Speeches

2011  | 2010  | 2009  | 2008  | 2007  | 2006  | 2005

2011

December 1, 2011
Fifth Annual National Conference on Health Disparities  – Charleston, South Carolina

March 28, 2011
Director-General responds to assessment of WHO's handling of the influenza pandemic  

2010

September 28, 2010
External review of WHO's response to the H1N1 influenza pandemic   – Geneva, Switzerland

September 15, 2010
National Vaccine Advisory Council  – Washington, DC

August 19, 2010
Countermeasures Review Rollout  – Washington, DC

August 10, 2010
H1N1 in Post-pandemic Period

April 19, 2010
Secretary Sebelius Addresses the 44th National Immunization Conference  – Atlanta, GA

April 12, 2010
Experts Begin Assessment of the Response to the H1N1 Influenza Pandemic – Geneva, Switzerland

February 16, 2010
Secretary Sebelius Addresses 2010 Public Health Preparedness Summit  – Washington, DC

2009

December 1, 2009
Secretary Sebelius Addresses the American Medical Association Third National Congress on Health System Readiness  – Washington, DC

September 10, 2009
Secretary Sebelius Addresses the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases at their Seasonal Flu Press Conference  – Washington, DC

September 1, 2009
Remarks by the President on 2009-H1N1 National Preparedness and Response  – Washington, DC

July 2, 2009
Influenza A(H1N1): lessons learned and preparedness  – Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico

May 2, 2009
Weekly Address: President Obama Outlines Government Actions to Address the 2009 H1N1 Flu  – Washington DC

2008

September 24, 2008
Secretary Leavitt’s Remarks as Delivered at Public Health Emergency Medical Countermeasures Enterprise Stakeholders Workshop 2008 & BARDA Industry Day  – Stakeholders Workshop 2008 and BARDA Industry Day

September 8, 2008
Secretary Leavitt’s Remarks as Prepared for the European Union Health Minister Forum  – Angers, Anjou, France

January 29, 2008
International Symposium on the U.S. Financial Services Sector Pandemic Flu Exercise  – Washington, DC

2007

December 4, 2007
Bird Flu Continues to Threaten Humans, FAO Director-General Warns  – New Delhi, India

December 4, 2007
Remarks at New Delhi International Ministerial Conference on Avian and Pandemic Influenza  – New Delhi, India

October 17, 2007
Pandemic Flu: Towards an Effective Global Preparedness Policy  – London, United Kingdom

June 13, 2007
Remarks as Delivered at the Pandemic Leadership Forum  – Washington, DC

May 15, 2007
Remarks as Prepared at 60th World Health Assembly Plenary Session  – Geneva, Switzerland

2006

December 7, 2006
Remarks at the International Conference on Avian Influenza  – Bamako, Mali

October 5, 2006
Remarks at the National Chicken Council Annual Conference on Avian Influenza  – Washington, DC

August 9, 2006
Remarks at the State of Alaska Influenza Testing Laboratory on Monitoring of Wild Birds for Avian Influenza  – Anchorage, Alaska

June 8, 2006
Remarks Before the Health Ministers of Central America on Pandemic Influenza Preparedness  – Panama

March 6, 2006
Pandemic Influenza Preparedness: Remarks at the National Immunization Conference  – Washington, DC

2005

December 5, 2005
Pandemic Influenza Preparedness: Remarks to the Convening of the States  – Washington, DC

October 27, 2005
Pandemic Preparedness: Remarks to the National Press Club  – Washington, DC

October 24, 2005
Global Pandemic Influenza Readiness: Address to the Health Ministers Meeting  – Ottawa, Canada

October 21, 2005
U.S. Government Efforts to Combat Avian Influenza  – Washington, DC

October 12, 2005
Human Pandemic Influenza  – Singapore

July 15, 2005
Preparedness: Remarks to ASTHO-NACCHO Joint Conference  – Boston, MA

May 16, 2005
Avian Influenza: Address to the Ministerial Meeting  – Geneva, Switzerland

April 4, 2005
Preparing Against Pandemic Influenza: Address to the John R. LaMontagne Memorial Symposium on Pandemic Influenza Research  – The National Academy of Sciences