Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, Stella Kyriakides, will be in Washington, DC on Wednesday 12 October and Thursday 13 October, the Cyprus News Agency learns.
The Commissioner will meet with US government officials and key public health and cancer policy stakeholders.
As CNA learns, discussions will mainly focus on the EU-US cooperation on cancer, the next steps regarding the management of the COVID-19 pandemic and the strengthening of global prevention, preparedness and response to the pandemic.
On Wednesday, Commissioner Kyriakides will meet with Chief Medical Advisor to President Biden Anthony Fauci, White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Ashish K. Jha, and the leadership of the National Cancer Institute.
At the same time, according to the same information, Kyriakides will also meet with Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla. On Thursday, the Commissioner will hold a meeting with Xavier Becerra, US Secretary of Health and Human Services.
Commissioner Kyriakides told CNA ahead of the visit that “the US represents a key strategic partner for the EU in the area of health, from tackling COVID-19 to our shared efforts to beat cancer and strengthening global health architecture.”
“The last three years have shown the depth and breadth of our cooperation in the area of health, and reminded us how much we can achieve for our citizens when we work together. Tackling cancer and strengthening global health security are prime examples, on which we will focus our discussions with the US leadership” she concluded.
Source: Cyprus News Agency