How many Americans have to die of West Nile Fever and other mosquito-borne diseases before pressure is applied to U.S. agencies and the WHO to change its policies?

If the Bush administration shifts USAID to buying malaria-preventing commodities, especially DDT, real success is possible.

There are always costs of both action and inaction; however, before a costly scheme is funded, better evidence of its effectiveness should be established.

A lack of transparency and accountability pervades the U.S. Agency for International Development.

What can the average Joe do to help fight malaria?

The United Statesmust fund effective, comprehensive malarial control programs in order to prevent malaria from threatening U.S. interests both at home and abroad.

Current malaria aid is echoing past policy failures--disease rates are up 10 percentin the past five years, at a time of increasing aid.

The U.S. Agency for International Development should take several steps to improve performance, or Congress should distribute its malaria budget to another agency.