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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 165 

Supporting the goals and ideals of World Malaria Day. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 30, 2015 

Mr. WICKER (for himself, Mr. COONS, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. INHOFE, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. RUBIO, Mr. COCHRAN, Mrs. BOXER, Mr. KIRK, Mr. CARDIN, 

and Mr. BROWN) submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to 

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 interest of the 

United States, as reducing the risk of malaria protects 

members of the Armed Forces of the United States and 

other people of the United States 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 interest 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— 

(1) identify at-risk populations; 

(2) provide a framework for critical emergency disease treatment; 

(3) provide better health services; 

(4) increase local governance needed to address substandard and counterfeit medicines that exacerbate malaria resistance; 

(5) produce healthier and more productive 

workforces; 

(6) advance economic development; and 

(7) promote stronger trading partners; 

Whereas malaria transmission occurred in 97 countries and 

territories in 2014, and an estimated 3,200,000,000 people are at risk for malaria, the majority of whom are in 

sub-Saharan Africa, which accounts for 90 percent of 

malaria deaths in the world; 

Whereas young children and pregnant women are particularly 

vulnerable to and disproportionately affected by malaria; 

Whereas malaria greatly affects the health of children, as 

children under the age of 5 account for an estimated 78 

percent of malaria deaths each year; 

Whereas malaria poses great risks to maternal and neonatal 

health, causing complications during delivery, anemia, 

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laria infection causes approximately 400,000 cases of severe maternal anemia and between 75,000 and 200,000 

infant deaths annually in sub-Saharan 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 2014 by the World 

Health Organization states that in 2013, approximately 

49 percent of households in sub-Saharan Africa owned at 

least one insecticide-treated mosquito net, and household 

surveys indicated that 90 percent of people used an insecticide-treated mosquito net if one was available in the 

household; 

Whereas, in 2013, approximately 123,000,000 people were 

protected by indoor residual spraying; 

Whereas the World Malaria Report 2014 further states that 

between 2000 and 2013— 

(1) malaria mortality rates decreased by 47 percent 

around the world; 

(2) in the African Region of the World Health Organization, malaria mortality rates decreased by 54 percent; 

and 

(3) an estimated 4,300,000 malaria deaths were 

averted globally, primarily as a result of increased interventions; 

Whereas the World Malaria Report 2014 further states that 

out of 97 countries with ongoing transmission of malaria 

in 2014— 

(1) 10 countries are classified as being in the preelimination phase; 


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(2) 9 countries are classified as being in the elimination phase; and 

(3) 7 countries are classified as being in the prevention of malaria reintroduction phase of malaria control; 

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 fight malaria and other global health 

threats; 

Whereas the United States Government has played a leading 

role in the recent progress made toward reducing the 

global burden of malaria, particularly through the President’s Malaria Initiative (referred to in this preamble as 

the ‘‘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 by Boston University, examining 6 objectives of 

the PMI, found the PMI to be a successful, well-led program 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 PMI, which is led by the United States Agency for 

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tion, 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 the PMI 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 PMI, recognizing the burden of malaria on 

many partner countries, has set a target by 2020 of reducing malaria mortality by 1⁄3 from 2015 levels in PMIsupported countries, achieving a greater than 80 percent 

reduction from original 2000 baseline levels set by the 

PMI, reducing malaria morbidity in PMI-supported countries by 40 percent from 2015 levels, and assisting at 

least 5 PMI-supported countries to meet the criteria of 

the World Health Organization for national or sub-national pre-elimination: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) supports the goals and ideals of World Ma3 laria Day; 

4 (2) recognizes the importance of reducing ma5 laria prevalence and deaths to improve overall child 

6 and maternal health, especially in sub-Saharan Afri7 ca; 

8 (3) commends the recent progress made toward 

9 reducing global malaria morbidity, mortality, and 

10 prevalence, particularly through the efforts of the 

11 President’s Malaria Initiative and the Global Fund 

12 to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria; 


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1 (4) welcomes 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; 

10 122 Stat. 2918); 

11 (6) supports continued leadership by the United 

12 States in bilateral, multilateral, and private sector 

13 efforts to combat malaria and to work with devel14 oping countries to create long-term strategies to in15 crease ownership over malaria programs; and 

16 (7) encourages other members of the inter17 national community to sustain and increase their 

18 support for and financial contributions to efforts to 

19 combat malaria worldwide. 

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