lennium Challenge Corporation, the Secretary of the 
Treasury, the Director of the Bureau of Citizenship 
and Immigration Services, the Director of the Cen-
ters for Disease Control and Prevention, and other 
relevant agencies to ensure coordination within the 
Federal Government. 
‘‘(5) COORDINATION.—To ensure coordination 
with national strategies and objectives and other 
international efforts, the President should develop 
the strategy described in paragraph (1) by con-
sulting appropriate officials of the United States 
Government and by coordinating with the following: 
‘‘(A) Other donors. 
‘‘(B) Implementers. 
‘‘(C) International agencies. 
‘‘(D) Nongovernmental organizations work-
ing to increase human health capacity in sub- 
Saharan Africa. 
‘‘(E) The World Bank. 
‘‘(F) The International Monetary Fund. 
‘‘(G) The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tu-
berculosis, and Malaria. 
‘‘(H) The World Health Organization. 
‘‘(I) The International Labour Organiza-
tion. 
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‘‘(J) The United Nations Development 
Programme. 
‘‘(K) The United Nations Programme on 
HIV/AIDS. 
‘‘(L) The European Union. 
‘‘(M) The African Union. 
‘‘(c) REPORT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date on which the President submits the strategy 
required in subsection (b), the President shall sub-
mit to the appropriate congressional committees a 
report on the implementation of this section. 
‘‘(2) 
ASSESSMENT
OF
MECHANISMS
FOR 
KNOWLEDGE
SHARING.—The report described in 
paragraph (1) shall be accompanied by a document 
assessing best practices and other mechanisms for 
knowledge sharing about human resources for health 
and capacity building efforts to be shared with gov-
ernments of developing countries and others seeking 
to promote improvements in human resources for 
health and capacity building. 
‘‘(3) FOLLOW-UP REPORT.—Not later than 3 
years after the date on which the President submits 
the strategy required in subsection (b), the president 
shall submit to the appropriate congressional com-
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mittees a further report on the implementation of 
this section. 
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’ means the Committee on Foreign Relations 
and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate 
and the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Com-
mittee on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives. 
‘‘(2) BRAIN
DRAIN.—The term ‘brain drain’ 
means the emigration of a significant proportion of 
a country’s professionals working in the health field 
to wealthier countries, with a resulting loss of per-
sonnel and often a loss in investment in education 
and training for the countries experiencing the emi-
gration. 
‘‘(3) 
HEALTH
PROFESSIONAL.—The 
term 
‘health professional’ means a person whose occupa-
tion or training helps to identify, prevent, or treat 
illness or disability. 
‘‘(4) HIV/AIDS.—The term ‘HIV/AIDS’ has 
the meaning given such term in section 104A(g) of 
this Act. 
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‘‘(5) PARAPROFESSIONAL.—The term ‘para-
professional’ means an individual who is trained and 
employed as a health agent for the provision of basic 
assistance in the identification, prevention, or treat-
ment of illness or disability. 
‘‘(6) COMMUNITY
HEALTH
WORKERS.—The 
term ‘community health worker’ means a community 
based caregiver who has received instruction and is 
employed to provide basic health services in specific 
catchment areas, most often the areas where they 
themselves live. 
‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the President to carry out the provi-
sions of this section— 
‘‘(A) $150,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; 
‘‘(B) $200,000,000 for fiscal year 2009; 
and 
‘‘(C) $250,000,000 for fiscal year 2010. 
‘‘(2) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Amounts made 
available under paragraph (1) are authorized to re-
main available until expended and are in addition to 
amounts otherwise made available for the purpose of 
carrying out this section.’’. 
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