A number of U.S. agencies and departments implement U.S. government global health interventions. Overall, U.S. global health assistance is not always coordinated. Exceptions to this include U.S. international responses to key infectious diseases. For example, U.S. programs to address HIV/AIDS through the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), malaria through the President's Malaria Initiative (PMI), and avian and pandemic influenza through the Avian Flu Task Force. Although several U.S.

The fifth Summit of the Americas in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago scheduled to be held on
April 17-19, 2009 will be the first hemispheric forum for President-elect Barack Obama to
engage with leaders from across Latin America and the Caribbean. The Port of Spain Summit will
also be the first meeting of all 34 democratic heads of government from Latin America, the
Caribbean, Canada, and the United States since the contentious 2005 Summit in Mar del Plata,
Argentina.