Secretary Clinton meets with Dr. Mohammad Yunus

April 15, 2009

Representatives from Grameen Healthcare and Grameen America

Secretary Clinton met with Dr. Yunus

On April 15, Secretary Clinton met with Dr. Yunus and representatives from Grameen Healthcare and Grameen America at the State Department. They discussed his plans to transform health care in Bangladesh through the development of Health Management Centers.

Secretary Clinton is a long-time advocate of microcredit and expanding the availability of health care. A Nobel Laureate, Dr. Yunus, studied Economics at Vanderbilt University in 1965 as a Fulbright scholar.