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United to Beat Malaria, previously known as Nothing But Nets until 2022, [1] [2] is a global, grassroots campaign of the United Nations Foundation to raise awareness and funding to fight malaria. [3] The campaign aims to prevent malaria infections and deaths by providing malaria education, insecticide-treated bed nets, anti-malarial drugs ...
Imagine No Malaria (INM) is a comprehensive anti-malaria campaign run by The United Methodist Church. [1]The ministry mission statement is: Imagine No Malaria is an extraordinary effort of the people of the United Methodist Church, putting faith into action to end preventable deaths by malaria in Africa, especially the death of a child or a mother.
Events marking World Malaria Day 2014 in Nigeria included a demonstration of anti-malarial bed nets, testing and distribution of anti-malarial drugs, seminars on progress in combating and controlling malaria, and the inclusion of African footballers in the campaign to combat malaria.
Mosquito nets have found a whole slew of alternative uses from fences that keep livestock contained, rope, soccer nets, and even soccer balls. Cases of malaria are increasing each year and ...
Brian Ongoro/GettyAfter decades of failed experiments and mixed results, a malaria vaccine has earned the endorsement of the World Health Organization. It’s a long-awaited tool to combat a ...
One X One founder Joey Adler and Millennium Promise Conference founder Daniel Germain each gave $150,000 to the campaign at the conference. [5] The first order for 33,000 bed nets was made on March 28, 2007. [6] By December 2011, Spread the Net achieved its founding goal; 500,000 nets distributed to pregnant women and children in Liberia and ...
Malaria Consortium's parasite control and prevention strategy includes vector control through long lasting insecticidal nets distribution, indoor residual spraying, education, and data surveillance. Malaria Consortium is for instance leading the Beyond Garki Project, an initiative to collect epidemiological data on the evolution of malaria. [4]
In 2007, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation asked Intellectual Ventures to find a way to fight and eventually end malaria. [1] There, astrophysicist Lowell Wood had the idea to use lasers. [1] Their project received considerable media attention around 2010, [2] but the device was still under development as of 2017. [2]