The Coordinator of United States Government Activities to Combat Malaria Globally, known usually as the U.S. Global Malaria Coordinator, is an official overseeing all U.S. Government worldwide activities to combat malaria, most notably the President's Malaria Initiative.[1][2] The position is presidentially appointed within the U.S. Agency for International Development. The current acting coordinator is Julie Wallace. For its first eleven years the post was occupied by Admiral Tim Ziemer.[3][4]

List of U.S. Global Malaria Coordinators

  • R. Timothy Ziemer (RADM, Ret.) (June 2006–April 2017)[5]
  • Kenneth Staley (April 2018–January 2021)[6]
  • Raj Panjabi (February 2021–February 2022) [7]
  • Julie Wallace (acting) (February 2022–Present)

See also

References

  1. ↑ Howard, Berman (2008-07-30). "H.R.5501 - 110th Congress (2007-2008): Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008". www.congress.gov. Retrieved 2018-10-13.
  2. ↑ "About | PMI". www.pmi.gov. Retrieved 2019-08-31.
  3. ↑ "RADM Tim Ziemer Looks Back at 10+ Years Leading PMI". www.csis.org. Retrieved 2019-08-31.
  4. ↑ McNeil, Donald G. Jr. (2014-10-20). "The Malaria Fighter". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-08-31.
  5. ↑ "Tim Ziemer | Biography | U.S. Agency for International Development". www.usaid.gov. Retrieved 2018-10-13.
  6. ↑ "Who's who in #globaldev: April 2018 executive appointments". Devex. 2018-04-30. Retrieved 2018-10-13.
  7. ↑ Silver, Marc (4 March 2021). "New U.S. Malaria Czar: Why We Should Care About the Disease, Even in a Pandemic". NPR.


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