IV 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 570 
Supporting the goals and ideals of World Malaria Day. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 6, 2014 
Mr. CRENSHAW (for himself and Mr. MEEKS) submitted the following 
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
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 pro-
tects members of the United States Armed Forces serv-
ing 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 diplo-
matic and moral interests of the United States, as that 
support generates goodwill toward the United States and 
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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 eco-
nomic 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 ef-
forts to prevent and treat malaria during recent years 
have made significant progress and helped save hundreds 
of thousands of lives; 
Whereas in 2008 world leaders and the global malaria com-
munity came together to support an ambitious plan to 
achieve a malaria free world; 
Whereas the Roll Back Malaria (RBM) partnership is the 
global coordinating body for fighting malaria, comprised 
of all malaria-endemic countries, bilateral and multilat-
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eral development partners, the private sector, and non-
governmental organizations; 
Whereas the Global Malaria Action Plan provides a vision for 
substantial and sustained reduction in the burden of ma-
laria in the near and mid-term, and the eventual global 
malaria eradication in the long term, when new tools 
make eradication possible; 
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 insec-
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 de-
creased by 45 percent around the world and by 45 per-
cent in the African Region of the World Health Organi-
zation, 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 pre- 
elimination phase of malaria control, 7 countries are clas-
sified 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, re-
sulting in an estimated 627,000 deaths; 
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Whereas continued national, regional, and international in-
vestment in efforts to eliminate malaria, including pre-
vention and treatment efforts, the development of a vac-
cine to immunize children from the malaria parasite, and 
advancements in insecticides, are critical in order to con-
tinue 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 
global burden of malaria, particularly through the Presi-
dent’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 Ini-
tiative that has ‘‘earned and deserves the task of sus-
taining and expanding the United States Government’s 
response to global malaria control efforts’’; 
Whereas the United States Government is pursuing a com-
prehensive 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 Dis-
ease Control and Prevention, the Department of State, 
the Department of Health and Human Services, the Na-
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tional 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 
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 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) supports the goals and ideals of World Ma-
laria Day, including the target of ending malaria 
deaths by 2015; 
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(2) recognizes the importance of reducing ma-
laria prevalence and deaths to improve overall child 
and maternal health, especially in sub-Saharan Afri-
ca; 
(3) commends the recent progress made toward 
reducing global malaria morbidity, mortality, and 
prevalence, particularly through the efforts of the 
President’s Malaria Initiative and the Global Fund 
to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria; 
(4) supports ongoing public-private partner-
ships to research and develop more effective and af-
fordable tools for malaria diagnosis, treatment, and 
vaccination; 
(5) recognizes the goals, priorities, and authori-
ties to combat malaria set forth in the Tom Lantos 
and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership 
Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Re-
authorization Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–293); 
(6) supports continued leadership by the United 
States in bilateral, multilateral, and private sector 
efforts to combat malaria and to work with devel-
oping countries to create long-term strategies to in-
crease ownership over malaria programs; and 
(7) encourages other members of the inter-
national community to sustain and increase their 
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support for and financial contributions to efforts to 
combat malaria worldwide. 
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