§ 7634. Malaria response Coordinator

Legislative history

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1. 2003

   United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003

   Pub. L. 108–25 title III § 304 · 117 Stat. 711

   Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 7634

   Pub. L. 108–25, title III, § 304, May 27, 2003, 117 Stat. 737

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 108–25, title III, § 304, May 27, 2003, 117 Stat. 737

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 304. PILOT PROGRAM FOR THE PLACEMENT OF HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS IN OVERSEAS AREAS SEVERELY AFFECTED BY HIV/AIDS, TUBERCULOSIS, AND MALARIA. (a) In General.— The President. President should establish a program to demonstrate the feasibility of facilitating the service of United States health care professionals in those areas of sub-Saharan Africa and other parts of the world severely affected by HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria. (b) Requirements.— Participants in the program shall— (1) provide basic health care services for those infected and affected by HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria in the area in which they are serving; (2) provide on-the-job training to medical and other personnel in the area in which they are serving to strengthen the basic health care system of the affected countries; (3) provide health care educational training for residents of the area in which they are serving; (4) serve for a period of up to 3 years; and (5) meet the eligibility requirements in subsection (d). (c) Eligibility Requirements.— To be eligible to participate in the program, a candidate shall— (1) be a national of the United States who is a trained health care professional and who meets the educational and licensure requirements necessary to be such a professional such as a physician, nurse, physician assistant, nurse practitioner, pharmacist, other type of health care professional, or other individual determined to be appropriate by the President; or (2) be a retired commissioned officer of the Public Health Service Corps. (d) Recruitment.— The President. President shall ensure that information on the program is widely distributed, including the distribution of information to schools for health professionals, hospitals, clinics, and nongovernmental organizations working in the areas of international health and aid. (e) Placement of Participants.— (1) In general.— To the maximum extent practicable, participants in the program shall serve in the poorest areas of the affected countries, where health care needs are likely to be the greatest. The decision on the placement of a participant should be made in consultation with relevant officials of the affected country at both the national and local level as well as with local community leaders and organizations. (2) Coordination.— Placement of participants in the program shall be coordinated with the United States Agency for International Development in countries in which that Agency is conducting HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, or malaria programs. Overall coordination of placement of participants in the program shall be made by the Coordinator of United States Government Activities to Combat HIV/AIDS Globally (as described in section 1(f) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (as added by section 102(a) of this Act)). (f) Incentives.— The President may offer such incentives as the President determines to be necessary to encourage individuals to participate in the program, such as partial payment of principal, interest, and related expenses on government and commercial loans for educational expenses relating to professional health training and, where possible, deferment of repayments on such loans, the provision of retirement benefits that would otherwise be jeopardized by participation in the program, and other incentives. (g) Report.— Not Deadline. President. later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on steps taken to establish the program, including— (1) the process of recruitment, including the venues for recruitment, the number of candidates recruited, the incentives offered, if any, and the cost of those incentives; (2) the process, including the criteria used, for the selection of participants; (3) the number of participants placed, the countries in which they were placed, and why those countries were selected; and (4) the potential for expansion of the program. (h) Authorization of Appropriations.— (1) In general.— In addition to amounts otherwise available for such purpose, there are authorized to be appropriated to the President, from amounts authorized to be appropriated under section 401, such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2004 through 2008 to carry out the program. (2) Availability of funds.— Amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations under paragraph (1) are authorized to remain available until expended.

