Malaria Awareness Day, 2007, 21075-21076 [07-2136]

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[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 82 (Monday, April 30, 2007)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 21075-21076]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-2136]




                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 82 / Monday, April 30, 2007 / 
Presidential Documents

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Title 3--
The President

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                Proclamation 8132 of April 24, 2007

                
Malaria Awareness Day, 2007

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                Americans are fortunate to live in a land that 
                eliminated malaria decades ago. Today, our country 
                helps fight this disease in Africa, because we believe 
                in the timeless truth: To whom much is given, much is 
                required. On Malaria Awareness Day, we renew our 
                commitment to helping combat malaria in Africa and 
                around the world.

                Tragically, one child in Africa dies every 30 seconds 
                from malaria, a disease that is highly treatable and 
                preventable. To reduce malaria's mortality rate in the 
                hardest-hit African countries, I announced the 
                President's Malaria Initiative in 2005, a five-year, 
                $1.2 billion program. At last year's White House Summit 
                on Malaria, Laura and I were pleased to announce the 
                expansion of this initiative to several additional 
                countries. These efforts are making a difference, and 
                millions of people have already benefited from 
                insecticide-treated bed nets, indoor spraying, and 
                anti-malaria medicine.

                Across our Nation, Americans are answering the call to 
                act. By simply donating an insecticide-treated bed net, 
                one individual can help save a life. For more 
                information about how to help and for a list of 
                humanitarian organizations, visit fightingmalaria.gov.

                Americans are a compassionate people who care deeply 
                about the plight of others and the future of our world, 
                and we can all be proud of the work our Nation is doing 
                to fight disease and despair. By standing with the 
                people of Africa in the fight against malaria, we can 
                help lift a burden of unnecessary suffering, provide 
                hope and health, and forge lasting friendships.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the 
                United States of America, by virtue of the authority 
                vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United 
                States, do hereby proclaim April 25, 2007, as Malaria 
                Awareness Day. I encourage Americans to answer the 
                universal call to love a neighbor and join in our goal 
                of eradicating malaria on the African continent.

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                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                twenty-fourth day of April, in the year of our Lord two 
                thousand seven, and of the Independence of the United 
                States of America the two hundred and thirty-first. 
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

[FR Doc. 07-2136
Filed 4-27-07; 8:45 am]
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