| The U.S. Contribution To The Fight Against Malaria |
May 21, 2013 |
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Christopher Smith, R-NJ
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"Not surprisingly, malaria has a particularly devastating impact on the most vulnerable. Nearly 86% of those who die are children under five years of age living in Sub-Saharan Africa. Dr. Mark Dybul, Executive Director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS and President George W. Bush’s extraordinarily effective Global AIDS Coordinator, said that in “Africa alone, Malaria take the life of a child every minute” and pregnant women are also disproportionately afflicted with the disease. WHO emphasizes in its World Malaria Report 2012 that malaria is strongly associated with poverty. Countries in which a larger percentage of the population lives in poverty also have higher mortality rates from malaria. Children living in poorer populations and in rural areas have the highest parasite prevalence rates."
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| Marking World Aids Day |
November 30, 2012 |
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Nita Lowey, D-NY
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"The first World AIDS Day was held in 1988, just weeks after my first election to Congress. I am proud of the work the Congress has done since that time to combat the scourge of HIV and AIDS throughout the world. Through the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), the work of the U.S. Agency for International Development, and our support to multilateral organizations, such as UNAIDS and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, the United States has led the way in modernizing the global response to HIV and AIDS. Our efforts not only save lives, but also promote economic growth and increased stability throughout the world. Recognizing that we cannot beat this epidemic with treatment alone, I am pleased that recent global efforts are increasingly focused on prevention as well as sustainability, efficiency, and program effectiveness."
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| Tribute To Dr. Henry Jarecki |
September 11, 2012 |
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Patrick Leahy, D-VT
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"The Scholar Rescue Fund provides safe havens to scholars whose lives are threatened, often for no other reason than their intellectual pursuits, allowing them to continue their academic work. No other global fund of this kind exists. Since 2002, with congressional support, the Scholar Rescue Fund has enabled 469 threatened scholars from 48 countries to resettle in places where they have safely pursued their professional studies and research, preserving the intellectual capacity of a country during conflict or crisis."
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| Introducing A Resolution In Support Of The Xix International Aids Conference |
July 31, 2012 |
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Alcee Hastings, D-FL
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"According to UNAIDS, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, there are approximately 33.4 million people living with HIV worldwide, and nearly 30 million people have died of AIDS since the first cases were reported in 1981. The United States is heavily engaged in both international and domestic efforts to address the HIV/AIDS pandemic, including the United States President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria. Taxpayers in the United States have paid more than $45 billion through PEPFAR and the Global Fund, which have enjoyed broad bipartisan support in Congress."
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| 19Th International Aids Conference |
July 26, 2012 |
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Richard Durbin, D-IL
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"These numbers don’t appear out of thin air—they correlate to increased investments from the United States and the Global Fund. This is a time when we must continue funding our investments to fight HIV/"
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