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- 10/21/08: Remarks by Henrietta Fore, Administrator, USAID and Director of U.S. Foreign Assistance at the White House Development Summit
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Remarks by Henrietta H. Fore
Director of U.S. Foreign Assistance and Administrator, USAID
U.S. Leadership in the Fight Against Malaria
2008 Millennium Development Goal Malaria Summit
Millennium Plaza Hotel, New York
September 25, 2008
[Remarks as prepared]
The United States is at the forefront of efforts to improve global health. Along with the unprecedented resources that this Administration and Congress have dedicated to foreign assistance, we are the largest bilateral donor for malaria in the world. President Bush and First Lady Laura Bush have attracted global attention, galvanized action, and spurred grass roots and private sector efforts to eliminate the disease.
With the 2008 U.S. Global Leadership Act to Fight HIV/AIDS, Malaria, and Tuberculosis, United States government funding will increase to $5 billion dollars, almost a 300 percent increase over current levels.
I am proud that the United States is leveraging the funding and contributions being made by other partners, including the host country, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria (Global Fund), The World Bank, the Gates Foundation, bilateral partners like DfID, Exxon-Mobil, Malaria No More, and others. And I want to thank Tim Zeimer for his leadership.
Inj ust its second year, The President's Malaria Initiative (PMI) reached more than 25 million people with effective prevention and treatment interventions. Seventeen million have benefited from indoor residual spraying programs to kill mosquitoes. In addition, PMI procured more than 11 million insecticide-treated bed nets in the past year in the 15 focus countries. In Rwanda, Ethiopia, Zambia, Zanzibar, and others, in collaboration with other partners, we are beginning to see signs of major reducations in people infected with, sick, and dying from malaria.
We also are focusing on building capacity within host countries by training people to manage, deliver, and support the delivery of health services, which will be critical for sustained successes against infectious diseases.
I am keenly interested in ensuring drug quality and safety; supporting enforecement of the World Health Organization's position against the distribution of ineffective single treatments for malaria; and bolstering host country regulatory capacity to monitor the quality of anti-malarial drugs entering their countries.
The United States is committed to working with our partners to close the net gap, expand indoor residual spraying, and reach universal access to effective diagnosis and treatment for every person who needs it by December 31, 2010.
In closing, I am committed to expanding the work of nongovernmental and faith-based organizations and other community based entities to reach people with the tools and knowledge to control malaria. We have begun to change the world around us, but we have much more to do.
Thank you.
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