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October 20, 2006

Multilateral and Bilateral Malaria Oversight


"Senator Tom Coburn (Republican, Oklahoma), host of several of the key hearings exploring USAID’s regrettable failings, once likened the new criticisms to bursts of ‘sunlight’ shining on the malaria program. The Senate Subcommittee hearing in May 2005, coupled with persistently unfavorable coverage in the academic and popular press, marked a turning point for the Global Health Bureau."   -- Roger Bate, "USAID’s Health Challenge: Improving US Foreign Assistance," Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
 
To read or print a detailed timeline of major oversight actions resulting in reform in malaria treatment and control, please click here.
MAJOR OVERSIGHT ACTIONS -- Multilateral and Bilateral Malaria Oversight
 
FFM Hearing, May 12, 2005, Examining USAID’s Anti-Malaria Policies
While USAID’s funding to fight malaria has grown from $14 million in 1998 to $90 million in 2005, the number of malaria deaths has increased by 10 percent. The Subcommittee's hearing on USAID's malaria assistance to the discovery that less than 8 percent of the USAID malaria budget went toward life-saving commodities. USAID’s approach had been talking about the malaria problem—not investing in results. 
A follow-up hearing to the May 2005 FFM hearing on malaria -- Since that hearing the President proposed a $1.2 billion commodity-based initiative to cut malaria mortality in focus countries by half. USAID recently announced radical program reforms to save lives - including indoor residual spraying with DDT.
ADDITIONAL OVERSIGHT ACTIONS
 
June 30, 2006, Dr. Coburn Challenges EU to Let African Countries Save Children from Malaria with DDT
 
August 4, 2006, Dr. Coburn writes Treasury; requests immediate accountability for controversial malaria initiatives at the World Bank
 
August 21, 2006, Dr. Coburn writes Wolfowitz, World Bank; requests reform & accountability of controversial malaria initiatives

September 12, 2006, Dr. Coburn notifies Ambassador of the Republic of Uganda of recent clarification by the European Union
 
 
 
May 22, 2007,  Dr. Coburn announced his intention to oppose unanimous passage of two bills intended to honor Rachel Carson on the 100th anniversary of her birth. Read all about Rachel Carson and the death of millions here.
 
June 5, 2007,  Dr. Coburn sent a letter to Rep. Altmire (D-Pennsylvania) regarding the Rachel Carson Post Office Naming Bill.
MAJOR POLICY ADVANCEMENTS IN MALARIA PREVENTION AND CONTROL
 
September 11, 2006: EU Responds to Dr. Coburn on Malaria Oversight, Affirming Controlled Use of DDT for Disease Control
 
September 15, 2006: World Health Organization (WHO) releases new guidelines on the critical use of DDT in malaria control through indoor residual spraying
MAJOR LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS -- Multilateral and Bilateral Malaria Oversight
 
Dr. Coburn co-sponsored, in the 109th Session of Congress, the Eliminate Neglected Disease (END) Act of 2005 (S.950). The key elements of the President’s successful malaria control program are contained in S. 950.
 
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