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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. CON. RES. 15 

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 

MAY 5, 2011 

Mr. COONS (for himself, Mr. WICKER, Mr. ISAKSON, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. INHOFE, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. COCHRAN, Mr. LIEBERMAN, and Mr. 

MERKLEY) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

CONCURRENT 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 Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention, 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 2010 reports that in 2010, more African households 

(42 percent) owned at least one insecticide-treated mosquito net (ITN), more children under 5 years of age (35 

percent) were using an ITN compared to previous years, 

and household ITN ownership reached more than 50 percent in 19 African countries; 

Whereas the World Health Organization’s World Malaria Report 2010 further states that a total of 11 countries and 

one area in the African Region showed a reduction of 

more than 50 percent in either confirmed malaria cases 

or malaria admissions and deaths in recent years (Algeria, Botswana, Cape Verde, Eritrea, Madagascar, Namibia, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, South Africa, 

Swaziland, Zambia, and Zanzibar, United Republic of 


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Tanzania), and that in all countries, the decreases are associated with intense malaria control interventions; 

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; 

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 (PMI) and the United 

States contribution to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, 

Tuberculosis, and Malaria; 

Whereas, on World Malaria Day in 2009, President Barack 

Obama stated, ‘‘The U.S. stands with our global partners 

and people around the world to reaffirm our commitment 

to make the U.S. a leader in ending deaths from malaria 

by 2015. . . . It is time to redouble our efforts to rid the 

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

Whereas, under the Global Health Initiative (GHI), 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, PMI 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 


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1 Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives 

2 concurring), That Congress— 

3 (1) supports the goals and ideals of World Ma4 laria Day, including the achievable target of ending 

5 malaria deaths by 2015; 

6 (2) recognizes the importance of reducing ma7 laria prevalence and deaths to improve overall child 

8 and maternal health, especially in sub-Saharan Afri9 ca; 

10 (3) commends the recent progress made toward 

11 reducing global malaria deaths and prevalence, par12 ticularly through the efforts of the President’s Ma13 laria Initiative and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, 

14 Tuberculosis, and Malaria; 

15 (4) welcomes ongoing public-private partner16 ships to research and develop more effective and af17 fordable tools for malaria diagnosis, treatment, and 

18 vaccination; 

19 (5) reaffirms the goals and commitments to 

20 combat malaria in the Tom Lantos and Henry J. 

21 Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/ 

22 AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization 

23 Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–293); 

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1 eral efforts to combat malaria as a critical part of 

2 the President’s Global Health Initiative; and 

3 (7) encourages other members of the inter4 national community to sustain and scale up their 

5 support and financial contributions for efforts world6 wide to combat malaria. 

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