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Malaria
Helping millions sleep easier
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Thanks to the International Red
Cross and Red Crescent Movement and partners, over the past
five years, millions of people have received long-lasting
insecticide-treated mosquito nets to protect them and their
families from malaria.
In 2006 alone, 8.3 million bed nets
were distributed in Africa during mass vaccination campaigns
against other diseases. In all, National Societies and their
more than 25 partners protected 22,000 more children a day
from malaria in countries including Angola, Kenya, Rwanda
and Sierra Leone.
“Despite this spectacular achievement,
malaria is still one of the most devastating global public
health problems with more than 1 million deaths every year.
Some 3,000 children die of malaria every day,” says
Jean Roy, senior adviser at the International Federation secretariat’s
health and care department. More than 80 per cent of cases
occur in Africa, south of the Sahara.
The mass distributions are supported
by campaigns to educate families about how to use the nets
and visits by volunteers to make sure that the nets are hung
properly and children sleep under them. Apart from children,
pregnant women, people with HIV, refugees and other displaced
people, and those living in poverty are also at risk. In 2007,
another 7 million children under the age of 5 in Africa can
expect to receive nets.
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A man watches
a convoy carrying mosquito nets arrive in Niger.
©OLAV
A. SALTBONES / NORWEGIAN RED CROSS
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A convoy unloads mosquito nets in Niger.
©ALAIN DAUDRUMEZ
/ INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION
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more than 2 million mosquito nets to 3,800 distribution
points across Niger, where they are unloaded, given
to women and hung up to protect 3.5 million children.
©ALAIN DAUDRUMEZ
/ INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION
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In all, more than 2 million
mosquito nets to 3,800 distribution points across Niger,
where they are unloaded, given to women and hung up
to protect 3.5 million children.
©ALAIN DAUDRUMEZ
/ INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION
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In Uganda, a new net brings a
smile to a mother's face.
©HEINE
PEDERSEN / DANISH RED CROSS
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| The spectre of
malaria haunts millions of households, with more than
300 million acute cases and at least 1 million deaths
annually.
©JOHN
HASKEW / INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION
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The spectre of malaria haunts
millions of households, with more than 300 million acute
cases and at least 1 million deaths annually.
©HEINE
PEDERSEN / DANISH RED CROSS
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The spectre of malaria haunts
millions of households, with more than 300 million acute
cases and at least 1 million deaths annually.
©HEINE
PEDERSEN / DANISH RED CROSS
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A volunteer is among thousands
of Red Cross Red Crescent helpers who bring an easier
night’s sleep and a brighter future to children
in Niger and Uganda.
©JOHN
HASKEW / INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION
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The spectre of malaria haunts
millions of households, with more than 300 million acute
cases and at least 1 million deaths annually.
©JOHN HASKEW / INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION
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The spectre of malaria haunts
millions of households, with more than 300 million acute
cases and at least 1 million deaths annually.
©JOHN HASKEW / INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION
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The spectre of malaria haunts
millions of households, with more than 300 million acute
cases and at least 1 million deaths annually.
©HEINE
PEDERSEN / DANISH RED CROSS
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