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Malaria deaths hugely underestimated

Friday, 3 February 2012 10:40 by General

A recent article in the Lancet, which uses a new way of estimating the number of deaths due to malaria, concludes that 1.24 million people died from the disease in 2010 - much higher than previously recognised.

You can read more about the article on the BBC News site and Against Malaria Founder Rob Mather was interviewed by BBC 5 Live this morning. You can hear the interview via the mp3 link: Malaria interview 5 live.mp3 (7.63 mb). There is also a breakdown of the data on the Guardian website.

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Past the 9 million dollar milestone!

Saturday, 31 December 2011 16:36 by General
We have just passed the $9 million mark on New Year's Eve 2011. What a great way to end the year.
 
We passed the $7 million milestone back in September, $8 million 13 weeks later and $9 million only 9 days after that. We have also been mentioned in a New York Times article by Nicholas Kristof about holiday giving.
 
Every donation from every person counts as the total of $9,008,000 from nearly 45,000 donations and transactions, in 161 countries, indicates. 100% buys nets.
 
Our best wishes to all in 2012. 
  
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We are now GiveWell's #1 rated charity globally!

Tuesday, 29 November 2011 17:53 by General

After thousands of hours of investigation, evaluation and review - covering internal documents, interviews and on-site visits - the independent charity evaluator GiveWell has just announced its new top-rated charity: Against Malaria!

Read their announcement and the detailed review of our charity for more details.

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What is it like to distribute nets?

Friday, 25 November 2011 10:30 by General

Elise Johnson, a student at North Central High School, and now at Stanford University, talks on national radio in the US about her experience distributing nets in Senegal: http://soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment/3062/Malaria-Nets-for-Africa

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Infant mortality due to malaria falls in Africa

Friday, 14 October 2011 14:05 by General

Awa Marie Coll-Seck, Executive Director of the 'Roll Back Malaria' Partnership, has just given an interview stating that malaria has moved from being the largest cause of infant mortality to the third largest in Africa, although this differs in many countries and regions.

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Nets Part Of Global Fund’s Brazil Malaria Effort

Wednesday, 18 November 2009 14:41 by General
Against Malaria's mission to fight malaria by distributing nets was validated on Tuesday November 17 when the Global Fund announced they were committing EUR37 million over five years to treat and prevent malaria in Brazil. The Global Fund committing capital after learning that a reported 99% of malaria transmission in Brazil happens in the Amazon. While the project aims to both prevent and treat, it specifically mentions the planned distribution of insecticidal mosquito nets, actions Against Malaria have been taking for years. In addition to countless net distributions across Africa, Against Malaria has already distributed 2,000 nets in Peru thanks to a partnership with Amazon Promise, and 3,500 nets in Nicaragua, via a partnership with Project Concern International. Every individual can continue to help save lives by donating to Against Malaria, which has no administrative costs and puts 100% of donations toward net purchases. 
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