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Malaria Awareness Day, 2007
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For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary April 24, 2007

Malaria Awareness Day, 2007 A Proclamation by the President of the United
States of America

˙˙White House News


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 dollar
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.

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.

GEORGE W. BUSH

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