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…