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Mrs. Bush's Remarks at Announcement of U.S.-Panama Partnership for Breast Cancer Awareness and Research
Mrs. Laura Bush participates in an informal discussion Friday, Nov. 21, 2008, during a visit to the National Oncology Institute in Panama City. With her are, from left: Ms. Maria Victoria Gonzalez, breast cancer patient; Mrs. Bush; Mrs. Vivian Fernandez de Torrijos, First Lady of Panama, and Ms. Silka Delgado, breast cancer patient. White House photo by Joyce N. Boghosian
Mrs. Laura Bush participates in an informal discussion Friday, Nov. 21, 2008, during a visit to the National Oncology Institute in Panama City. With her are, from left: Ms. Maria Victoria Gonzalez, breast cancer patient; Mrs. Bush; Mrs. Vivian Fernandez de Torrijos, First Lady of Panama, and Ms. Silka Delgado, breast cancer patient. White House photo by Joyce N. Boghosian Full Story
Mrs. Laura Bush participates in an informal discussion Friday, Nov. 21, 2008, during a visit to the National Oncology Institute in Panama City. With her are, from left: Ms. Maria Victoria Gonzalez, breast cancer patient; Mrs. Bush; Mrs. Vivian Fernandez de Torrijos, First Lady of Panama, and Ms. Silka Delgado, breast cancer patient. White House photo by Joyce N. Boghosian
Mrs. Laura Bush spends a moment with Ms. Robalba Robinson, a breast cancer patient recovering from recent reconstructive surgery, during a visit Friday, Nov. 21, 2008, to the National Oncology Institute in Panama City. Joining her is Mrs. Vivian Fernandez de Torrijos, First Lady of Panama, in pink, and Dr. Rosario Turner, Panama's Minister of Health. The man at right is unidentified. White House photo by Joyce N. Boghosian
Mrs. Laura Bush waves goodbye as she departs the National Oncology Institute in Panama City Friday, Nov. 21, 2008. Earlier, Mrs. Bush announced the U.S.-Panama Partnership for Breast Cancer Awareness and Research. Breast cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer-related death among women in Panama, with 40 out of 100,000 women diagnosed each year. White House photo by Joyce N. Boghosian
Mrs. Laura Bush hugs a young girl after she was presented with a bouquet of flowers upon her arrival welcome to the San Clemente Health Center Friday, Nov. 21, 2008, in San Clemente, Peru. Mrs. Bush visited the center and participated in interactive demonstrations depicting community-based health training. White House photo by Joyce N. Boghosian
Mrs. Laura Bush and Ms. Nancy Quispitupa, Program Manager and Community Trainer, watch as 8-year-old William Sebastian Hernandez Jeri demonstrates learned hand-washing techniques Friday, Nov. 21, 2008, at the San Clemente Health Center in San Clemente, Peru. The center is the town's major health provider and serves an average of 80 patients per day. White House photo by Joyce N. Boghosian
A very proud 8-year-old William Sebastian Hernandez Jeri holds up his hand to show how clean it is after demonstrating hand-washing techniques Friday, Nov. 21, 2008, for Mrs. Laura Bush at the San Clemente Health Center in San Clemente, Peru. Looking on is Ms. Nancy Quispitupa, Program Manager and Community Trainer. White House photo by Joyce N. Boghosian
Mrs. Laura Bush looks on Friday, Nov. 21, 2008, as Ms. Maria Salguero Trillo, Community Health Educator Volunteer at the San Clemente Health Center in San Clemente, Peru, demonstrates how families are trained to treat contaminated water for safe drinking. In the town of 25,000, nearly 89 percent of the homes were affected by the August 2007, 8.0-magnitude earthquake. White House photo by Joyce N. Boghosian
Mrs. Laura Bush smiles as she holds a child during a visit Friday, Nov. 21, 2008, to the San Clemente Health Center in San Clemente, Peru. The center serves an average of 80 patients a day in the town of 25,000 located six miles north of Pisco, the site of the August 2007, 8.0-magnitude earthquake. White House photo by Joyce N. Boghosian
 
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