[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 69 (Tuesday, April 25, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S1348]
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                         SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS

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SENATE RESOLUTION 170--SUPPORTING THE GOALS AND IDEALS OF WORLD MALARIA 
                                  DAY

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

                              S. Res. 170

       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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