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Mosquito nets save lives


Malaria is in addition to diarrhea, malnutrition, measles and pneumonia, one of the five leading causes of death in developing countries. It calls each year up to two million lives - more than hunger, AIDS or civil war. The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that cancer every year, around 400 million people from malaria. This affects mainly pregnant women and children. In those areas where malaria occurs constantly (the MalariaeEndemiegebieten in Africa), about 3,000 children die every day.

Malaria is not an epidemic that will pass, but a constant threat. Although purchases of who survived an African childhood, a certain immunity. But some insect repellent, with which you fought the mosquitoes once successful, are now ineffective. And most of the available drugs work in Africa because of the resistance that developed the virus, no longer sufficient. Effective combination drugs cost many times and are unaffordable for most of the African population. There is no vaccine against malaria it.

What remains is the long-standing mosquito net that night - provides protection - the malaria-bearing mosquitoes are Nocturnal. How successful has this simple method, shows an example from Tanzania. This area was already reduced by half due to the protective nets reduce child mortality. But often lack even the money for mosquito nets.

In order to protect his only son, 10, - € enough. So much does an insecticide-impregnated net.



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