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Mosquito nets for Kids

In many developing nations, malaria is one of the leading threats to the life of a child, resulting in some 750,000 child deaths per year globally. That’s more than 2,000 children a day. Malaria is the fourth leading cause of child mortality around the world and second in sub-Saharan Africa. Everyday 320 Ugandans die of Malaria. 85% of these are children under the age of five. Malaria is very associated with poverty. malaria can be prevented using cost effective methods like spraying and sleeping under a mosquito net. But all these are next to impossible for impoverished families for example orphan headed households with no source of income at all. In Masaka such families are very therefore meaning many malaria related deaths.

Malaria endangers pregnant mothers and babies. It is responsible for as many as 10,000 maternal deaths a year and results in maternal anemia, spontaneous abortions, neonatal deaths, and low birth-weight babies.

Malaria can be prevented and treated using inexpensive, proven interventions. Sleeping under a treated bed net, spraying insecticide inside homes, and using the right anti-malarial drugs dramatically reduce the impact of malaria. Unfortunately, for the hundreds of millions of people on less than $2 per day, these life-saving interventions remain unaffordable and inaccessible.

Malaria and HIV and AIDS are a deadly duo. Malaria makes AIDS or HIV+ status worse. People infected with HIV are more likely to transmit the virus or become seriously ill when infected with malaria. Spread the word, become a NIRP advocate and support our cause: