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From: US Dept of HHS: Press Releases, Other Info
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Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 8:07 AM
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Subject: MEDIA ADVISORY-- SURGEON GENERAL'S "CALL TO ACTION"
July 26, 2005
MEDIA ADVISORY
For Tuesday, July 26, 2005
FOR CREDENTIALED MEDIA ONLY
U.S. Surgeon General Richard Carmona, M.D., M.P.H., will participate in a
press conference to announce his "Call to Action" to improve the health and
wellness of people with disabilities.
WHO: Vice Admiral Richard Carmona, M.D., M.P.H., U.S. Surgeon
General
Margaret Giannini, M.D., Director of HHS Office on
Disability
Peter Galpin, M.D., surgeon and person with a disability
Rear Admiral Kenneth Moritsugu, M.D., M.P.H., Deputy
Surgeon General
WHEN: Tuesday, July 26, 2005
1:30 p.m.
WHERE: Marriott at Metro Center Hotel
Salon A/B
775 12th Street, NW
Washington, D.C.
(202) 737-2200
CONTACT: HHS Press Office
(202) 690-6343
BACKGROUND:
The Surgeon General's Call to Action to Improve the Health and Wellness of
Persons with Disabilities focuses on the challenges to health and wellness
faced by individuals with disabilities of all kinds. Developed by the
Surgeon General in collaboration with the Department's Office on Disability,
this first-ever Surgeon General's Call to Action on disability describes the
particular challenges to health and well-being faced by persons of all ages
with disabilities. It identifies an overarching principle and four goals
that, together, can help the nearly 54 million Americans of all ages who
have been born with or have acquired disabilities during their lifetimes to
experience full, rewarding, and healthy lives as contributing members of
their communities. Tuesday, July 26 is the 15th anniversary of the signing
of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
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