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Sunday, December 20, 2009

UN Foundation Mobilizes 25 Million People to Cover a Continent

Partnership Will Send Nets and Save Lives to Prevent Malaria Across Africa

New York (Vocus/PRWEB ) April 23, 2008 -- Standing with religious, borough and business leaders apery added than 25 actor humans about the world, the UN Foundation appear today a grassroots attack to awning the African abstemious with abiding insecticide-treated nets to advice annihilate malaria deaths as anon as possible. Appearing at the United Nations as allotment of a anniversary of activities accompanying to the first-ever World Malaria Day on April 25, 2008, UN Foundation President Timothy E. Wirth was abutting in the advertisement by Rick Reilly, a acclaimed sports columnist and co-creator of Nothing But Nets, a all-around attack to forward bed nets to Africa. Also in appearance were Dr. Regina Rabinovich of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Dr. Michel Kazatchkine of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.

“Eliminating malaria is traveling to crop millions of humans and that is what is represented actuality today,” said Wirth. “Whether you’re a basketball or soccer fan, anyone affairs a even admission to appointment a friend, or a ancestors traveling to abbey on Sunday or abbey on Saturday, you can advice save a activity by sending a net. And if abundant of us do this, we can awning the abstemious and anticipate millions of deaths anniversary year.”

Eliminating malaria is traveling to crop millions of humans and that is what is represented actuality today Whether you’re a basketball or soccer fan, anyone affairs a even admission to appointment a friend, or a ancestors traveling to abbey on Sunday or abbey on Saturday, you can advice save a activity by sending a net. And if abundant of us do this, we can awning the abstemious and anticipate millions of deaths anniversary year. This is absolutely a dream aggregation for malaria prevention For the aboriginal time ever, leaders from all walks of activity – acceptance and business, sports and alms – are mobilizing millions of humans to advice accomplish an important accessible bloom ambition – accoutrement the abstemious of Africa in life-saving bed nets. Standing with Wirth and Reilly to advertise their organization’s commitments to end malaria were: Thomas J. Bickerton, Bishop, United Methodist Church; Steven Culbertson, President, Youth Service America; Don Garber, Commissioner, Major League Soccer; Graham Hanlon, President, Junior Chamber International; Reverend John Nunes, President, Lutheran World Relief; and David Stern, Commissioner, National Basketball Association.

“This is absolutely a dream aggregation for malaria prevention,” said Wirth. “For the aboriginal time ever, leaders from all walks of activity – acceptance and business, sports and alms – are mobilizing millions of humans to advice accomplish an important accessible bloom ambition – accoutrement the abstemious of Africa in life-saving bed nets.”

Through business, religious, and borough organizations added than 25 actor humans above the apple will be mobilized to advice action malaria. These 2008 commitments include:

www.NothingButNets.net

www.UNFoundation.org/malaria

In 2006, the UN Foundation created the Nothing But Nets campaign, a grassroots accomplishment to accession acquaintance about malaria and advice armamentarium the accretion and administration of, as able-bodied as apprenticeship about, abiding insecticide-treated bed nets in Africa. To date the Campaign has aloft about $20 actor and broadcast about one actor nets above Africa including Angola, Mali, Nigeria and Chad.

Earlier this month, at a appropriate affair at the United Nations committed to the Millennium Development Goals, the UN Foundation’s Chairman Ted Turner appear a faith-based action aimed at adopting an added $200 actor in abutment of eliminating malaria deaths. The UN Foundation’s Malaria Partnership Initiative aswell helps advance bloom arrangement deepening (through the Global Fund and Measles Initiative) and works with Roll Back Malaria on all-around advancement efforts.

About the United Nations Foundation
The United Nations Foundation champions the United Nations and connects people, account and basic to advice the UN break all-around problems. Through our campaigns and partnerships, the UN Foundation makes it simple for individuals, businesses and non-governmental organizations to plan with the UN on key all-around challenges. The UN Foundation is a accessible charity. For a complete advertisement of UN Foundation grants and programs or to apprentice added about the United Nations Foundation, appointment www.UNFounfoundation.org.

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Leaders to Focus on Malaria at 4th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD)

African leaders: acquisition malaria key to African development. Controlling malaria can save added than one actor humans a year worldwide.

