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In the poorest parts of the world, where effective window screens are lacking, insecticide-treated bed nets are arguably the most cost-effective way to prevent malaria transmission. One bed net costs just $10 to buy and deliver to individuals in need. One bed net can safely last a family for about four years, thanks to a long-lasting insecticide woven into the net fabric.  
   
  $10 can save a life
 


 

The challenge: race the sun and hand out as many insecticide-treated bed nets as you can to African families.

The more virtual nets we deliver – before the mosquitoes come out – the more lives we save.
   
Studies show that use of insecticide-treated bed nets can reduce transmission as much as 90% in areas with high coverage rates. Bed nets prevent malaria transmission by creating a protective barrier against mosquitoes at night, when the vast majority of transmissions occur. The African malaria mosquitoes generally bite late at night or early morning, between 10:00 p.m. and 4:00 a.m. A bed net is usually hung above the center of a bed or sleeping space so that it completely covers the sleeping person. A net treated with insecticide offers about twice the protection of an untreated net and can reduce the number of mosquitoes that enter the house and the overall number of mosquitoes in the area.
  FOR MORE INFORMATION:
  Leila Navon:leila@graceintheheights.org
  
Want to do more?
We need you and your NETwork. Together we’ve raised enough to send nearly a million nets to Africa, but we still have a long way to go to cover the continent! Start your own Netraiser Team and get your friends and family on board in the fight against malaria.

Last week, we launched the Nothing But Nets World Malaria Day Fundraising Challenge to send 275,000 nets to refugees in Uganda, Tanzania, Sudan, and Kenya. We’re already halfway there, and we’ve still got time left until World Malaria Day.
 
   
 

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