Ambassador Lapenn joined Mrs. Monica Geingos, The First Lady of Namibia; AU Commissioner for Health, Humanitarian Affairs and Social Development Ambassador Minata Samate Cessouma; and Acting Africa CDC Director Dr. Ahmed Ogwell Ouma for the African Union’s World AIDS Day Commemoration on November 30, 2022. Remarks as drafted First, let me acknowledge the AU Commission …
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Telephonic Press Briefing on COVID-19 in Africa and the U.S. Response with Ambassador Tibor P. Nagy, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of African Affairs (May 6, 2020) Discussion with Ambassador Jessica Lapenn and Africa CDC Director Dr. John Nkengasong on COVID-19 in Africa (April 28, 2020) Background briefing with a Senior Administration Official on COVID-19 in Africa and the U.S. response (April 22, 2020) Digital Briefing on COVID-19 in Africa and the US response (April 2, 2020) Fact sheet: U.S. Humanitarian and Health Assistance Response (March 27, 2020) U.S. Global Public Health Assistance in Africa
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The United States is Leading the Humanitarian and Health Assistance Response to COVID-19 The U.S. government is leading the world’s humanitarian and health assistance response to the COVID-19 pandemic. We are mobilizing all necessary resources to respond rapidly, both at home and abroad. As part of this comprehensive and generous U.S. response, the State Department …
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December 2, 2019 The United States is actively is actively supporting efforts to end the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and treat those infected by the Ebola virus disease. The United States is responding to emerging needs and delivering lifesaving technical assistance to end the world’s second largest Ebola outbreak …
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