Mali Net Distribution
Malaria No More joined Mali’s Ministry of Health, the Alliance for Malaria Prevention and other partner organizations in an integrated measles-malaria campaign that distributed a total of 2.3 million long lasting insecticide treated nets.
Dates: December 2007
Malaria No More Contribution: 165,000 mosquito nets, as well as funding for the nets, distribution, logistics, and social mobilization activities
Total Distribution: 2.3 million nets
Big Picture
Malaria No More joined Mali’s Ministry of Health, the Alliance for Malaria Prevention and other partner organizations in an integrated measles-malaria campaign that distributed a total of 2.3 million long lasting insecticide treated nets. 2.8 million children under the age of five received mosquito nets, a measles vaccine, polio vaccine, and Vitamin A supplements.
Results
- The survey showed that 81.7% of all households have at least 1 mosquito net.
- Mali now has the highest mosquito net utilization rate in Africa.
- 78.5% of all children under 5 and 73.9% of all pregnant women are reported to sleep under bed nets.