Chairman Donald Payne of New Jersey is the second malaria champion that the policy center would like to highlight this week.  He was another one of the Malaria Champions who was honored last Thursday. 

Congressman Payne is the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health. Payne’s leadership on humanitarian issues in Africa is exemplary.  He was one of five members of Congress that accompanied President Clinton and former first lady, now Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on their six country tour of Africa. 

Payne Also joined his fellow members of Congress on the International Relations Committee to introduce a measure to strengthen the Microenterprise Act.  Microenterprise provides very small business loans to people in developing nations.  Fifty percent of these loans are directed to those who make less than $1 a day. 

In addition to all of this, Chairman Payne is also a strong leader on the issue of malaria.  Payne is the Co-Chair of the Congressional Malaria Caucus.  In that capacity, he works to raise awareness and advocate for more funding to fight this deadly disease.  For all of these efforts, we salute Chairman Payne and encourage other policymakers to follow his example.

Tags: Donald Payne, Forest Whitaker, Malaria

Tags: Donald Payne, Forest Whitaker, Malaria
Categories:Domestic Political Action, Global Health Community