamination
• 09/10/2008—HHS National Institutes of Health Awards $4.6 Million to Expand University Teaching and Research in Global Health
• 09/08/2008—HHS Secretary Addresses European Health Ministers on Health Security
• 09/04/2008—HHS Deputy Secretary Leads U.S. Delegation to the State Funeral for Deceased Zambian President
• 09/01/2008—U.S. Government Releases Guidance on Allocating and Targeting Pandemic-Influenza Vaccine
• 09/01/2008—United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N1 Monthly Overview (September 2008):

  http://www.fao.org/avianflu/en/overview.htm

   (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations)

August

• 08/21/2008—Latest Newsletter for the President's Malaria Initiative Now Available
• 08/20/2008—HHS Secretary Visits Pakistan
• 08/08/2008—HHS Deputy Secretary Visits U.S. – México Border
• 08/08/2008—President Bush Talks About Regional Cooperation on Avian Influenza on Visit to the Kingdom of Thailand
• 08/08/2008—July 2008 Newsletter for the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Now Available
• 08/08/2008—Senior U.S. Government Officials Travel to Africa to Advance Initiatives Fighting Spread of HIV/AIDS and Malaria:

  http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2008pres/08/20080808a.html

• 08/01/2008—HHS Participates in the Humanitarian Mission of the USS Kearsarge

July

• 07/30/2008—President Bush Signs H.R. 5501, the Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008:

  http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2008/07/20080730-12.html

  (White House)
• 07/29/2008—National HIV/AIDS Report
• 07/29/2008—National Composite Policy Index Questionnaire
• 07/28/2008—HHS Secretary Meets with Pakistani Minister for Information, Broadcasting and Health
• 07/25/2008—U.S. Grown Peppers Not Connected to Salmonella Saintpaul Outbreak
• 07/23/2008—The HHS Assistant Secretary for Health, ADM Joxel García, M.D., Visits Afghanistan
• 07/22/2008—Secretary Names Next Health Attaché To Iraq:

  http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2008pres/07/20080722a.html

• 07/21/2008—HHS Secretary Meets with Afghan Health Minister
• 07/09/2008—HHS Announces New International Programs to Enhance Drug and Food Safety:

  http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2008pres/07/20080709a.html

• 07/01/2008—U.S. Cabinet Working Group on Import Safety Releases Summary of Progress on Product-Safety Efforts

June

• 06/27/2008—Number of Generic Anti-Retrovirals Available for Use in the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Reaches 70
• 06/25/2008—HHS Secretary Meets with Patients in El Salvador Who Received Care from U.S. Public Health Service Officers Assigned to the U.S.S. Boxer
• 06/24/2008—United States and Viet Nam Sign Agreement on the Safety of Food, Medical Products
• 06/23/2008—HHS Secretary Travels To México And Central America To Advance Product-Safety Efforts; Multinational Summit on Product Safety, Visit to Regional Health-Care Training Center in Panamá and Review of U.S.S. Boxer Mission in El Salvador also planned
• 06/18/2008—United States and China Outline Progress on Agreement on Food and Feed Safety:

  http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2008pres/06/20080618a.html

• 06/16/2008—HHS Secretary and Chinese Minister of Health Sign Memorandum of Understanding on Traditional Chinese Medicine Research:

  http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2008pres/06/20080616b.html

May

• 05/20/2008—HHS Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response Visits the European Commission, Germany, and France
• 05/19/2008—HHS Secretary Leads U.S. Delegation to the 61st World Health Assembly
• 05/16/2008—HHS Secretary Concludes Week-Long Visit to the People's Republic of China
• 05/13/2008—HHS Secretary Meets with Chinese Minister of Health, Visits Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
• 05/13/2008—HHS Commissioned Corps Officers Join Operation Continuing Promise Aboard the USS Boxer in Central America
• 05/12/2008—HHS Secretary Begins Third Visit to the People's Republic of China
• 05/12/2008—CDC Central Asia Office Hosts Workshop On Public Health Preparedness And Response To Radiation Incidents For Central Asia Countries In Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, On May 12-14, 2008
• 05/07/2008—HHS Deputy Secretary Tevi Troy Visits Northern Ireland
• 05/06/2008—HHS Deputy Secretary Tevi Troy Visits Ireland
• 05/06/2008—Update on Honduran Cantaloupe Investigation

