First Lady's Mission

First lady Laura Bush wears a white face mask Wednesday, June 27, 2007, as she sought to promote the benefits of spraying homes with insecticide to combat malaria, one of Africa's greatest killers. Mrs. Bush and her daughter Jenna were in Mozambique on the second leg of a four-nation Africa tour which focuses on U.S. efforts to provide health care and economic opportunities on the poverty-stricken continent.

U.S. first lady Laura Bush, looks on in Maputo, Mozambique, Wednesday, June 27, 2007, after announcing millions of dollars in assistance would be approved for Mozambique to build roads and boost its battle with malaria, which kills about 150 Mozambicans each day.

First lady Laura Bush, left, walks with Ivone Rungo, Director of National Malaria Control Program, right, to observe an initiative's indoor residual spraying for mosquitoes at Matola in Maputo, Mozambique, June 27, 2007. Mrs. Bush arrived in Mozambique Wednesday on the second leg of a four-nation Africa tour that focuses on how the U.S. is helping to fight AIDS and malaria.

First daughter Jenna Bush smiles as she visits with children from Grand Medine Primary School in Dakar, Senegal, Tuesday, June 26, 2007. She accompanied her mother, first lady Laura Bush on a four-nation African tour that is expected to focus on how the U.S. can help fight AIDS on a continent where many countries struggle to even provide basic health care.

First lady Laura Bush shakes hands with Senegalese music star Yousou N'dour as Senegal's first lady, Viviane Wade, looks on in Dakar, Senegal, June 26, 2007. Bush picked vegetables and handed out mosquito nets in the West African capital to emphasize that fighting AIDS in Africa also means tackling some of the continent's even more widespread afflictions, malnutrition and malaria.

U.S. first lady Laura Bush and her daughter, Jenna, pick vegetables during a visit to the Dig Development in Gardening, NGO, garden at Fann Hospital in the city of Dakar, Senegal, Tuesday, June 26, 2007. The first lady will also visit Mozambique, Zambia and Mali on her third trip to Africa.

U.S. first lady Laura Bush prepares to speak about the importance of education at the HLM Grand Medine Primary School in Dakar, Senegal, Tuesday, June 26, 2007. Bush picked vegetables and handed out mosquito nets in this West African capital to emphasize that fighting AIDS in Africa also means tackling some of the continent's even more widespread afflictions, malnutrition and malaria.

First lady Laura Bush and her daughter, Jenna, pick vegetables during a visit to the Dig Development in Gardening, NGO, garden at Fann Hospital in the city of Dakar, Senegal, Tuesday, June 26, 2007. Bush started a four-nation Africa tour that is expected to focus on how the United States can help fight AIDS on a continent where many countries struggle to even provide basic health care.

U.S. first lady Laura Bush gestures during a visit to Grand Medine Primary School in Dakar, Senegal, Tuesday, June 26, 2007. Laura Bush started a four-nation Africa tour that is expected to focus on how the United States can help fight AIDS on a continent where many countries struggle to even provide basic health care.

U.S. first lady Laura Bush and Senegal President Abdoulaye Wade are shown during a meeting in Dakar, Senegal, Tuesday, June 26, 2007. Bush, accompanied by her daughter Jenna, is visiting areas that have benefited from U.S. AIDS funding, including the west African nations of Mali and Senegal, and Zambia in southern Africa.