Proclamation 5808 --
National Digestive Disease Awareness Month, 1988
By
the President of the
A
Proclamation
Digestive
diseases rank second among all of the causes of disability due to illness in
the
In
recent years major advances have taken place in digestive disease research, but
efforts to determine their causes and to develop ways to prevent and treat them
have only begun. Knowing the impact of these diseases and of the critical need
for research in this field, private, scientific, and
governmental organizations have committed themselves to increasing public
awareness and understanding of gastrointestinal diseases.
In
recognition of the fourth anniversary of the National Digestive Disease
Education Program and of the importance of all efforts to combat digestive
diseases, the Congress, by House Joint Resolution 421, has designated the month
of May 1988 as ``National Digestive Disease Awareness Month'' and has
authorized and requested the President to issue a proclamation in observance of
this month.
Now,
Therefore, I, Ronald Reagan, President of the
In
Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this third day of May, in the year
of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty-eight, and of the
Ronald
Reagan
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