[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 93 (Monday, June 27, 2011)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4132-S4133]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
WORLD MALARIA DAY
Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate
proceed to the consideration of Calendar No. 57, S. Con. Res. 15.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the concurrent
resolution by title.
The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:
A concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 15) supporting the
goals and ideals of World Malaria Day, and reaffirming United
States leadership and support for efforts to combat malaria
as a critical component of the President's Global Health
Initiative.
There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the
concurrent resolution.
Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent that the DeMint amendment to the
concurrent resolution be agreed to, the concurrent resolution, as
amended, be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the motions to
reconsider be laid upon the table, with no intervening action or
debate, and any statements relating to the concurrent resolution be
printed in the Record.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
The amendment (No. 519) was agreed to, as follows:
On page 4, strike line 19 and all that follows through ``by
the United States'' on page 5, line 25 and insert the
following:
(5) recognizes the goals to combat malaria 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);
(6) supports continued leadership by the United States
The concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 15), as amended, was agreed
to.
The preamble was agreed to.
The concurrent resolution, as amended, with its preamble, reads as
follows:
S. Con. Res. 15
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 completely
preventable and treatable;
Whereas according to the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, 35 countries, the majority of them in sub-Saharan
Africa, account for 98 percent of global malaria deaths;
Whereas young children and pregnant women are particularly
vulnerable and disproportionately affected by malaria;
Whereas malaria greatly affects child health, with
estimates that children under the age of 5 account for 85
percent of malaria deaths each year;
Whereas malaria poses great risks to maternal health,
causing complications during delivery, anemia, and low birth
weights, with estimates that malaria infection causes 400,000
cases of severe maternal anemia and from 75,000 to 200,000
infant deaths annually in sub-Saharan Africa;
Whereas heightened national, regional, and international
efforts to prevent and treat malaria over recent years have
made measurable progress and have helped save hundreds of
thousands of lives;
Whereas the World Health Organization's World Malaria
Report 2010 reports that in 2010, more African households (42
percent) owned at least one insecticide-treated mosquito net
(ITN), more children under 5 years of age (35 percent) were
using an ITN compared to previous years, and household ITN
ownership reached more than 50 percent in 19 African
countries;
Whereas the World Health Organization's World Malaria
Report 2010 further states that a total of 11 countries and
one area in the African Region showed a reduction of more
than 50 percent in either confirmed malaria cases or malaria
admissions and deaths in recent years (Algeria, Botswana,
Cape Verde, Eritrea, Madagascar, Namibia, Rwanda, Sao Tome
and Principe, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zanzibar,
United Republic of Tanzania), and that in all countries, the
decreases are associated with intense malaria control
interventions;
Whereas continued national, regional, and international
investment is critical to continue to reduce malaria deaths
and to prevent backsliding in those areas where progress has
been made;
Whereas the United States Government has played a major
leadership role in the recent progress made toward reducing
the global burden of malaria, particularly through the
President's Malaria Initiative (PMI) and the United States
contribution to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis,
and Malaria;
Whereas on World Malaria Day in 2009, President Barack
Obama stated, ``The U.S. stands with our global partners and
people
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around the world to reaffirm our commitment to make the U.S.
a leader in ending deaths from malaria by 2015. . . . It is
time to redouble our efforts to rid the world of a disease
that does not have to take lives.'';
Whereas under the Global Health Initiative (GHI), the
United States Government is pursuing a comprehensive, whole-
of-government approach to global health, focused on helping
partner countries to achieve major improvements in overall
health outcomes through transformational advances in access
to, and the quality of, healthcare services in resource-poor
settings; and
Whereas recognizing the burden of malaria on many partner
countries, PMI has set the target for 2015 of reducing the
burden of malaria by 50 percent for 450,000,000 people,
representing 70 percent of the at-risk population in Africa:
Now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives
concurring), That Congress--
(1) supports the goals and ideals of World Malaria Day,
including the achievable target of ending malaria deaths by
2015;
(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 deaths and prevalence, particularly through
the efforts of the President's Malaria Initiative and the
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria;
(4) welcomes ongoing public-private partnerships to
research and develop more effective and affordable tools for
malaria diagnosis, treatment, and vaccination;
(5) recognizes the goals to combat malaria 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);
(6) supports continued leadership by the United States in
bilateral and multilateral efforts to combat malaria as a
critical part of the President's Global Health Initiative;
and
(7) encourages other members of the international community
to sustain and scale up their support and financial
contributions for efforts worldwide to combat malaria.
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