Congressional Digest

Congressional Digest September 2007 No. 7 Vol. 86
U.S. AID Health Programs

Sub-Saharan Africa's Public Health Crisis

2007-2008 Policy Debate Topic

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U.S. AID Health Programs

Malaria and Child Survival

The following programs providing foreign aid to sub-Saharan Africa are administered by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in conjunction with other Federal agencies and the White House. President’s Malaria Initiative At least 1 million infants and children under age five in sub-Saharan Africa die each year from malaria — one approximately every 30 seconds. In June 2005, President George W. Bush launched the President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI). He pledged to increase U.S. malaria funding by more than $1.2 billion over five years to reduce deaths due to malaria by 50 percent in 15 African countries and challenged other…

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