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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 499 

Supporting the goals and ideals of World Malaria Day, and reaffirming 

United States leadership and support for efforts to combat malaria 

as a critical component of the President’s Global Health Initiative. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 22, 2010 

Mr. FEINGOLD (for himself, Mr. WICKER, Mr. BROWN of Ohio, Mr. SPECTER, 

Mr. LUGAR, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. SANDERS, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, 

Mr. JOHNSON, and Mr. INHOFE) submitted the following resolution; 

which was considered and agreed to 

RESOLUTION 

Supporting the goals and ideals of World Malaria Day, and 

reaffirming United States leadership and support for 

efforts to combat malaria as a critical component of 

the President’s Global Health Initiative. 

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 completely preventable and treatable; 

Whereas, according to the World Health Organization, 35 

countries, the majority of them in sub-Saharan Africa, 

account for 98 percent of global malaria deaths; 


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Whereas young children and pregnant women are particularly 

vulnerable and disproportionately affected by malaria; 

Whereas malaria greatly affects child health, with estimates 

that children under the age of 5 account for 85 percent 

of malaria deaths each year; 

Whereas malaria poses great risks to maternal health, causing complications during delivery, anemia, and low birth 

weights, with estimates that malaria infection causes 

400,000 cases of severe maternal anemia and from 

75,000 to 200,000 infant deaths annually in sub-Saharan 

Africa; 

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

made measurable progress and have helped save hundreds of thousands of lives; 

Whereas the World Health Organization’s World Malaria Report 2009 reports that ‘‘[i]n countries that have achieved 

high coverage of their populations with bed nets and 

treatment programmes, recorded cases and deaths due to 

malaria have fallen by 50%’’; 

Whereas the World Health Organization’s World Malaria Report 2009 further states that ‘‘[t]here is evidence from 

Sao Tome and Principe, Zanzibar and Zambia that large 

decreases in malaria cases and deaths have been mirrored 

by steep declines in all-cause deaths among children less 

than 5 years of age’’; 

Whereas continued national, regional, and international investment is critical to continue to reduce malaria deaths 

and to prevent backsliding in those areas where progress 

has been made; 


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Whereas the United States Government has played a major 

leadership role in the recent progress made toward reducing the global burden of malaria, particularly through the 

President’s Malaria Initiative and the United States contribution to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria; 

Whereas President Barack Obama said on World Malaria 

Day in 2009, ‘‘It is time to redouble our efforts to rid 

the world of a disease that does not have to take lives. 

Together, we have made great strides in addressing this 

preventable and treatable disease. . . Together, we can 

build on this progress against malaria, and address a 

broad range of global health threats by investing in 

health systems, and continuing our work with partners to 

deliver highly effective prevention and treatment measures.’’; 

Whereas, under the new Global Health Initiative (GHI) 

launched by President Obama, the United States Government is pursuing a comprehensive, whole-of-government 

approach to global health, focused on helping partner 

countries to achieve major improvements in overall health 

outcomes through transformational advances in access to, 

and the quality of, healthcare services in resource-poor 

settings; and 

Whereas recognizing the burden of malaria on many partner 

countries, GHI has set the target for 2015 of reducing 

the burden of malaria by 50 percent for 450,000,000 

people, representing 70 percent of the at-risk population 

in Africa: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 


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1 (1) supports the goals and ideals of World Ma2 laria Day, including the achievable target of ending 

3 malaria deaths by 2015; 

4 (2) calls upon the people of the United States 

5 to observe World Malaria Day with appropriate pro6 grams, ceremonies, and activities to raise awareness 

7 and support to save the lives of those affected by 

8 malaria; 

9 (3) recognizes the importance of reducing ma10 laria prevalence and deaths to improve overall child 

11 and maternal health, especially in sub-Saharan Afri12 ca; 

13 (4) commends the recent progress made toward 

14 reducing global malaria deaths and prevalence, par15 ticularly through the efforts of the President’s Ma16 laria Initiative and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, 

17 Tuberculosis, and Malaria; 

18 (5) welcomes ongoing public-private partner19 ships to research and develop more effective and af20 fordable tools for malaria diagnosis, treatment, and 

21 vaccination; 

22 (6) reaffirms the goals and commitments to 

23 combat malaria in the Tom Lantos and Henry J. 

24 Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/ 


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1 AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization 

2 Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–293); 

3 (7) supports continued leadership and invest4 ment by the United States in bilateral and multilat5 eral efforts to combat malaria as a critical part of 

6 the President’s Global Health Initiative; and 

7 (8) encourages other members of the inter8 national community to sustain and scale up their 

9 support and financial contributions for efforts world10 wide to combat malaria. 

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