Secretary
Tommy G. Thompson's first stop was at Livingstone, Zambia.
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12/01/03
- Livingstone, Zambia. On December 1, 2003, Secretary
Tommy G. Thompson led a parade and the U.S. Delegation as it marched
in the World AIDS Day parade. |
Secretary Thompson, Dr. Brian Chituwo, M.D.,
Zambian Health Minister, WHO Director- General J.W. Lee, M.D.,
and Ambassador Randall Tobias, U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator,
lead the parade.
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12/01/03
- Livingstone, Zambia. After marching in the World
AIDS Day parade, delegates visited the Livingstone Street Children
Association (LISCA) Center, which provides services to orphans and
children living with HIV/AIDS. |
Secretary Thompson and Dr. Brian
Chituwo, M.D., Zambian Health Minister.
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12/02/03
- Livingstone, Zambia. At a breakfast, Secretary
Thompson and Ng'andu Peter Magande, Zambian Finance Minister, signed
a Memorandum of Understanding for funding provided by the Global
Fund to fight AIDS, Malaria, and Tuberculosis. |
Secretary Thompson and Ng'andu Peter Magande,
Zambian Finance Minister, sign a Memorandum of Understanding
between Zambian government and the Global Funds to fight AIDS,
Malaria, and Tuberculosis.
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The Secretary
then visited Kigali, Rwanda.
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12/02/03
- Kigali, Rwanda. At their first stop in Kigali,
Rwanda, the U.S. Delegation visited the Gisozi Genocide Memorial
dedicated to the more than 300,000 Rwandans killed in the Rwandan
civil war. |
Secretary Thompson, Ambassador Holbrooke,
and Ambassador Tobias, preparing to make remarks and lay a wreath
at the Gisozi Genocide Memorial.
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12/02/03
- Kigali, Rwanda. Immediately after the visit to
the Genocide Memorial, the U.S. Delegation stopped by a new clinic,
run by the Kigali police force, to dedicate a new building. |
Secretary Thompson, Professor Abel Dushimiyimana, M.D., Rwandan Minister of Health,
lay cornerstone for new clinic building.
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12/02/03
- Kigali, Rwanda. A smaller group of delegates
then went to meet with Rwandan President, Paul Kagame, to discuss
Rwanda's efforts to fight HIV/AIDS. |
Secretary Thompson,
Rwandan President Paul Kagame, Ambassadors Holbrooke and Tobias,
Senator Nickles, Feachem, M.D., Executive Director of the Global
Fund to Fight Aids, U.S. Representative Weldon, Winkenwerder,
M.D., Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, Zerhouni,
Director of NIH, Fauci, Director of NIAID, and Lee, Director-General
of WHO.
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12/03/03
- Kigali, Rwanda. On December 3, the U.S. Delegation
traveled one hour into the Rwandan countryside to visit the Kabgayi
Hospital, a full social service center, clinic, and hospital owned
and operated by the Catholic Church. |
Secretary Thompson holding a young patient
listening to a presentation on the hospital's services.
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After the
Secretary's visit to Kigali, he then traveled to Kisamu, Kenya.
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12/04/03
- Kisamu, Kenya. Next the U.S. Delegation traveled
to Kenya. After a meeting in Nairobi announcing a new corporate
program to help fight HIV/AIDS, the Delegation traveled to Kisamu,
Kenya, to visit the Provincial Hospital and a large HHS HIV/AIDS
and Malaria research facility (Kisian). |
Secretary Thompson with staff (CDC employees).
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12/04/03
- Kisamu, Kenya. After visiting
the Provincial Hospital, the U.S. Delegation traveled to an HHS
facility at Kisian, where malaria research was ongoing. |
Secretary Thompson talks with a researcher
about an ongoing malaria research project.
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The Secretary's
final visit in Africa was Kampala, Uganda.
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12/05/03
- Kampala, Uganda. In Kampala,
the U.S. Delegation visited several sites. The first was a trip
to rural Uganda and the Toro Province, where they saw an HHS-funded,
home-based program that delivers anti-retroviral AIDS drugs to persons
who without the program would otherwise die. The program used motorcycles
and drivers to deliver the drugs into areas inaccessible by car.
The Delegation split up into groups to visit various homes throughout
the region. |
Secretary Thompson at his first home visit
with Rosemary. Rosemary is raising her four children and the
three children of her brother who died of AIDS, as did her husband.
She lives on $70 per month.
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12/06/03
- Kampala, Uganda. On Saturday morning, Secretary
Thompson hosted a breakfast during which he delivered remarks to
a gathering of Kampala business leaders about what they could do
to help in the fight against HIV/AIDS. |
Secretary Thompson delivers remarks at the
Kampala Sheraton.
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12/06/03
- Kampala, Uganda. After the
breakfast, the U.S. Delegation traveled to the Mulago Center Hospital
in Kamapla to visit an inner city children's hospital. |
A children's brass band welcomes the U.S.
Delegation.
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12/06/03
- Kampala, Uganda. The next visit in Kampala was
to the TASO Center (an AIDS Support Organization), established in
1987. It is the first indigenous non-governmental organization in
Africa to respond to the needs of people living with HIV/AIDS. At
the Center, Pfizer dedicated a recently completed pediatric ward
of the Mulago Hospital. |
HIV/AIDS outreach group that uses dance and
song performs for U.S. Delegation.
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12/06/03
- Kampala, Uganda. The final
visit in Kamapla was to the Mildmay/JaJa's House Center. The Mildmay
Center is a faith-based organization that provides a full range
of services to those with HIV/AIDS, including children. |
Secretary Thompson with the children of JaJa's House.
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12/06/03
- Kampala, Uganda. On the
last stop in Uganda, the U.S. Delegation visited the Ugandan Viral
Research Institute (UVRI), a facility funded in part by HHS. |
Secretary Thompson visits and talks with local HIV/AIDS groups.
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Secretary
Thompson appeared at the final press conference in Frankfurt,
Germany, which marked the end of the official trip.
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12/06/03
- Frankfurt, Germany. The
U.S. Delegation left Uganda at midnight on Saturday, September
6, and arrived in Frankfurt, Germany, on Sunday, December 7, at
8:00 am. This marked the end of the official trip. |
Secretary Thompson, Julie Gerberding, Tony Fauci, Randall Tobias, and Bill Winkenwerder
at the final press conference that wrapped up the trip.
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