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Oct 11, 2008 - 6:10:10 AM |
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| Dr. Julie Gerberding, director of the Centers for Disease Control, stands before a painting of Moorish physicians curing a patient at the Tikrit Teaching Hospital in Salah ad Din province, Iraq, on March 22. Dr. Sa'ad F. Hariz, director of the General Hospital in Tikrit, stands on the left and Dr. Hassan Zien Alabdeen, provincial deputy governor of health, stands on the right. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Patrick Lair, 115th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment) |
TIKRIT, Iraq - Dr. Julie Gerberding, director of the Centers for Disease Control and administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, visited Tikrit, Iraq, March 22. She spent the day visiting fellow physicians at the Tikrit Teaching Hospital and the tuberculosis clinic in Tikrit.
Gerberding, on her second visit to Iraq, arrives for the United and Healthy conference sponsored by the World Health Organization, the U.S. Dept. of Defense and the Iraqi Ministry of Health. Her visit also coincides with World TB Day, which occurs Monday, March 24.
"It's really important for doctors to be able to come together and brief each other on the latest developments in science," Gerberding said of the upcoming conference. "We have a lot of opportunities to not only understand what some of the emerging health issues are, but also to understand how we could collaborate together."
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, part of the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, is the primary U.S. federal facility for conducting and supporting health activities in the U.S.
"The CDC is very committed to supporting the Health Ministry in Iraq and being a very good partner," she said.
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| Dr. Julie Gerberding, director of the Centers for Disease Control, delivers a speech to colleagues at the Salah ad Din tuberculosis clinic in Tikrit on March 22. Gerberding visited Tikrit to take part in the United and Healthy conference sponsored by American and Iraqi government agencies to promote health awareness in Iraq. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Patrick Lair, 115th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment) |
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| Dr. Julie Gerberding, director of the Centers for Disease Control, embraces female colleagues at the Salah ad Din tuberculosis clinic in Tikrit on March 22. Gerberding visited Tikrit to take part in the United and Healthy conference sponsored by American and Iraqi government agencies to promote health awareness in Iraq. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Patrick Lair, 115th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment) |
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| Dr. Julie Gerberding, director of the Centers for Disease Control, visits a ward for infant patients at the Tikrit Teaching Hospital in Iraq on March 22. Gerberding visited Tikrit to take part in the United and Healthy conference sponsored by American and Iraqi government agencies to promote health awareness in Iraq. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Patrick Lair, 115th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment) |
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