The United Nations Foundation is trying to tackle malaria by sending over 346,000 bed nets to refugees in 11 African nations. The Foundation's Nothing But Nets campaign has already shipped over 275,000 nets to 27 camps in Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya and Sudan. Each bed net can protect a family of four from malaria.
"Recently, we were able to provide a life-saving bed net to every refugee in need in Kenya - and have since seen the malaria rates plummet," according to Elizabeth Gore, Executive Director of Nothing But Nets. "Malaria now accounts for just 10 percent of all deaths, down from 33 percent just three years ago. However, even t....