HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced today that the United States Senate unanimously confirmed Nils Daulaire, M.D., M.P.H., as United States Representative on the Executive Board of the World Health Organization.  More>>

It’s a privilege and an honor to appear before you this morning, seeking your consent to serve as the United States Representative to the Executive Board of the World Health Organization. I am deeply honored and grateful for the confidence the President, Secretary Clinton, and Secretary Sebelius have placed in me.  More>>

Secretary Sebelius met with Chin SooHee, Minister of Health of the Republic of Korea, to discuss continued and future cooperation under the Memorandum of Understanding on Health and Medical Science, which was renewed in 2009.  More>>

The U.S. Government and the Government of the Russian Federation, through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and the Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation (MOHSD), signed a Protocol of Intent on Cooperation for the Global Eradication of Polio, in Geneva, Switzerland, January 27, 2011.  More>>

The United States and China, through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the U.S. Department of Commerce, and the U.S. Trade and Development Agency, and the Ministries of Health and Commerce of the People’s Republic China, have announced their intention to establish a U.S.-China Public Private Partnership on Healthcare.  More>>