; and (B) ensure that new discoveries make it through the pipeline and become available to individuals who need them. 102. Actions by Department of State (a) Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that the Coordinator of United States Government Activities to Combat HIV/AIDS Globally should fully consider, as necessary and appropriate, evolving research on the impact of neglected tropical diseases on efforts to control HIV/AIDS when making future programming decisions. (b) Global programming The Secretary of State should encourage the Global Fund to consider, as necessary and appropriate, evolving research on the impact of NTDs on efforts to control HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria when making programming decisions, particularly with regard to female genital schistosomiasis, which studies suggest may be a significant co-factor in the AIDS epidemic in Africa. (c) G–20 countries The Secretary of State, acting through the Office of Global Health Diplomacy, should encourage G–20 countries to significantly increase their role in the control and elimination of NTDs. 103. Multilateral development and health institutions (a) Finding Congress finds that the treatment of NTDs, including community and school-based deworming programs, can be a highly cost-effective education intervention and schools can serve as an effective delivery mechanism for reaching large numbers of children with safe treatment for soil-transmitted helminthiases (round worm, whip worm, and hook worm). (b) Sense of Congress The President should direct the United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations to use the voice, vote, and influence of the United States to urge the World Health Organization and the United Nations Development Programme— (1) to ensure the dissemination of best practices and programming on NTDs to governments and make data accessible to practitioners in an open and timely fashion