IV 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 389 
Supporting the goals and ideals of Malaria Awareness Day. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 9, 2007 
Mr. PAYNE (for himself, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, and Ms. WATSON) sub-
mitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 
Oversight and Government Reform 
RESOLUTION 
Supporting the goals and ideals of Malaria Awareness Day. 
Whereas, despite malaria being completely preventable and 
treatable and the fact that malaria was eradicated from 
the United States over 50 years ago, more than 40 per-
cent of the world’s population is still at risk of con-
tracting malaria; 
Whereas more than one million people die from malaria each 
year, the vast majority of whom are children under the 
age of five in Africa; 
Whereas 350 million to 500 million cases of malaria occur 
annually; 
Whereas every 30 seconds a child dies from malaria, and 
more than 3,000 children die from malaria every day; 
Whereas 90 percent of deaths from malaria occur in Africa; 
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Whereas pregnant women living with malaria and their chil-
dren are particularly vulnerable: malaria is a major cause 
of complications during delivery, anemia, and low birth 
weights; 
Whereas malaria costs African countries an estimated $12 
billion in lost economic productivity each year; 
Whereas heightened efforts to prevent and treat malaria are 
currently saving lives; 
Whereas funding for the control of malaria has increased ten-
fold since 2000 in large part due to funding under the 
President’s Malaria Initiative (a United States Govern-
ment initiative designed to cut malaria deaths in half in 
target countries in sub-Saharan Africa), the Global Fund 
to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, the World 
Bank, and new financing by other donors; 
Whereas in just 18 months, the President’s Malaria Initiative 
has purchased over one million artemisinin-based com-
bination therapies (ACT), protected over three million 
people through spraying campaigns, and distributed over 
one million insecticide-treated bed nets; the Global Fund 
to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has distributed 
18 million bed nets to protect families from malaria and 
provided 5.3 million malaria patients with ACTs; and the 
World Bank’s Booster Program is scheduled to commit 
approximately $500 million in International Development 
Association funds for malaria control in Africa; 
Whereas public and private partners are developing effective 
and affordable drugs to treat malaria, with more than 23 
types of malaria vaccines in development; 
Whereas, according to the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention, vector control, or the prevention of malaria 
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transmission via anopheles mosquitoes, which includes a 
combination of methods such as insecticide-treated bed 
nets, indoor residual spraying, and source reduction (lar-
val control), has been shown to reduce severe morbidity 
and mortality due to malaria in endemic regions; 
Whereas insecticide-treated bed nets have been shown to re-
duce all-cause mortality by about 20 percent in commu-
nity-wide trials in several African settings; 
Whereas in Africa, where 90 percent of malaria deaths occur, 
many of those suffering most from malaria—the rural 
poor—cannot afford even the modest cost ($5) of an in-
secticide-treated bed net; 
Whereas a malaria-free future will rely on a comprehensive 
approach addressing the range of health, development, 
and economic challenges facing developing countries; and 
Whereas April 25 of each year is recognized internationally 
as Africa Malaria Day and in the United States as Ma-
laria Awareness Day: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) supports the goals and ideals of Malaria 
Awareness Day; and 
(2) calls upon the people of the United States 
to observe this day with appropriate programs, cere-
monies, and activities to raise awareness and sup-
port to save the lives of those affected by malaria. 
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