Save the Children
In Africa, a child dies from malaria every 30 seconds. One in five childhood deaths results from malaria infection. Mosquito net gifts from Save the Children help save lives.
Mosquito nets are one of the most effective ways of preventing mosquito bites and the transmission of life threatening insect-borne diseases.
Malaria Infection in Africa
2.5 billion (40 percent) of the world's inhabitants, mainly those living in the world's most deprived countries, are in danger of becoming infected with malaria.
Over 500 million people fall critically ill with malaria each year.
Every year, in excess of one million people die from malaria. Of these, most of them are babies, young children and pregnant women, and they are living in Africa.
Insecticide Treated Mosquito Nets to Prevent Malaria
Mosquitoes that transmit malaria are most likely to bite during the night, and mosquito nets prevent mosquitoes from reaching people while they are sleeping. Giving a gift of a mosquito net to a child will allow him or her to sleep safely at night.
Furthermore, if the net is impregnated with insecticide, its efficiency is significantly enhanced as it will repel mosquitoes before they even make contact with the net.
"In Kenya, from 2004 to 2006, a near ten-fold increase in the number of young children sleeping under insecticide-treated mosquito nets was observed in targeted districts, resulting in 44% fewer deaths than among children not protected by nets, according to preliminary data from the Government of Kenya." - World Health Organisation.
This demonstrates that insecticidal mosquito nets can help provide protection against malaria for at risk groups of people in the developing world.
Malaria is preventable. Children are still dying needlessly.
Save the Children Mosquito Nets
Save the Children is the world's independent children's charity. The charity offers a selection of virtual gifts to directly help the world's poorest children. When a gift is bought from the Wish List, the gift is given to a child.
Why not buy a gift of five mosquito nets from Save the Children's Wish List and help save children's lives? This gift will provide five mosquito nets treated with insecticide, so children can sleep safely at night.
Remember, a child dies every thirty seconds from malaria. Help prevent this by giving the gift of a mosquito net.