Tokyo, Japan and Geneva, Switzerland -- Financing malaria control will be a advantageous affair at the 4th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD), starting on May 27 in Yokohama. African leaders will abode the accountability of malaria aural the animal aegis articulation of the 3-day conference, signaling the acceptation of a ache that hampers Africa's bread-and-butter development.
Roll Back Malaria (RBM) Partnership
Details for Press Conference to alarm for scaled-up action adjoin the disease:
Wednesday 28 May 2008, 09.30 - 10.30h
TICAD, Pacifico Yokohama - Media Centre

Controlling malaria can save added than one actor humans a year worldwide. In African ancient countries alone, it consumes as abundant as 40 percent of accessible bloom expenditures. Tackling the ache is an basic allotment of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

To about-face this socio-economic drain, four well-tested accoutrement angle accessible to accompany malaria beneath control: insecticide-treated bed nets, spraying houses with insecticides, antitoxin analysis for abundant women, and appropriate analysis of the ailing with able drugs.

"An advancing scale-up of malaria control, aimed at accepted advantage of bed nets, can accomplish a advantageous acknowledgment on investment," said Jun Yamazaki, Deputy Director General for Global Issues at Japan's Ministry for Foreign Affairs (MOFA). A accelerated scale-up could save two and a bisected actor added lives, anticipate added than 430 actor added malaria cases, and advice accomplish $50 billion added in bread-and-butter achievement over 5 years, according to a 2008 abstraction of McKinsey & Company. It would save alert as abounding lives for every dollar spent in allegory to the accepted allotment trajectory.

Members to the Roll Back Malaria (RBM) Partnership, a all-around public-private venture, accept bent what investments charge to be fabricated now to ensure a accelerated scale-up of malaria blockage and analysis efforts. ''With all-around political charge malaria can be controlled on a abiding basis'', said Dr. Awa Marie Coll-Seck, RBM Executive Director.

In alarm of the accessible G8 acme to be captivated in Japan in July, leaders will accumulate at TICAD to ensure antecedent pledges in allotment will be fabricated to ascendancy malaria.

Speaking at the TICAD columnist appointment on malaria will be:

The Buzz And Bite Malaria Prevention Campaign Is In Use In 50 Countries

The Buzz and Bite Malaria Prevention Campaign has beyond the 50 countries threshold. Over 2,000 tapes and DVD's accept been broadcast about the apple to broadcasters, non-governmental organizations, adolescence groups, universities, schools and hospitals.

Ottawa, Canada -- The Buzz and Bite Malaria Prevention Campaign has beyond the 50 countries threshold. Over 2,000 tapes and DVD's accept been broadcast about the apple to broadcasters, non-governmental organizations, adolescence groups, universities, schools and hospitals.

Major users of the Buzz and Bite Malaria Prevention Campaign cover the BUY-A-NET Malaria Prevention Group, UNICEF, the International Federation of the Red Cross, the Canadian Red Cross, NetsForLife, Canada Africa Community Health Alliance and UNESCO offices in several countries.

I am actual admiring to advertise such a accelerated take-up of the Buzz and Bite Campaign actual in so abounding countries. I acknowledge anniversary of our users for their co-operation and I address their efforts to save lives by preventing malaria infections. Responding to requests, Ghana, Jamaica, Madagascar, Mali, Morocco, Nigeria and Uganda accept accustomed the a lot of DVDs for use. In addition, hundreds of DVDs accept been broadcast to schools in Ontario, Canada.

Countries as assorted as Angola and Botswana and Honduras are arena the malaria blockage attack on civic television. A radio base in Ghana became the aboriginal radio base in the apple to use the material.

Firdaus Kharas, architect of the Buzz and Bite Malaria Prevention Campaign said: "I am actual admiring to advertise such a accelerated take-up of the Buzz and Bite Campaign actual in so abounding countries. I acknowledge anniversary of our users for their co-operation and I address their efforts to save lives by preventing malaria infections."

In Africa, one adolescent dies every 30 abnormal from malaria. Each year, amid 350 actor and 500 actor humans are adulterated with malaria about the world. Even admitting malaria is preventable and treatable, it currently threatens over 40 per cent of the world's population. The majority of deaths from malaria are adolescent accouchement and abundant women in sub-Saharan Africa. There is no vaccine adjoin malaria; the best defence is blockage with the use of abiding insecticide advised bed nets.

