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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 426 

Supporting the goals and ideals of World Malaria Day. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 29, 2014 

Mr. COONS (for himself, Mr. WICKER, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. BROWN, Mr. COCHRAN, Mr. INHOFE, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. RUBIO, and Mr. KIRK) submitted 

the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign 

Relations 

RESOLUTION 

Supporting the goals and ideals of World Malaria Day. 

Whereas April 25th of each year is recognized internationally 

as World Malaria Day; 

Whereas malaria is a leading cause of death and disease in 

many developing countries, despite being preventable and 

treatable; 

Whereas fighting malaria is in the national security interest 

of the United States, as reducing the risk of malaria protects members of the United States Armed Forces serving overseas in malaria-endemic regions, and reducing 

malaria deaths helps to lower risks of instability in less 

developed countries; 

Whereas support for efforts to fight malaria is in the diplomatic and moral interests of the United States, as that 


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support generates goodwill toward the United States and 

highlights the values of the people of the United States 

through the work of governmental, nongovernmental, and 

faith-based organizations of the United States; 

Whereas efforts to fight malaria are in the long-term economic interest of the United States because those efforts 

help developing countries identify at-risk populations, 

provide better health services, produce healthier and more 

productive workforces, advance economic development, 

and promote stronger trading partners; 

Whereas 90 percent of all malaria deaths in the world are in 

sub-Saharan Africa; 

Whereas young children and pregnant women are particularly 

vulnerable to and disproportionately affected by malaria; 

Whereas malaria greatly affects child health, as children 

under the age of 5 accounted for an estimated 77 percent 

of malaria deaths in 2012; 

Whereas malaria poses great risks to maternal and neonatal 

health, causing complications during delivery, anemia, 

and low birth weights, with estimates that malaria causes 

approximately 10,000 cases maternal deaths and over 

200,000 infant deaths annually in Africa; 

Whereas heightened national, regional, and international efforts to prevent and treat malaria during recent years 

have made significant progress and helped save hundreds 

of thousands of lives; 

Whereas the World Malaria Report 2013 by the World 

Health Organization states that in 2012, approximately 

54 percent of households in sub-Saharan Africa owned at 

least one insecticide-treated mosquito net, and household 

surveys indicated that 86 percent of people used an insecVerDate Mar 15 2010 03:21 Apr 30, 2014 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\SR426.IS SR426

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ticide-treated mosquito net if one was available in the 

household; 

Whereas the World Malaria Report 2013 further states that 

between 2000 and 2012, malaria mortality rates decreased by 45 percent around the world and by 45 percent in the African Region of the World Health Organization, and an estimated 3,300,000 lives were spared 

from malaria globally, 90 percent of which were children 

under five in sub-Saharan Africa. 

Whereas the World Malaria Report 2013 further states that 

out of 97 countries with ongoing transmission of malaria 

in 2013, 12 countries are classified as being in the preelimination phase of malaria control, 7 countries are classified as being in the elimination phase, and 7 countries 

are classified as being in the prevention of introduction 

phase; 

Whereas, according to the World Malaria Report 2013, there 

were 207,000,000 cases of malaria globally in 2012, resulting in an estimated 627,000 deaths; 

Whereas continued national, regional, and international investment in efforts to eliminate malaria, including prevention and treatment efforts, the development of a vaccine to immunize children from the malaria parasite, and 

advancements in insecticides, are critical in order to continue to reduce malaria deaths, prevent backsliding in 

areas where progress has been made, and equip the 

United States and the global community with the tools 

necessary to eliminate malaria and other global health 

threats; 

Whereas the United States Government has played a leading 

role in the recent progress made toward reducing the 


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global burden of malaria, particularly through the President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) and the contribution of 

the United States to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, 

Tuberculosis, and Malaria; 

Whereas, in May 2011, an independent, external evaluation, 

prepared through the Global Health Technical Assistance 

Project, examining 6 objectives of the President’s Malaria 

Initiative, found the President’s Malaria Initiative to be 

a successful, well-led component of the Global Health Initiative that has ‘‘earned and deserves the task of sustaining and expanding the United States Government’s 

response to global malaria control efforts’’; 

Whereas the United States Government is pursuing a comprehensive approach to ending malaria deaths through 

the President’s Malaria Initiative, which is led by the 

United States Agency for International Development and 

implemented with assistance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Department of State, 

the Department of Health and Human Services, the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Defense, 

and private sector entities; 

Whereas, in 2014, the President’s Malaria Initiative Report 

found that, in 2013, the PMI alone had protected more 

than 21,000,000 residents by spraying over 5,000,000 

houses with insecticides, procured more than 40,000,000 

long-lasting ITNs, procured more than 10,000,000 

sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine treatments for intermittent 

preventive treatment (IPTp) in pregnant women, trained 

more than 16,000 health workers in IPTp, procured 

more than 48,000,000 treatments of artemisinin-based 

combination therapy (ACT) and over 51,000,000 malaria 

rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs), and trained more than 


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61,000 health workers in treatment of malaria with 

ACTs and more than 26,000 health workers in laboratory 

diagnosis of malaria; 

Whereas the President’s Malaria Initiative focuses on helping 

partner countries achieve major improvements in overall 

health outcomes through improved access to, and quality 

of, healthcare services in locations with limited resources; 

and 

Whereas the President’s Malaria Initiative, recognizing the 

burden of malaria on many partner countries, has set a 

target of reducing the burden of malaria by 50 percent 

for 450,000,000 people, representing 70 percent of the 

at-risk population in Africa, by 2015: Now, therefore, be 

it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) supports the goals and ideals of World Ma3 laria Day, including the target of ending malaria 

4 deaths by 2015; 

5 (2) recognizes the importance of reducing ma6 laria prevalence and deaths to improve overall child 

7 and maternal health, especially in sub-Saharan Afri8 ca; 

9 (3) commends the recent progress made toward 

10 reducing global malaria morbidity, mortality, and 

11 prevalence, particularly through the efforts of the 

12 President’s Malaria Initiative and the Global Fund 

13 to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria; 


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1 (4) supports ongoing public-private partner2 ships to research and develop more effective and af3 fordable tools for malaria diagnosis, treatment, and 

4 vaccination; 

5 (5) recognizes the goals, priorities, and authori6 ties to combat malaria set forth in the Tom Lantos 

7 and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership 

8 Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Re9 authorization Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–293); 

10 (6) supports continued leadership by the United 

11 States in bilateral, multilateral, and private sector 

12 efforts to combat malaria and to work with devel13 oping countries to create long-term strategies to in14 crease ownership over malaria programs; and 

15 (7) encourages other members of the inter16 national community to sustain and increase their 

17 support for and financial contributions to efforts to 

18 combat malaria worldwide. 

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