January 2010

The Congressional Malaria Caucus holds a Briefing on the WHO 2009 World Malaria Report

The World Health Organization (WHO) released the 2009 World Malaria Report on December 15th, 2009. To help promote the report and its positive findings, the Congressional Malaria Caucus held a briefing in conjunction with the U.N. Foundation and Malaria No More. Admiral Tim Ziemer, U.S. Malaria Coordinator, Mark Green, Managing Director of the Malaria Policy Center and Dr. Daniel Caruccia, Vice President of Global Health at the U.N. Foundation all spoke on the results of the World Malaria Report. The briefing was highlighted by Congressman Donald Payne who gave comments on the importance of fighting malaria and the challenges that lay ahead.

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A Conference Committee made up of members from both the Senate and House of Representatives has issued its report on appropriations for State and Foreign Operations this past December. The resulting vote on the committee report passed the House of Representatives and the Senate.

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Sen. Bill Frist authored an article in Roll Call this past month. Sen. Frist discussed the future of USAID and pointed out that U.S. efforts to fight poverty and improve health worldwide are at a critical juncture.

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The Seattle Times ran an Op-Ed from Representative Jim McDermott and Dr. Steve Gloyd on the need for courageous vision in regards to financing the fight against AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, even in the problematic economic climate the world finds itself in.