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The President’s Malaria Initiative - 14th Annual Report to Congress | April 2020

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A MESSAGE FROM THE U.S. GLOBAL MALARIA COORDINATOR

Together, we have saved more than seven million lives and prevented more than a billion cases of malaria since 2000. I am thankful for the dedicated bipartisan support and the generosity of the American people that has enabled the U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) to play a pivotal role in this global success. This report demonstrates how U.S. leadership, financial aid, and technical expertise continue to save lives. While I celebrate these achievements, I know we must do more to protect the more than 400,000 people worldwide—mostly young children and pregnant women in sub-Saharan Africa—who still die from this preventable disease every year. As we move closer to eradicating malaria, I see tremendous opportunities to take advantage of rapid advances in analytics and advance our use of data for better management and greater impact. With better data, we can improve decision-making, refine our approaches more rapidly, and better adapt to evolving threats such as resistance to drugs and insecticides. As PMI enters its 15th year, I look forward to building on the incredible momentum and progress we made in Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 to affect even more lives.

DR. KEN STALEY