22 U.S.C. § 2151b–4: Assistance to combat…

Summary

Malaria kills more people each year than any other contagious disease except tuberculosis. More than 90 percent of cases are in sub-Saharan Africa. Children and women are especially at risk. Malaria can be cured if found quickly and treated properly. The United States will help prevent, control, treat, and eliminate malaria through foreign aid. The President may provide that help under other law and must work with the World Health Organization, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria, the Department of Health and Human Services (including the CDC and NIH), and other groups to plan and run a full malaria control program.

Title 22, §2151b–4

Foreign Relations and Intercourse, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Finding

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)Policy

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)Authorization

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)Coordination

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