Nothing But Nets is joining our founding partner, the National Basketball Association, for NBA All-Star weekend in Orlando, Florida. We’ll be sharing the court at All-Star Jam Session with our friends from the UN Foundation’s Girl Up campaign, spreading the word about how everyone can do their part to be a Champion for good!
Read ArticleTwo years ago, a child died every 30 seconds from malaria. Now, it’s a child every 60 seconds. We’re making huge progress in the fight to end malaria -- but just one death from a preventable disease is too many.
Read ArticleLast week, members of the Nothing But Nets team travelled to the annual meeting of the Alliance for Malaria Prevention in Geneva, Switzerland.
Read ArticleLast night, a new study was published by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation in The Lancet with some startling new figures concerning the number of malaria cases and deaths over the last 20 years.
Read ArticleA few months ago, we asked for your help in achieving a big goal: sending 150,000 anti-malaria bed nets to refugees in Somalia, Kenya, and Ethiopia. Due to the drought, famine, and conflict throughout the Horn of Africa, new refugees are arriving in camps each day. Malaria is a leading cause of death among refugees; they need food, water, shelter -- and nets -- to survive.
Read ArticleToday, we join the UN Foundation and our partners in the global health community to celebrate the life-saving work of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria.
Read ArticleAs Nothing But Nets supporters, we know you’re committed to helping others. Two years ago today, we asked you turn your compassion you have for sending nets and saving lives to those affected by the devastating earthquake in Haiti. Your response was overwhelming -- thousands of you joined the UN Foundation in helping the United Nations in Haiti by contributing to the UN’s Central Emergency Relief Fund (CERF).
Read ArticleThis week, Nothing But Nets is spreading the buzz among more than 150,000 of the most NETworked people around – at the world-famous Consumer Electronics Show (CES)!
Read ArticleAs we go through this journey of life, there are a few significant experiences that influence us in such substantial ways that they alter the course we are on and the way we perceive our purpose here on earth. For me, one of those experiences was representing the WNBA as one of the founding spokespeople with the UN Foundation’s Nothing But Nets campaign.
Read ArticleIn Geneva today, the World Health Organization released the 2011 World Malaria Report -- and there’s great news! This year's report has data from 99 countries, and shows that, working together with our partners, we’re saving lives from malaria.
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