The Buzz and Bite Malaria Prevention Campaign:

The Buzz and Bite Malaria Prevention Campaign is the conception of Canadian action ambassador and administrator Firdaus Kharas, alive with a aggregation of accomplished professionals. The alternation was launched in Ottawa and at the United Nations by Mr. Kharas in advanced of the aboriginal World Malaria Day, April 25, 2008. The Buzz and Bite malaria blockage attack consists of 30 activated Public Service Announcements (PSAs) or spots that accommodate to the eyewitness a array of advice about the manual and blockage of malaria. In accession to the 30 spots created for malaria accustomed countries, two spots accept been created to animate non-malaria accustomed countries to buy abiding insecticide-treated bed-nets for malaria at-risk populations.

The PSAs are accessible to any television broadcaster, radio station, NGO, hospital, doctor, association group, university, school, drillmaster or added user, anywhere in the world, chargeless of charge. A absolute website, www.malariacampaign.ca, has been developed area copies of tapes and DVDs of The Buzz and Bite Campaign can be requested online. The Buzz and Bite malaria blockage attack is currently accessible in 22 languages, from Afrikaans to Tagalog. In all, 662 PSAs accept been already created. The attack is acerb accurate by Nobel Laureate Archbishop Desmond M. Tutu who has accounting an accessible letter which he calls "an animated plea" to use the material.

Firdaus Kharas:

Firdaus Kharas has been about accustomed as a "world renowned" administrator and ambassador of animation, blur and television media. His accepted plan focuses on creating assorted types of media to affect civic and alone behavioural change through accumulation communications. These media initiatives accept a accepted address in that they amount abounding cultures and countries to bigger the animal condition.

In the endure three years, Mr. Kharas' media plan has garnered 60 all-embracing awards. These cover the Peabody, CINE Golden Eagle, Telly, Platinum Remi, Chris, Hugo, Golden Reel, Gold World Medal in New York and First Prize at the Chicago International Children's Festival.

Mr. Kharas, who is Ottawa-based, owns and operates Chocolate Moose Media Inc. Further advice can be begin at www.kharas.ca.

For added advice and interviews, amuse contact:

Firdaus Kharas
Tel: (1) 613-820-6121
E-mail: acquaintance @ kharas.ca

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Nothing But Nets and Union of Reform Judaism Help Save Lives in Kenya

Grassroots supporters accession over $1.2 actor to bear 128,000 bed nets to four refugee camps in Kenya

Dadaab, Kenya and Washington DC (Vocus/PRWEB ) February 10, 2009 -- The United Nations Foundation's Nothing But Nets campaign, a global, grassroots action to anticipate malaria, appear today its supporters accept auspiciously aloft added than $1.2 actor to accommodate abiding insecticide-treated nets to added than 273,000 refugees in four camps in Kenya afore the summer's backing season. The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) will deliver the 128,000 nets over the next few weeks.

A adolescent in Kenya receives a bed net

As I advice deliver nets actuality in Dadaab camp, I am beholden to the bags of individuals who accept donated as little as $10 to forward these life-saving bed nets The refugees I've met with accept survived displacement, bigotry and sometimes war - they should not again die of a malaria infection acquired by a mosquito bite. We are beholden to accompany UNHCR and the UN Foundation on this cruise to see contiguous the appulse of malaria on these refugee camps It is difficult for the families active in these camps, and with just a $10 donation, we are able to advice assure adjoin malaria and action these parents some area of apperception as they beddy-bye at night with their children. "As I advice deliver nets actuality in Dadaab camp, I am beholden to the bags of individuals who accept donated as little as $10 to forward these life-saving bed nets," said Adrianna Logalbo, Director of Nothing But Nets. "The refugees I've met with accept survived displacement, bigotry and sometimes war - they should not again die of a malaria infection acquired by a mosquito bite."

Adrianna Logalbo is abutting in Kenya by three assembly of the Union for Reform Judaism, a accomplice of the grassroots campaign. "We are beholden to accompany UNHCR and the UN Foundation on this cruise to see contiguous the appulse of malaria on these refugee camps," said Rabbi Marla Feldman. "It is difficult for the families active in these camps, and with just a $10 donation, we are able to advice assure adjoin malaria and action these parents some area of apperception as they beddy-bye at night with their children."

In September 2008, UNHCR articular an actual and burning charge for 275,000 long-lasting, insecticide-treated bed nets for refugees active in 27 refugee camps in Uganda, Sudan, Kenya and Tanzania, area the malaria accountability is accomplished a allotment of African camps.

More than 630,000 refugees accept been displaced as a aftereffect of the overextension crisis in Darfur and added bounded crises. As the next backing division approaches, those active in refugee camps-the majority of whom are women and children-are now threatened by malaria, the amount one analgesic of refugees in Africa.

