Nothing But Nets Delivers 740,000 Bed Nets to Central African Republic

Integrated attack will accommodate accouchement with bloom interventions to anticipate malaria and measles

Washington, D.C. (Vocus/PRWEB ) December 19, 2008 -- The UN Foundation's Nothing But Nets campaign, a global, grassroots action to anticipate malaria, appear today the administration of about one actor bed nets to accouchement and their families throughout the Central African Republic (CAR). The nets will be broadcast as allotment of an chip measles immunization attack led by the government of CAR with abutment from the Measles Initiative. The bed nets contributed by Nothing But Nets will accommodate abounding advantage for 740,000 accouchement beneath the age of 5 who are accepting targeted in this effort.

We're appreciative to abutment this action and to advice families throughout CAR, area accouchement abide to be threatened by preventable diseases like measles and malaria With our partners, we are beholden to the bags of individuals who accept logged on to www.NothingButNets.net and donated as little as $10 to forward these life-saving bed nets. "We're appreciative to abutment this action and to advice families throughout CAR, area accouchement abide to be threatened by preventable diseases like measles and malaria," said Elizabeth McKee Gore, administrator of Nothing But Nets. "With our partners, we are beholden to the bags of individuals who accept logged on to www.NothingButNets.net and donated as little as $10 to forward these life-saving bed nets."

Working with the Measles Initiative - a affiliation led by the American Red Cross, the United Nations Foundation, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the World Health Organization, and UNICEF - Nothing But Nets will bear abiding insecticide-treated bed nets to anticipate the manual of malaria, a arch could cause of afterlife for accouchement in the country. In accession to life-saving nets, accouchement will aswell accept a measles anesthetic as allotment of the chip campaign.

To date, Nothing But Nets has aloft added than $22 actor to deliver nets above Africa, including Mali, Nigeria, Chad and Cote d'Ivoire. Although malaria has been alone in the United States, it still kills added than one actor humans anniversary year--most of whom are children. In fact, every thirty abnormal a adolescent in Africa dies of malaria. Bed nets are one of the easiest and cost-effective methods of preventing the advance of the baleful disease. A $10 donation is all it takes to acquirement and deliver a abiding insecticide-treated bed net to those a lot of in need.

Currently, in acknowledgment to an burning and actual need, Nothing But Nets has partnered with the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) to armamentarium the acquirement and administration of 275,000 abiding insecticide-treated bed nets for refugees active in 27 acting camps above Africa. To accord and to apprentice more, appointment www.NothingButNets.net/nets-save-lives/refugees.

About Nothing But Nets
Nothing But Nets is a global, grassroots attack to save lives by preventing malaria, a arch analgesic of accouchement in Africa. Inspired by above Sports Illustrated columnist Rick Reilly, tens of bags of humans accept abutting the attack that was created by the United Nations Foundation in 2006. Founding attack ally cover the National Basketball Association's NBA Cares, the humans of The United Methodist Church, and Sports Illustrated. It alone costs $10 to accommodate an insecticide-treated bed net that can anticipate this baleful disease. Visit www.NothingButNets.net to forward a net and save a life.

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Amy DiElsi, United Nations Foundation
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