April 22, 2009 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE, Vol. 155, Pt. 8 10307 SENATE RESOLUTION 110—CON- Whereas the University of North Carolina Whereas malaria poses great risks to ma- GRATULATING THE UNIVERSITY withstood Michigan State University’s late ternal health, causing complications during OF NORTH CAROLINA TAR surge and pushed the lead back to 19 points delivery, anemia, and low birth weights, HEELS TEAM FOR with less than 3 minutes remaining in the with estimates by the Center for Disease game; Control and Prevention that malaria infec- WINNING THE 2008–2009 NCAA Whereas the University of North Carolina’s tion causes 400,000 cases of severe maternal MEN’S BASKETBALL CHAMPION- was named the Final Four anemia and from 75,000 to 200,000 infant SHIP most valuable player; deaths annually in sub-Saharan Africa; Whereas Ty Lawson’s 8 steals set the Whereas HIV infection increases the risk Mr. BURR (for himself and Mrs. record for the most steals in a NCAA cham- and severity of malarial illness, and malaria HAGAN) submitted the following resolu- pionship game; increases the viral load in HIV-positive peo- tion; which was considered and agreed Whereas the 2008–2009 championship was ple, which can lead to increased transmission to: the University of North Carolina’s fifth na- of HIV and more rapid disease progression, tional championship in school history; with substantial public health implications; S. RES. 110 Whereas the 2008–2009 championship was Whereas in malarial regions, many people Whereas on April 6, 2009, the University of Coach Roy Williams’ second national cham- are co-infected with malaria and one or more North Carolina defeated Michigan State Uni- pionship since taking over as head coach of of the neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) versity 89–72 to win the 2008–2009 National the University of North Carolina men’s bas- such as hookworm and schistosomiasis, Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) ketball team; and which causes a pronounced exacerbation of men’s basketball national championship; Whereas with the victory over Michigan anemia and several adverse health con- Whereas the University of North Carolina State University, the University of North sequences; was the consensus preseason number 1 bas- Carolina tied the University of Kentucky for Whereas the malnutrition and chronic ill- ketball team in the Nation; the all-time winningest program in NCAA ness that result from childhood malaria Whereas the University of North Carolina Division 1 men’s basketball history: Now, leads to increased absenteeism in school and Tar Heels were saddled with a tremendous therefore, be it perpetuates cycles of poverty; amount of pressure to get to the NCAA Final Resolved, That the Senate— Whereas an estimated 90 percent of deaths Four and win the national championship in (1) congratulates the University of North from malaria occur in Africa, and the Roll 2009; Carolina for winning the 2008–2009 National Back Malaria Partnership estimates that Whereas after the Tar Heels’ 0–2 record to Collegiate Athletic Association men’s bas- malaria costs countries in Africa start the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) ketball national championship; $12,000,000,000 in lost economic productivity regular season, the team finished with a (2) recognizes the achievement of the play- each year; record of 13–3 and won 13 out of their last 14 ers, coaches, students, and staff of the Uni- Whereas the World Health Organization es- games in conference; versity of North Carolina whose persever- timates that malaria accounts for 40 percent Whereas the Tar Heels were the 2008–2009 ance and dedication to excellence helped pro- of healthcare expenditures in high-burden ACC regular season conference champions; pel the men’s basketball team to win the countries, demonstrating that effective, Whereas the University of North Carolina’s championship; and long-term malaria control is inextricably became the ACC’s all-time (3) respectfully requests the Secretary of linked to the strength of health systems; leading scorer; the Senate to transmit an enrolled copy of Whereas heightened efforts over recent Whereas the University of North Carolina’s this resolution to— years to prevent and treat malaria are cur- Tyler Hansbrough and Ty Lawson were se- (A) the chancellor of the University of rently saving lives; lected to the 2008–2009 All-Atlantic Coast North Carolina, H. Holden Thorp; Whereas the progress and funding to con- Conference (All-ACC) first team; (B) the athletic director of the University trol malaria has increased