Kenya “Nets” Big Results
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Think the epidemic of poverty and disease in Africa is just too huge to tackle? Think again.
Take a look at great news from Kenya the other day. During the past five years, child deaths from malaria were cut by more than 40 percent!
But what’s also astonishing is the way this result–which means millions of children saved–was achieved: by simply handing out mosquito nets. Kenya and international organizations gave out 13.5 million insecticide-treated mosquito nets, meaning that 52% of children in Kenya now sleep under nets, up from 5% in 2003.
When you hear the staggering figures (up to 2.7 million Africans die of malaria each year, 75 percent of them children, tens of millions suffer chronically from the disease) the problem can be overwhelming, too massive to relate.
But as the ONE Campaign is telling America’s leaders and the news from Kenya proves, there are effective and affordable solutions that we can take on right now that will literally mean the difference between life and death for the poorest people in the world. Yes, the problems are huge and ending them may sound like a dream. But when countries focus on proven solutions, like delivering mosquito nets, big things happen, like saving millions of children and ending a disease.
-Steve Wilson
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August 21, 2007 at 10:06 pm
Thank you very much, Steve, for posting this EXCELLENT news from Kenya on the success of their malaria bednet distribution. The success of this program shows that, for just a few dollar investment in upgrading the quality of health care services, big dividends can get repayed to these countries in the form of lives saved and futures secu(red).
This info is just ONE more piece of helpful news that we can use in our Congressional office visits to show how well these programs to make extreme poverty history are working on the ground with the People of Africa.
Take very good care, everyONE. Blessings abound - just look around!
AS ONE, debbie
October 24, 2007 at 4:47 pm
Hello,
I am a Social Studies professor at a large Amercian University. I am working with a colleague to complete a project which aims to teach new teachers how implement social action projects in their classrooms We would like to do a project to raise money for mosquito nets in Kenya. We have been on several websites and cannot find an organization to specifically connect with to send donations….Can someone help?