President Jakaya Kikwete Rings The NASDAQ Stock Market Closing Bell

President Dr Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete speaks during the ceremony

President Dr Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete rings the NASDAQ Stock Market Closing Bell at NASDAQ MarketSite at 4 Times Square, New York, Wednesday September 21, 2011

President Dr Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete with First Ladies, Health Ministers and Global Health Leaders cheer after the bell zanzibar

President Dr Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete makes his remarks during the roundtable discussions

President Dr Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete with First Ladies, Health Minister for Tanzania Mainland Dr Hadji Mponda and his Zanzibar coounterpart, Mr Juma Duni Haji (third and second right respectively), Ambassador Amina Ali, AU Permanent representativ to the UN (left) and Roll Back Malaria Goodwill Anbassador Yvonne Chakachaka pose after the bell.

The Roundtable in progress

President Kikwete greets Mr Andrew Whitman, Varian company's Vice President, before holding talks

President Dr Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete shakes hands with Dr Samia Al-Amoudi, Sheikh Mohamed Hussein Al-Amoudi, CEO and Founder of the Centre of Excellence in Breast Cancer in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

African Union's Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Amina Ali at the roundtable

Dr Ida Betty Odinga, wife of Kenya's Prime Minister, addresses the roundtable

Zanzibar and Tanzania Mainland Ministers for Health Mr Juma Duni Haji (right) and Dr Hadji Mponda, excvhange pleasantries with Yvonne Chaka Chaka, Princess of Africa Foundation founder, renowned singer and Roll Back Malaria Goodwill Ambassador.

President Dr Jakaya Kikwete in talks with Mr Andrew Whitman, Varian's Vice President, who has expressed keen interest to working with Tanzania in health matters.Photo State House