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WHO-India Applauds U.S. Support
and Partnership in Avian Influenza Control and Pandemic Preparedness
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Mr
Geoffrey R. Pyatt, Charge’ d’Affaires
of the U.S. Embassy and Dr S. J. Habayeb, WHO
Representative to India, signing the grant agreement.
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In addition to the ongoing and
extensive technical and financial US support to WHO-India for Avian Influenza
epidemic preparedness and other health priorities, the US is also
co-sponsoring the Ministerial Conference on Avian Influenza Control and
Pandemic Preparedness in Asia, 27-28 July 2006, New Delhi. The
Government of India and WHO, in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture
Organization, are hosting this conference which will be held in New Delhi on 27-28 July
2006.
On this occasion, Mr Geoffrey
R. Pyatt, Charge d’ Affaires of the U.S. Embassy in
New Delhi, signed the grant agreement with Dr S. J. Habayeb,
WHO Representative to India, in the presence of Dr Robert Clay, Director,
Office of Population, Health and Nutrition, USAID and other officials.
Mr Pyatt noted that Avian Influenza is a joint
priority for both the USA
and WHO. This is a grave global threat and it is essential for
countries to be well prepared in various sectors.
Dr S. J. Habayeb,
WHO Representative to India,
expressed his high appreciation of the strength, depth and quality of the
partnership between WHO-India and the US, notably in health strategy
coordination, technical collaboration and funding. He commended the vision of
US colleagues in health sector development. He noted that the support of the
US Government, USAID, and CDC is outstanding, and that the US support maximizes the potential for
successful outcomes to serve health development efforts in India.
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