Whereas fighting malaria is in the national interest of the United States; Whereas reducing the incidence of malaria protects United States servicemembers deployed to malaria-endemic regions; Whereas the World malaria report 2017 by the World Health Organization states that, in 2016, approximately 445,000 people died of malaria; Whereas, in 2016, 91 countries and areas had ongoing malaria transmissions, including areas of Africa and the Middle East; Whereas the Department of Defense reports that a total of 60 servicemembers were diagnosed with malaria in 2016, the highest number since 2011; Whereas incidents of malaria were diagnosed at or reported from 19 different medical facilities in the United States, Afghanistan, Qatar, Germany, Djibouti, Japan, and South Korea in 2017; Whereas the Department of Defense recognizes malaria as the number one infectious disease threat to United States military forces; Whereas United States support for efforts to fight malaria is in the foreign policy and humanitarian interests of the United States and highlights the values of the people of the United States through the work of governmental, nongovernmental, and faith-based organizations of the United States that are on the frontlines of the malaria battle globally; Whereas United States support for efforts to fight malaria and other infectious diseases advance the United States National Security Strategy, and is a key tool to enhance operational readiness, interoperability, and security cooperation, protecting Americans at home and abroad; Whereas the United States Government has played a leading role in the recent progress made toward reducing the global burden of malaria and other infectious diseases, particularly through bilateral, multilateral, international, and civil society partners