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
The President's Malaria Initiative (PMI) is a U.S. Government initiative to control and eliminate malaria, one of the leading global causes of premature death and disability. The initiative was originally launched by U.S. president George W. Bush ...
. The position is presidentially appointed within the
U.S. Agency for International Development. For its first eleven years the post was occupied by Admiral Tim Ziemer.
List of U.S. Global Malaria Coordinators
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R. Timothy Ziemer (RADM, Ret.) (June 2006–April 2017)
* Kenneth Staley (April 2018–January 2021)
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Raj Panjabi (February 2021–February 2022)
* Julie Wallace (acting) (February 2022–August 2022)
* David Walton (August 2022–Present)
See also
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U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator
References
United States Agency for International Development
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