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Anti-Malaria Charity Pays for Nothing But Nets
June 30, 2009
By Meredith Hegg
Despite the huge toll that malaria takes on the world, preventing the disease is relatively easy. Since most transmissions occur through mosquito bites in the middle of the night, widespread use of long-lasting, insecticide-treated bednets can reduce transmission by as much as 90 percent.
That's why the United Nations Foundation, a public charity created to support UN goals, has a campaign devoted entirely to raising money to purchase bed nets.
Creation of a Unique Partnership
The campaign is called Nothing But Nets. The name not only highlights the group's sole mission; it's also the way people describe a basketball shot that goes right through the hoop, touching nothing but the net.
© 2009 Voice of America
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http://www.voanews.com/english/AmericanLife/2009-06-30-voa17.cfm
category: News from Other Sources : General Health News
contributed by Liza Nanni on 1 July 2009
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