[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 43, Number 17 (Monday, April 30, 2007)]
[Pages 522-523]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Proclamation 8132--Malaria Awareness Day, 2007

 April 24, 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.

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    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

 [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:45 a.m., April 27, 
2007]

Note: This proclamation was published in the Federal Register on April 
30.