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Special Message To The Congress On The Nation's Health, February 10, 1964
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| 171 | I also recommend enactment of a new program for the construction and initial staffing of workshops and rehabilitation facilities, program expansion grants, and increased State fiscal and administrative flexibility. | |
| 172 | International Health | |
| 173 | Scientists from many countries have contributed to the enrichment of our national medical research effort. We in turn support medical research in other nations. | |
| 174 | International collaboration in medical research, including support of research through the World Health Organization, is an efficient means of expanding knowledge and a powerful means of strengthening contacts among nations. It links not only scientists but nations and peoples in efforts to achieve a common aspiration of mankind -- the reduction of suffering and the lengthening the prime of life. | |
| 175 | The United States participates in an ambitious international effort to eradicate malaria -- a disease which strikes untold millions throughout the world. | |
| 176 | Both of my predecessors committed the United States to this campaign, now going forward under the leadership of the World Health Organization. The Congress has endorsed this objective and has supported it financially. | |
| 177 | We will continue to encourage WHO in its work to eradicate malaria throughout the world. | |
| 178 | We will continue to commit substantial resources to aid friendly nations through bilateral programs of malaria eradication. | |
| 179 | The United States will also initiate in 1964 a program to eradicate the mosquito carrying yellow fever. My 1965 budget provides expanded funds for the second year of this program. | |
| 180 | CONCLUSION | |
| 181 | The measures recommended in this Message comprise a vigorous and many-sided attack on our most serious health problems. | |
| 182 | These problems will not be fully solved in 1964 or for a long time to come. | |
| 183 | They will not be solved by the Federal Government alone, nor even by government at all levels. | |
| 184 | They are deeply rooted in American life. | |
| 185 | They must be solved by society as a whole. | |
| 186 | I ask the help of all Americans in this vital work. | |
| 187 | Lyndon B. Johnson | |
