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Campopiano/1SenatorEasterly

S.B._____

ABILL
Toprovide35milliondollarsperyearto
MalariaNoMore
toadministerMalarianetsandotherMalariapreventing
aidtocountrieslikethoseinAfrica.

BeitenactedbytheSenateandHouseofRepresentativesoftheUnitedStatesofAmericainCongressassembled,

SECTION1.SHORTTITLE

ThisactmaybecitedastheMalariaNetsFundingActof2015.

SECTION2.FINDINGS

Congressherebyfindsanddeclaresthat,
1)Thedisease
malariacauses300to500millioninfectionsandoveronemilliondeathsaroundtheworld
eachyear.
2)Withtheaidofmosquitovectors,asingleinfectedindividualcantransmittohundredsofotherindividualswithin
months,faroutstrippingtheinfectiousnessofHumanImmunodeficiencyVirusortuberculosis.
3)Lastyear,betweenoneandtwomillionchildrenbelowtheageoffiveyearsdiedofmalaria,mostofthemin
Africa.
4)Duringtheirillness,manypatientsstruggle,oftenunsuccessfully,toaccessevenbasichealthcare.
5)Needforbetterimplementationofcurrentmethodsformalariaprevention,diagnosisandtreatment,aswellasan
urgentrequirementfornewmethodstoreducethemalariaburden.
6)

Socialandeconomicconsequencesaredirectlyrelatedtotheseverityofthemalariasincreasedmorbidityand
mortality
7)Amultidimensionalapproachshouldbeusedinthecontrolstrategy,suchasgoodmanagementofclinicalmalaria,
theuseofinsecticidetreatedbednets,educationandtrainingprogramsinmalariaprevention,vaccineresearchand
theuseofinsecticidesprayingsuchas
dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane(
DDT)onbreedingsites.
8)Womenandchildrenaremoresusceptibletothediseasemalaria.
9)Morethan40percentoftheworldspopulationlivesinareaswherethereisariskofcontractingmalaria.
10)Althoughmalariaispreventableandcurable,itisestimatedthatachilddieseveryminutefromthedisease.
11)Sincemanycountrieswithmalariaarealreadyamongthepoorernations,thediseasemaintainsaviciouscycleof
diseaseandpoverty.

SECTION3.STATUTORYLANGUAGE
A)TheMalariaNetsFundingActof2015shalladminister35milliondollarsayeartotheorganizationMalariaNo
More.Themoneywillinturnprovidemalarianetsandotheraidformalariapreventiontocountrieslikethosein
Africa.Thisaidwillhelppreventandfightthediseasemalariaincountrieswhodonothavewidespreadcarefor
malaria.Anymoneythatisraisedbythetaxmoneyraisedwillgotopurchasemalariaaidandfundmalaria
education.Themoneywillprovidesupplieslikemedicines,andbednetsthatprotectindividualswhilesleeping
againstmosquitoes.Theorganizationwillfocusoncountrieswhoneedtheaidmost.Countrieswiththehighest
morbidityandmortalityrateofmalariawillhavethemostacutefocus.Countriesalsowithlittletonohealthcareare
firstpriority.Africaisthenonprofitsbiggesttarget,duetotheoflackofmalariatreatmentandlargestrateof
mortalityfrommalariaintheworld.
B)35milliondollarsayearwillbedonatedtotheorganizationMalariaNoMore.Fundswillberaisedthroughan
increaseintaxes.Therewillbeanincreaseincorporatetaxesby9.1percent.Allfundsraisedbythesetaxeswillgo
backtosupportthenonprofitorganizationMalariaNoMore.
C)AllmonetaryamountsraisedbytheseimposedtaxesforthisorganizationmustgotowardsMalariaNoMore.35
milliondollarsprovidedtotheorganizationMalariaNoMoretobesolelyusedformalariaaidandprevention.
Moneydonatedtotheorganizationcanonlybeusedformaterialssuchasmalarianets,andmedicines.Alsofunds
canbeusedfortheeducationandraisingawarenessformalaria.Thematerialscanonlybeusedtohelppreventand
eliminatemalaria.ThenonprofitorganizationMalariaNoMoreistheonlyorganizationpermittedtousethismoney
toprovidecareforindividuals.Themalariaaidcanonlybegiventoindividualswhoareunabletogetthecare
otherwiseandwhoareinthemostneed.

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