§2151b–4 — Title 22 Foreign Relations and Intercourse | U.S. Code

Summary

The President may provide assistance to prevent, treat, control, and eliminate malaria. Malaria kills more people each year than any other communicable disease except tuberculosis, and more than 90 percent of cases are in sub‑Saharan Africa; women and children face higher risk. Cost‑effective tools exist, and malaria can be cured if diagnosed and treated quickly. Providing this help is a major U.S. foreign‑aid goal. The President must coordinate with the World Health Organization, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria, the Department of Health and Human Services (CDC and NIH), and other groups to develop and carry out a comprehensive malaria control program.

Title 22, §2151b–4

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(a)Congress finds that malaria kills more people annually than any other communicable disease except tuberculosis, that more than 90 percent of all malaria cases are in sub-Saharan Africa, and that children and women are particularly at risk. Congress recognizes that there are cost-effective tools to decrease the spread of malaria and that malaria is a curable disease if promptly diagnosed and adequately treated.

(b)It is a major objective of the foreign assistance program of the United States to provide assistance for the prevention, control, treatment, and cure of malaria.

(c)To carry out this section and consistent with section 2151b(c) of this title, the President is authorized to furnish assistance, on such terms and conditions as the President may determine, for the prevention, treatment, control, and elimination of malaria.

(d)In carrying out this section, the President shall coordinate with the World Health Organization, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria, the Department of Health and Human Services (the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institutes of Health), and other organizations with respect to the development and implementation of a comprehensive malaria control program.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2008—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 110–293 inserted “treatment,” after “control,”.

Executive Documents

Delegation of Functions For delegation of functions of President under this section, see Ex. Ord. No. 12163, Sept. 29, 1979, 44 F.R. 56673, as amended, set out as a note under section 2381 of this title.

§2151b–4 Assistance to combat malaria