Malaria No More challenges the U.S. Fund for UNICEF to raise $1 million for malaria prevention and treatment
Make a donation to defeat malaria today, and your gift will go twice as far thanks to Malaria No More.
NEW YORK (September 9, 2008) — Malaria No More's mission is simple: to end deaths due to malaria. This fall, Malaria No More has presented the U.S. Fund for UNICEF with a Challenge Match Grant of $1 million dollars to support the purchase of bed nets, their delivery, and education on their proper use in malaria-endemic countries in Africa. The grant will match each donation made to battle this childhood killer, dollar for dollar, thus working twice as hard to support UNICEF's malaria prevention and treatment programs.
A child dies of malaria every 30 seconds in Africa. At least one million infants and children under five in sub-Saharan Africa die each year from the mosquito-borne disease. While it is one of the greatest threats to human and economic welfare on earth, malaria is both preventable and treatable if addressed properly and quickly.
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A woman unfurls an insecticide-treated mosquito net over a child’s bed in Papua New Guinea. UNICEF supplies bednets as part of a community-based program that helps families implement sound maternal and early childhood development practices, including the use of insecticide-treated mosquito nets.
Defeating malaria is an achievable and affordable goal by using bed nets to protect children against the disease. One bed net costs only $10 (including transportation, distribution and education on its use).
Malaria No More is determined to end malaria deaths, making high-yield investments of time and capital to speed progress, unlock resources, mobilize new assets and spur the world toward reaching this goal. The organization serves as a catalyst for outsized impact, working to maximize opportunities to save lives through communications, investments and resources.
Malaria No More was formed in 2006 to raise the profile of the disease among the public, policymakers and businesses, while engaging the private sector to provide lifesaving bed nets and other critical interventions to families in Africa. UNICEF is a founding member of Malaria No More. Other partners include the American Red Cross, the United Nations Foundation, the Global Business Coalition, Millennium Promise, United Way of America and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
With your support and through the generosity of Malaria No More’s Challenge Match Grant to UNICEF, the goal to significantly reduce the number of lives lost to malaria in Africa can be achieved. Please consider making a donation today.
