Announcing Major New Investments in Diabetes Research, Treatment, and Prevention

Thursday, July 13, 2000

We want to do more to close the gaps and do something about the fact that people of color suffer far higher rates of heart disease, cancer, AIDS and diabetes.

Today, at the national conference of the NAACP in Baltimore, Maryland, President Clinton announced that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation will immediately release $5 million to fund new clinical trials attempting to replicate the breakthrough "islet transplantation" technique that has apparently cured some individuals with Type 1 diabetes.

The President highlighted that his Mid-Session review budget commits another $300 million over five years for diabetes research and prevention; unveiled findings from a new report documenting that adolescent birth rates, infant mortality, and childhood immunization rates are improving across all population segments; and called on Congress to fully fund his initiative to eliminate health disparities among American minority populations.

ANNOUNCING SIGNIFICANT NEW FUNDING INVESTMENTS IN DIABETES RESEARCH AND PREVENTION. Approximately 16 million people nationwide have diabetes, a chronic disease with no cure that costs the health care system approximately $98 billion annually. One in four African American women over 55 has diabetes, and African Americans are more likely to have diabetes than whites. Today, President Clinton announced:

REPORTING PROMISING FINDINGS ON AMERICA’S CHILDREN. The President highlighted findings of a new report by the Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics entitled "America’s Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being 2000." Key findings of the report include:

URGING CONGRESS TO FULLY FUND THE ADMINISTRATION’S RACE AND HEALTH INITIATIVE. In 1998, President Clinton launched an initiative that set a national goal of eliminating by the year 2010 health disparities among minorities in the areas of infant mortality, diabetes, cancer, heart disease, HIV/AIDS, and immunizations. Noting that more needs to be done to address racial and ethnic health disparities, the President reiterated his call to Congress to fully fund this critical initiative.



July 2000

July 31, 2000: Highlighting the Need for Drug Coverage for Medicare Beneficiaries with Disabilities

July 27, 2000: Challenging Congress to Act on America’s Priorities

July 26, 2000: Commemorating the 10th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act

July 13, 2000: Announcing Major New Investments in Diabetes Research, Treatment, and Prevention

July 10, 2000: Warning Governors That Congressional Tax Plans Would Jeopardize Critical Investments In Health Care

July 7, 2000: Urging Congress to Act Now to Pass A Strong, Enforceable Patients' Bill of Rights

July 5, 2000: Eliminate Abusive Child Labor Around The World


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