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Latest News 10/12/2009 Aid agency promotes correct use of bed nets to fight Malaria 9/08/2009 New malaria partnership is a net gain for children 9/03/2009 Wi-Fi partnership gives campers opportunity to provide bednets

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World Vision's End Malaria Campaign

World Vision warns malaria is sapping Africa’s economic and human potential at a time when the global recession and ongoing hunger crises already threaten the continent’s economic future. More ...

Resources for journalists Is malaria killing Africa's potential? “Night of Nets” youth events Interview an expert Request photo/video resources Malaria survival story: Lonica, 11 "Laughing at mosquitoes:" Luciano, father of 4 Facts about Malaria World Vision's End Malaria Campaign The link between Malaria and AIDS (PDF) Press Releases: 8/04/2009 Fighting Malaria: World Vision to distribute, test next-generation bednets 07/20/2009 Former first lady Laura Bush and baseball great Rick Sutcliffe join World Vision’s 'End Malaria' council 04/17/2009 Campaign launch heralds new approach to malaria in Africa 04/14/2009 As global recession worsens, is malaria killing Africa's potential? 04/13/2009 World Vision mosquito nets save lives in Mozambique Learn more Download ‘End Malaria Now’ brochure (PDF) How your audience can help Run a Public Service Announcement Roll Back Malaria President’s Malaria Initiative World Health Organization UNICEF In 2008, World Vision launched a major initiative to significantly reduce the illness and death caused by malaria by distributing long-lasting, insecticide-treated bed nets in vulnerable communities, along with prevention education, and advocating for an increase in U.S. government funding. This will allow a scale-up of existing anti-malaria programs and enhance the efforts of the global movement to combat malaria. World Vision works in 64 malaria-endemic countries, 24 of them in sub-Saharan Africa. Read more.

A family in Mozambique receives a life-saving bed net to protect them from malaria, which kills nearly one million people each year. © 2008 Claudina Lembe/World Vision World Vision has launched an initiative to combat malaria by increasing private funding for anti-malaria activities, advocating to enhance government commitments and developing more corporate partnerships. Download poster (PDF) In cyclone-devastated Myanmar, a child receives a bed net that will protect her from malaria, which infects 350-500 million people each year. © 2008 Khaing Min Htoo/World Vision