BRASILIA COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST - DR. SUZANNE WESTMAN,

UNCLAS BRASILIA 001508 SIPDIS SIPDIS GEORGETOWN FOR ELUCHESSI E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: TBIO CDC OTRA US GY BR SUBJECT: BRASILIA COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST - DR. SUZANNE WESTMAN, DR. ARISTIDES BARBOSA AND MRS. ERIN JOHNSON ¶1. Embassy Brasilia requests country clearance for Dr. Suzanne Westman, Dr. Aristides Barbosa and Mrs. Erin Johnson for August 03, ¶2006. ¶2. The purpose of this visit is to view access to care and HIV testing services for high risk migratory groups along the corridor between Guyana and Brazil; to conduct a joint (CDC GAP Guyana - CDC GAP Brazil)preliminary field visit to the area. Informal meetings would be held with Regional Health authorities to get an understanding of their view of the need for outreach and provision of services. The CDC GAP Guyana Office would travel with a letter of introduction from the Guyana Minister of Health to Guyana Regional Medical authorities in the border area. Similarly the CDC GAP Brazil Office would have a letter of introduction from the Brazilian Regional Medical authorities. No formal interview of high risk populations or patient data would be collected at this first level of proposal development. A CDC vehicle from Georgetown would meet the Braslia team in Boa Vista, Brazil for the drive back to Lethem, Guyana. ¶3. If concurrence is granted, Dr. Suzanne Westman and party would be picked up by the CDC Guyana team in Boa Vista and propose to drive from Boa Vista to Lethem in CDC Guyana official vehicle DPL 5-28, Thursday, August 03, 2006 and return to Boa Vista on Friday, August 4, 2006 with return from Boa Vista to Braslia on Saturday, August 5, 2006. CHICOLA