ten-fold since Whereas Tyler Hansbrough became the of North Carolina, Dick Baddour; and 2000, in large part due to funding under the first player in league history to be unani- (C) the head coach of the University of President’s Malaria Initiative (a United mously selected 4 times to the All-ACC first North Carolina men’s basketball team, Roy States Government initiative designed to cut team; Williams. malaria deaths in half in target countries in Whereas the University of North Carolina’s sub-Saharan Africa), the Global Fund to was selected to the 2008–2009 f Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, the All-ACC third team and the All-ACC defen- SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLU- World Bank, and new financing by other do- sive team; nors; Whereas the University of North Carolina’s TION 18—SUPPORTING THE Whereas the President’s Malaria Initiative was selected to the All-ACC rookie GOALS AND IDEALS OF WORLD has purchased almost 13,000,000 artemisinin- team; MALARIA DAY, AND REAFFIRM- based combination therapies (ACT), pro- Whereas entering into the 2008–2009 NCAA ING UNITED STATES LEADER- tected over 17,000,000 people through spray- Championship, President SHIP AND SUPPORT FOR EF- ing campaigns, and distributed over 6,000,000 Barack Obama picked the Tar Heels to win FORTS TO COMBAT MALARIA insecticide-treated bed nets, the Global Fund the championship title; to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has Whereas the University of North Carolina Mr. FEINGOLD (for himself, Mr. distributed 70,000,000 bed nets to protect fam- beat each of Radford University, Louisiana ISAKSON, Mr. BINGAMAN, Mr. DURBIN, ilies from malaria and provided 74,000,000 ma- State University, Gonzaga University, and Mr. CARDIN, Mr. WICKER, Mr. BROWN- laria patients with ACTs, and the World the University of Oklahoma by 12 points or BACK, Ms. CANTWELL, and Mr. MAR- Bank’s Booster Program is scheduled to more to win the South Division and reach TINEZ) submitted the following concur- commit approximately $500,000,000 in Inter- the Final Four for the second straight year; rent resolution; which was considered national Development Association funds for Whereas Ty Lawson was named the South and agreed to: malaria control in Africa; Division most valuable player; Whereas public and private partners are Whereas with their victory over the Uni- S. CON. RES. 18 developing effective and affordable drugs to versity of Oklahoma, the Tar Heels became Whereas April 25 of each year is recognized treat malaria, with more than 23 types of the first team in NCAA Tournament history internationally as World Malaria Day and in malaria vaccines in development; to reach 100 tournament wins; the United States as Malaria Awareness Day; Whereas, according to the Centers for Dis- Whereas several media outlets, including Whereas, despite malaria being completely ease Control and Prevention, vector control, ESPN and CBS, reported that more than preventable and treatable and the fact that or the prevention of malaria transmission 60,000 fans in attendance at the final tour- malaria was eliminated in the United States via anopheles mosquitoes, which includes a nament game would be cheering for Michi- over 50 years ago, more than 40 percent of combination of methods such as insecticide- gan State University; the world’s population is still at risk of con- treated bed nets, indoor residual spraying, Whereas the 55 points the University of tracting malaria; and source reduction (larval control), has North Carolina scored in the first half of the Whereas, according to the World Health been shown to reduce severe morbidity and championship game broke the all-time first Organization, nearly 1,000,000 people die from mortality due to malaria in endemic regions; half scoring record for any team in the his- malaria each year, the vast majority of Whereas the impact of malaria efforts have tory of the NCAA tournament; whom are children under the age of 5 in Afri- been documented in numerous regions, such Whereas the University of North Carolina’s ca; as in Zanzibar, where malaria prevalence Wayne Ellington and played Whereas malaria greatly affects child among children shrank from 20 percent to exceptionally well in the first half of the health, with a child dying from malaria less than 1 percent between 2005 and 2007, and championship game to push the lead to 21 roughly every 30 seconds and nearly 3,000 in Rwanda, where malaria cases and deaths points; children dying from malaria every day; appeared to decline rapidly after a large-

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