[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 124 (Wednesday, June 26, 1996)]
[Presidential Documents]
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 The President

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                Proclamation 6905 of June 24, 1996

                
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Day, 
                1996

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                This year, the Centers for Disease Control and 
                Prevention (CDC) celebrates 50 years of service to our 
                Nation and to people around the world. Created from a 
                small organization whose mission was to combat the 
                spread of malaria among our troops during World War II, 
                the CDC has become our first line of defense against 
                disease, injury, and disability.

                The CDC's history boasts a number of notable 
                achievements, including its key role in the eradication 
                of smallpox and the discovery of the causes of 
                Legionnaire's disease and toxic shock syndrome. The 
                agency has also led efforts to control and prevent 
                polio and other vaccine-preventable diseases, breast 
                and cervical cancer, lead poisoning, tuberculosis, and 
                AIDS. Recently, the CDC has been a leader in the global 
                efforts to fight emerging infectious illnesses by 
                investigating and containing diseases such as the 
                outbreak of plague in India and the Ebola outbreak in 
                Africa.

                The CDC's innovative programs also address our national 
                challenges of chronic disease, workplace and 
                environmental hazards, injuries, birth defects, 
                disabilities, and new infectious threats. In addition, 
                the agency gathers and analyzes scientific data to 
                better monitor public health, provide a solid 
                foundation for decision-making, and detect risk 
                factors.

                While technology and medical progress have worked 
                wonders for many, such advances are not always 
                available or practicable. The CDC's prevention efforts 
                are essential if we are to ensure that all Americans 
                can live in safe, healthy communities. By immunizing 
                our children, exercising regularly, and making other 
                healthy choices, each of us can join the CDC's efforts 
                to build a brighter future and a stronger Nation.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, WILLIAM J. CLINTON, 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 July 1, 1996, as Centers for 
                Disease Control and Prevention Day. I call upon all the 
                people of the United States to join me in observing 
                this tribute to the CDC, to recognize the need for 
                preventive health measures, and to strive throughout 
                the year to realize the CDC's vision: Healthy people in 
                a healthy world--through prevention.

                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                twenty-fourth day of June, in the year of our Lord 
                nineteen hundred and ninety-six, and of the 
                Independence of the United States of America the two 
                hundred and twentieth.

                    (Presidential Sig.)

[FR Doc. 96-16489
Filed 6-25-96; 8:45 am]
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