2. 2008

   Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008

   Pub. L. 110–293 title III § 304 · 122 Stat. 2918

   Amended · 22 U.S.C. § 7634

   Pub. L. 110–293 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section consisted of subsecs. (a) to (h) relating to a pilot program for the placement of health care professionals in overseas areas severely affected by HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 110–293 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section consisted of subsecs. (a) to (h) relating to a pilot program for the placement of health care professionals in overseas areas severely affected by HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 304. MALARIA RESPONSE COORDINATOR.   Section 304 of the United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 (22 U.S.C. 7634) is amended to read as follows: “SEC. 304. MALARIA RESPONSE COORDINATOR. “(a) In General.— There Establishment. Government organization. President. is established within the United States Agency for International Development a Coordinator of United States Government Activities to Combat Malaria Globally (referred to in this section as the ‘Malaria Coordinator’), who shall be appointed by the President. “(b) Authorities.— The Malaria Coordinator, acting through nongovernmental organizations (including faith-based and community-based organizations), partner country finance, health, and other relevant ministries, and relevant executive branch agencies as may be necessary and appropriate to carry out this section, is authorized to— “(1) operate internationally to carry out prevention, care, treatment, support, capacity development, and other activities to reduce the prevalence, mortality, and incidence of malaria; “(2) provide grants to, and enter into contracts and cooperative agreements with, nongovernmental organizations (including faith-based organizations) to carry out this section; and “(3) transfer and allocate executive branch agency funds that have been appropriated for the purposes described in paragraphs (1) and (2). “(c) Duties.— “(1) In general.— The Malaria Coordinator has primary responsibility for the oversight and coordination of all resources and international activities of the United States Government relating to efforts to combat malaria. “(2) Specific duties.— The Malaria Coordinator shall— “(A) facilitate program and policy coordination of antimalarial efforts among relevant executive branch agencies and nongovernmental organizations by auditing, monitoring, and evaluating such programs; “(B) ensure that each relevant executive branch agency undertakes antimalarial programs primarily in those areas in which the agency has the greatest expertise, technical capability, and potential for success; “(C) coordinate relevant executive branch agency activities in the field of malaria prevention and treatment; “(D) coordinate planning, implementation, and evaluation with the Global AIDS Coordinator in countries in which both programs have a significant presence; “(E) coordinate with national governments, international agencies, civil society, and the private sector; and “(F) establish due diligence criteria for all recipients of funds appropriated by the Federal Government for malaria assistance. “(d) Assistance for the World Health Organization.— In carrying out this section, the President may provide financial assistance to the Roll Back Malaria Partnership of the World Health Organization to improve the capacity of countries with high rates of malaria and other affected countries to implement comprehensive malaria control programs. “(e) Coordination of Assistance Efforts.— In carrying out this section and in accordance with section 104C of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151b–4), the Malaria Coordinator shall coordinate the provision of assistance by working with— “(1) relevant executive branch agencies, including— “(A) the Department of State (including the Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator); “(B) the Department of Health and Human Services; “(C) the Department of Defense; and “(D) the Office of the United States Trade Representative; “(2) relevant multilateral institutions, including— “(A) the World Health Organization; “(B) the United Nations Children’s Fund; “(C) the United Nations Development Programme; “(D) the Global Fund; “(E) the World Bank; and “(F) the Roll Back Malaria Partnership; “(3) program delivery and efforts to lift barriers that would impede effective and comprehensive malaria control programs; and “(4) partner or recipient country governments and national entities including universities and civil society organizations (including faith- and community-based organizations). “(f) Research.— To carry out this section, the Malaria Coordinator, in accordance with section 104C of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 1151d–4), shall ensure that operations and implementation research conducted under this Act will closely complement the clinical and program research being undertaken by the National Institutes of Health. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention should advise the Malaria Coordinator on priorities for operations and implementation research and should be a key implementer of this research. “(g) Monitoring.— To ensure that adequate malaria controls are established and implemented, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention should advise the Malaria Coordinator on monitoring, surveillance, and evaluation activities and be a key implementer of such activities under this Act. Such activities shall complement, rather than duplicate, the work of the World Health Organization. “(h) Annual Report.— “(1) Submission.— Not President. later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of the Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008, and annually thereafter, the President shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees that describes United States assistance for the prevention, treatment, control, and elimination of malaria. “(2) Contents.— The report required under paragraph (1) shall describe— “(A) the countries and activities to which malaria resources have been allocated; “(B) the number of people reached through malaria assistance programs, including data on children and pregnant women; “(C) research efforts to develop new tools to combat malaria, including drugs and vaccines; “(D) the collaboration and coordination of United States antimalarial efforts with the World Health Organization, the Global Fund, the World Bank, other donor governments, major private efforts, and relevant executive agencies; “(E) the coordination of United States antimalarial efforts with the national malarial strategies of other donor or partner governments and major private initiatives; “(F) the estimated impact of United States assistance on childhood mortality and morbidity from malaria; “(G) the coordination of antimalarial efforts with broader health and development programs; and “(H) the constraints on implementation of programs posed by health workforce shortages or capacities; and “(I) the number of personnel trained as health workers and the training levels achieved.” .

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