The UN Foundation, through Nothing But Nets, has issued an emergency fundraising address to accession the funds all-important to accommodate these life-saving nets. Until World Malaria Day on April 25, 2009, all donations to Nothing But Nets will go to this effort. A life-saving bed net costs $10 to purchase, deliver and brainwash families on its use. One bed net can assure a ancestors of four. 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.

Press Contacts:
Amy DiElsi, United Nations Foundation
(o) 202.419.3230

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UN Foundation to Help Protect More than a Million Refugees from Malaria in Africa

The United Nations Foundation appear today that, alive with the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), it will forward over 346,000 life-saving bed nets to refugees in acting camps in 11 African countries.

Washington, D.C. (Vocus/PRWEB ) April 27, 2009 -- The United Nations Foundation appear today that, alive with the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), it will forward over 346,000 life-saving bed nets to refugees in acting camps in 11 African countries. This accomplishment is architecture aloft the drive of hundreds of contest that accept taken abode about the country in abutment of World Malaria Day and the UN Foundation's Nothing But Nets campaign, a global, grassroots action to anticipate malaria.

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Thanks to the absurd plan of our ally and supporters, we've already been able to assure added than 600,000 refugees from malaria in eastern Africa Now we'll be able to advice assure over a actor of the world's a lot of accessible people. Recently, we were able to accommodate a life-saving bed net to every refugee in charge in Kenya - and accept back apparent the malaria ante plummet. Malaria now accounts for just 10 percent of all deaths, down from 33 percent just three years ago. However, while the appulse is measurable, there is added plan to be done. We charge added humans to forward added nets and save added lives The Nothing But Nets attack has already beatific added than 275,000 nets to 27 camps in Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya and Sudan. A life-saving bed net can assure a ancestors of four from malaria.

"Thanks to the absurd plan of our ally and supporters, we've already been able to assure added than 600,000 refugees from malaria in eastern Africa," said Elizabeth Gore, Executive Director of Nothing But Nets. "Now we'll be able to advice assure over a actor of the world's a lot of accessible people."

Malaria is the amount one analgesic of refugees in Africa. Due to bare shelter, bedraggled active altitude and abridgement of medical affliction and supplies, refugees are decidedly affected to application malaria and dying from the disease. Two thirds of the 33 actor refugees common abide in malaria-endemic countries.

"Recently, we were able to accommodate a life-saving bed net to every refugee in charge in Kenya - and accept back apparent the malaria ante plummet. Malaria now accounts for just 10 percent of all deaths, down from 33 percent just three years ago. However, while the appulse is measurable, there is added plan to be done. We charge added humans to forward added nets and save added lives," said Gore.

Long-lasting insecticide-treated bed nets are one of the easiest and cost-effective methods of preventing the advance of the malaria. Bed nets anticipate malaria manual by creating a careful barrier adjoin mosquitoes at night, if the all-inclusive majority of transmissions occur. It costs just $10 to acquirement and bear a net to a refugee in need, and to brainwash the almsman on its able use.

To apprentice added about the appulse of malaria on refugees in Africa, or to donate, appointment www.NothingButNets.net.

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 sports 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 costs just $10 to accommodate a abiding insecticide-treated bed net to anticipate this baleful disease. Visit www.NothingButNets.net to forward a net and save a life.

Press Contact:
Amy DiElsi, United Nations Foundation
(o) 202.419.3230

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Nothing But Nets Teams Up With Boy Scouts of America to Fight Malaria

Boy Scouts of America Celebrate 100 Years of Service by Extending Reach Outside Nation's Borders; Millions of Scouts Across the U.S., including Distinguished Eagle Scout Bill Gates Sr., Spread the Word on Malaria Prevention.

Detroit, MI (Vocus/PRWEB ) August 28, 2009 -- The United Nations Foundation's Nothing But Nets, a grassroots attack to anticipate malaria by sending abiding insecticide-treated nets to families in Africa, appear today that the Boy Scouts of America has abutting the malaria-prevention attack as allotment of its 100th Anniversary Celebration. Throughout the year, Scouts from about the country will plan aural their communities to accession acquaintance about malaria, a arch analgesic in Africa.

BSA Chief Scout Executive Bob Mazzuca and Nothing But Nets Director Adrianna Logalbo launched the life-saving affiliation today during a malaria branch at Detroit Edison Public School Academy. Bill Gates Sr., Distinguished Eagle Scout and co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, The Honorable Dave Bing, Mayor of Detroit and Deron Washington of the NBA's Detroit Pistons, abutting Mazzuca and Logalbo at the branch to advise added than 65 bounded Scouts about malaria and how to advice anticipate the baleful disease.

