(1) In general The Secretary of State should encourage the Global Fund to take into consideration evolving research on the impact of NTDs on efforts to control HIV/AIDS when making programming decisions, particularly with regard to female genital schistosomiasis, which has been revealed as one of the most significant co-factors in the AIDS epidemic in Africa, as necessary and appropriate. (2) Global Fund In this subsection, the term Global Fund means the public-private partnership known as the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria established pursuant to Article 80 of the Swiss Civil Code. (c) G–20 countries The Secretary of State, acting through the Office of Global Health Diplomacy, should encourage G–20 countries, particularly Argentina, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico, the Republic of Korea, Saudi Arabia, and South Africa, to significantly increase their role in the control and elimination of NTDs. 103. Multilateral development and health institutions (a) Congressional finding Congress finds that the treatment of high burden neglected tropical diseases, 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 (STH) (round worm, whip worm, and hook worm) in particular. (b) United Nations 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 to take the actions described in subsection (d). (c) World Bank Institute The President shall direct the United States Executive Director at the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development to use the voice, vote, and influence of the United States to urge the World Bank Institute to take the actions described in subsection (d). (d) Actions described The actions