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This is an archived USAID document retained on this web site as a matter of public record.
New USAID Mission Director For Eritrea Sworn In
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 22, 2005
0419-05-027
Press Office: 202-712-4320
Public Information: 202-712-4810
www.usaid.gov
Contact: USAID Press Office
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) announced the
swearing-in of Dr. Mike E. Sarhan as its new Mission Director to Eritrea. Administrator Andrew S. Natsios presided
at the event and administered the oath to Dr. Sarhan.
As Mission Director to Eritrea, Dr. Sarhan will oversee a program totaling approximately $60 million annually
in development and humanitarian assistance. Program activities focus on health, education, capacity building and
food security including emergency food assistance.
Through USAID assistance Eritrea has achieved dramatic gains in child survival.
Infant mortality was reduced from 72 deaths per 1,000 live births in 1995 to 48 per 1,000 in 2002 and under-five
mortality fell from 136 deaths per 1,000 to 93 during the same period.
USAID provides credit and counseling services to small rural business, improves access to safe water and
continues to enhance the ability of Eritreans to participate in the development of their country through training
and improved access to education.
A career foreign service officer with more than twenty-five years of experience in international development,
Mr. Sahan joined USAID in 1991 as a Program Economist in the Africa Bureau.
Following assignments in Malawi and Bosnia-Herzegovina, he was assigned in 2000 as Supervisory Program Officer
in USAID/Kenya. In 2002 he became Mission Director in Guyana.
Dr. Sarhan holds two masters degrees and a PhD in economics from the University of California at Davis.
He is married to Margaret Sarhan. They have three children, Monica, Anthony, and Michel.
For more information about the U.S. Agency for International Development, visit our web site at www.usaid.gov.
The U.S. Agency for International Development has provided economic and humanitarian assistance worldwide for more than 40 years.
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