PMI Congratulates Former U.S. Global Malaria Coordinator on His Retirement from Public Service

The U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) congratulates Rear Admiral Tim Ziemer on his upcoming retirement after more than 50 years of government service.

Admiral Ziemer, who most recently directed USAID’s Bureau of Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance, was appointed by President George W. Bush in 2006 to be the first U.S. Global Malaria Coordinator. He was reappointed by President Barack Obama and led PMI until 2017.

Under Admiral Ziemer’s leadership, PMI expanded from a 15-country, sub Saharan Africa focused, five-year initiative to a 27-country, two continent, ongoing initiative–and established the U.S. government as a leader in global malaria efforts. Today, PMI is one of the U.S. government’s greatest development success stories having saved millions of lives, most of them young children, since its inception.

“Tim laid an incredibly strong foundation for PMI. And the capacity and systems PMI has helped partner countries put in place to fight malaria are now proving invaluable to the COVID-19 response,” said current U.S. Global Malaria Coordinator and USAID COVID-19 Task Force Executive Director Dr. Ken Staley. “The global malaria community will be forever in his debt, and we wish him all the best as he starts the next chapter of his life.”