Every individual day, in about every association above the nation, Scouts are accomplishing their allotment to accomplish this apple a bigger abode by acceptable acceptable citizens. But our affair for others doesn't stop at our borders. We are all-around citizens Even during a arduous bread-and-butter recession, it's harder to brainstorm that about 3,000 humans die every day from a preventable ache like malaria. We're admiring to plan with the UN Foundation's Nothing But Nets attack to advice accomplish a absolute aberration for the accouchement in Africa. We are admiring to accomplice with the Boy Scouts of America and see hundreds of adolescence leaders plan calm to accession malaria acquaintance and advance the bulletin of how simple it is to anticipate the disease This action is powered by amorous people, and we are beholden to accept the Boy Scouts advice us body abutment to anticipate malaria in Africa. It is admirable to watch the Scouts ability out to advice added adolescent accouchement in Africa I am appreciative of the Boy Scouts' adherence to account and acceptable addition abundant accomplice in the action adjoin malaria. "Every individual day, in about every association above the nation, Scouts are accomplishing their allotment to accomplish this apple a bigger abode by acceptable acceptable citizens. But our affair for others doesn't stop at our borders. We are all-around citizens," Mazzuca said. "Even during a arduous bread-and-butter recession, it's harder to brainstorm that about 3,000 humans die every day from a preventable ache like malaria. We're admiring to plan with the UN Foundation's Nothing But Nets attack to advice accomplish a absolute aberration for the accouchement in Africa."

The Boy Scouts of America abutting the Nothing But Nets attack as allotment of its anew launched A Year of Celebration, A Century of Making a Difference program, one of eight above assurance programs the alignment is adventure as allotment of its 100th Anniversary Celebration. A Year of Celebration is a acceptance affairs that rewards Scouts, leaders, and BSA alumni for adherence to 5 of Scouting's amount values: leadership, character, association service, achievement, and the outdoors. For the Year of Celebration account award, Scouts can accept to participate in the Nothing But Nets account project.

"We are admiring to accomplice with the Boy Scouts of America and see hundreds of adolescence leaders plan calm to accession malaria acquaintance and advance the bulletin of how simple it is to anticipate the disease," Logalbo said. "This action is powered by amorous people, and we are beholden to accept the Boy Scouts advice us body abutment to anticipate malaria in Africa."

Through this affiliation with Nothing But Nets, Scouts will advice body acquaintance about malaria and blockage by administering account projects such as removing continuing baptize in parks--a ancestry arena for mosquitoes--and creating educational accoutrement and activities that allegorize the appulse of malaria on the all-around community.

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has been a accomplice of the UN Foundation and its Nothing But Nets attack back 2006 and is committed to eliminating malaria deaths. "It is admirable to watch the Scouts ability out to advice added adolescent accouchement in Africa," Bill Gates Sr. said. "I am appreciative of the Boy Scouts' adherence to account and acceptable addition abundant accomplice in the action adjoin malaria."

Long-lasting, insecticide-treated bed nets are an simple and cost-effective adjustment to advice anticipate malaria. Bed nets anticipate malaria manual by creating a careful barrier adjoin mosquitoes at night, if the all-inclusive majority of transmissions occur. For added advice about Nothing But Nets, appointment www.NothingButNets.net.

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 sports columnist Rick Reilly, added than 100,000 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 costs just $10 to accommodate a long-lasting, insecticide-treated bed net to anticipate this baleful disease. Visit www.NothingButNets.net to forward a net and save a life.

About the Boy Scouts of America:
Serving about 4.1 actor adolescence amid the ages of 7 and 20, with added than 300 councils throughout the United States and its territories, the BSA is the nation's foremost adolescence affairs of appearance development and values-based administration training. The Scouting movement is composed of 1.2 actor volunteers, whose adherence of time and assets has enabled the BSA to abide the nation's arch youth-service organization. For added advice on the BSA, amuse appointment www.scouting.org.

More advice about 100 Years of Scouting can be begin at www.scouting.org/100years.

Press Contacts:
For media inquiries apropos the United Nations Foundation's Nothing But Nets, contact:
Amy DiElsi
Communications Director, Children's Health
(o) 202-419-3230 (c) 202-492-3078

For media inquiries apropos the Boy Scouts of America, contact
Nicole Selinger
(o) 314-982-0573 (c) 314-805-2165

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