DOMINICAN REPUBLIC WILL ATTEND BAMAKO CONFERENCE

UNCLAS SANTO DOMINGO 003617 SIPDIS SIPDIS DEPARTMENT FOR WHA/CAR SEARBY AVIAN INFLUENZA ACTION GROUP AHMAD AND NEWTON E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: EAGR EAID PREL TBIO KFLU MA DR SUBJECT: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC WILL ATTEND BAMAKO CONFERENCE REF: STATE 190899 ¶1. The Dominican Republic will be represented at the Bamako Conference on Avian and Pandemic Influenza by Dr. Elizabeth Gomez, Chief of the General Directorate of Epidemiology Ministry of Health. Dr. Gomez noted that she received an explicit invitation to attend, addressed directly to her and extended by the European Union, only in the last few days. She has trained at Tulane University and is an English-speaker. HERTELL