Barbecued goat with couscous, fried plantains, fish stew and a host of other culinary delicacies were served during a special African dinner held Aug. 23 at the First United Methodist Church in Eureka. About 100 people attended the festive event. The evening was a fundraiser for Nothing But Nets, the United Methodist Church's partnership with the NBA to get nets to malaria-stricken regions in Africa.
Read Article It may be a cliche, but "nothing but net" has never taken on such importance as it does now. That's because the first annual Cavanagh Classic Basketball Game - in collaboration with the "Nothing But Nets" campaign - will tip off tomorrow afternoon at Rucker Park to help raise funds to ship life-saving bed nets, which prevent malaria, to Africa.
Read Article The African continent is loosing up to $12 billion per year of its Gross Domestic Product in scaling up malaria intervention programs, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). WHO country representative, Olusegun Babaniyi said malaria remains a global threat to the attainment of social-economic targets, with three million and more cases and an estimated one million deaths annually.
Read Article Australian scientists have identified a potential treatment to combat malaria. Researchers in Melbourne believe their discovery could be a major breakthrough in the fight against the disease. The malaria parasite produces a glue-like substance which makes the cells it infects sticky, so they cannot be flushed through the body.
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Read Article Ne Ne Ali is only 10, but she has already developed a talent and a social conscience. A spoken-word artist and rapper, she is the organizer and headliner of this event, which will raise funds for Nothing but Nets (nothingbutnets.net), a campaign to combat malaria in Africa by purchasing mosquito netting for beds. The evening will also include world music by the band the Earthman Experience.
Read Article The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has obtained a grant of N940 million ($8 million) in support of child survival programmes in Nigeria. This is in a bid to save the Nigerian child from avoidable childhood diseases and death. The contribution, which came courtesy of the Japanese government is to be directed towards polio eradication, malaria prevention and routine immunisation.
Read Article Fifth-graders at Centerville Elementary School in Urbana are calling the more than $1,500 they raised to fight malaria a ‘‘nothing but net” shot.
Read Article The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria today announced that 1.75 million people living with HIV have been reached with lifesaving antiretroviral (ARV) treatment through AIDS programs it supports, a 59 per cent increase over results reported a year ago.
Read Article Dwayne De Rosario has had a story book MLS career. He's a four-time MLS Cup Champion. He's a two-time MLS Cup MVP. He was the MVP of the 2006 MLS All-Star Game. He's the face of the Houston Dynamo franchise. But there's more to De Rosario's life than collecting awards; he's giving back. Houstonist met up with the Dynamo midfielder to chat about his life saving quest.
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