[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 170 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 170

         Supporting the goals and ideals of World Malaria Day.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 25, 2023

    Mr. Wicker (for himself and Mr. Coons) submitted the following 
  resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                               RESOLUTION


 
         Supporting the goals and ideals of World Malaria Day.

Whereas April 25 of each year is recognized internationally as World Malaria 
        Day;
Whereas malaria is a leading cause of death and disease in many developing 
        countries, with nearly \1/2\ of all cases globally occurring in only 4 
        countries, despite being preventable and treatable;
Whereas, at of the end of 2021, there were an estimated 247,000,000 malaria 
        cases in 84 endemic countries and 619,000 deaths from malaria;
Whereas young children and pregnant women are particularly vulnerable to, and 
        disproportionately affected by, malaria, with children younger than 5 
        years of age accounting for 76 percent of malaria deaths each year;
Whereas, between 2019 and 2021, an estimated additional 13,400,000 cases of 
        malaria were attributed to disruptions during that period of the COVID-
        19 pandemic;
Whereas malaria was once a leading cause of death in the United States;
Whereas fighting malaria is in the national interest of the United States 
        because reducing the risk of malaria protects members of the Armed 
        Forces 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 the support of the United States for efforts to fight malaria--

    (1) is in the diplomatic and moral interests of the United States;

    (2) generates goodwill toward the United States; and

    (3) 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, between 2000 and 2021, global investments made in malaria intervention 
        programs averted an estimated 2,000,000,000 malaria cases and 11,700,000 
        malaria deaths;
Whereas the Government of the United States has played a leading role in the 
        recent progress made toward reducing the global burden of malaria, 
        particularly through the President's Malaria Initiative and the 
        contribution of the United States to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, 
        Tuberculosis and Malaria;
Whereas, in fiscal year 2021, the President's Malaria Initiative protected 
        nearly 100,000,000 individuals by providing them with insecticide-
        treated bednets, more than 21,000,000 individuals by providing them with 
        indoor insecticide spraying, more than 8,000,000 children by providing 
        them with seasonal preventive treatments, and more than 5,000,000 women 
        by providing them with preventive treatments in pregnancy;
Whereas the United States is the largest donor to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, 
        Tuberculosis and Malaria, and every $1 contributed by the United States 
        leverages an additional $2 from other donors, as required by law; and
Whereas the Government of the United States is pursuing a comprehensive approach 
        to ending malaria deaths through the President's Malaria Initiative and 
        the United States Agency for International Development, with assistance 
        from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Department of 
        State, the Department of Health and Human Services, the National 
        Institutes of Health, the Department of Defense, and private sector 
        entities: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) supports the goals and ideals of World Malaria Day;
            (2) recognizes the importance of reducing malaria 
        prevalence and deaths to improve overall child and maternal 
        health, especially in sub-Saharan Africa;
            (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) commends the efforts and achievements of endemic 
        countries in preventing and treating malaria at home, with 
        locally driven programs;
            (5) welcomes ongoing public-private partnerships to 
        research and develop more effective and affordable tools for 
        malaria prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and vaccination;
            (6) recognizes the goals, priorities, and authorities to 
        combat malaria set forth in the Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde 
        United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, 
        and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-293; 
        122 Stat. 2918);
            (7) supports efforts to reduce malaria case incidence and 
        malaria mortality rates by not less than 90 percent by 2030;
            (8) supports continued leadership by the United States in 
        bilateral, multilateral, and private sector efforts to combat 
        malaria and to work with developing countries to create long-
        term strategies to increase ownership over malaria programs; 
        and
            (9) encourages other members of the international community 
        to sustain and increase their support for, and financial 
        contributions to, efforts to combat malaria worldwide.
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