April

• 04/25/2008—President and First Lady Commemorate Malaria Awareness Day
• 04/22/2008—Leaders Meet in New Orleans to Review the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America
• 04/18/2008—HHS Secretary Concludes Visit to Southeast Asia
• 04/18/2008—Update on the HHS Investigation in Honduras
• 04/17/2008—The United States and México Support Vaccination Week in the Americas
• 04/15/2008—HHS Secretary Visits Singapore
• 04/14/2008—U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Meets with Top Officials in Indonesia to Discuss Collaborative Efforts to Fight Disease
• 04/14/2008—HHS National Toxicology Program Invites Comments on Draft Brief on Bisphenol A
• 04/12/2008—HHS/NIH Director Receives French National Order of the Legion of Honor
• 04/07/2008—HHS Completes In-Country Portion of Food-Safety Investigation in Honduras
• 04/02/2008—HHS Deputy Secretary Tevi Troy Visits the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and the State of Israel

March

• 03/28/2008—U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services and Honduran Ministers Meet on Food Safety
• 03/13/2008—First Lady Laura Bush Visits Emergency Plan Site in Haïti
• 03/13/2008—HHS/FDA to Establish Permanent Presence in China
• 03/13/2008—International Women’s Day Honorees Visit HHS
• 03/05/2008—The Gates Foundation and the HHS National Institutes of Health Partner to Tackle Nutrition Deficiencies and Malaria
• 03/04/2008—United States and México Renew Agreement on Cooperation in Health:

  http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2008pres/03/20080304a.html

February

• 02/28/2008—HHS Secretary Discusses Tripartite Cooperation along the United States-México Border with the Mexican Secretary of Health and the Director of the Pan American Health Organization
• 02/25/2008—100 Health-Care Professionals from Central America Attend Training at the Regional Health-Care Training Center in Panamá City
• 02/20/2008—President Bush Announces New Global Initiative for Combating Neglected Tropical Diseases
• 02/19/2008—HHS Assigns Deputy Health Attaché to the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad
• 02/19/2008—HHS Secretary Discusses Collaboration in Medicine and Public Health with the First Lady of Ukraine
• 02/04/2008—Fourth Annual Report to Congress on the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Now Available

January

• 01/30/2008—HHS Secretary Leavitt Visits with Teenage Athletes from Jordan
• 01/28/2008—President Bush to Highlight His Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief in 2008 State of the Union; Also Announces the Dates and Countries of His Trip to Africa
• 01/28/2008—President's Emergency Plan Newsletter for January 2008 Now Available
• 01/14/2008—HHS Secretary Represents the United States at the Inauguration of the New President of Guatemala
• 01/11/2008—HHS Secretary Concludes Tour of India; Emphasizes Product Safety
• 01/11/2008—HHS Secretary Champions Eradication of Polio on Trip to Republic of India
• 01/11/2008—President Bush Names HHS Secretary to Represent the United States at the Inauguration of the New President of Guatemala
• 01/09/2008—HHS Secretary Continues Tour of India; Sees Quality-Assurance Procedures at Major Indian Spice Companies
• 01/08/2008—HHS Secretary Leavitt and Delegation Visit Pharmaceutical Manufacturing and Development Facilities in Hyderabad, India; Meet with Organizations That Fight Human Trafficking
• 01/07/2008—HHS Secretary Begins Five-Day Trip to India; Visits HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis Projects in Chennai
• 01/07/2008—HHS National Institutes of Health Leads Effort to Present Collection of Latest Discoveries by Top Malaria Experts

Last revised: February 22, 2010