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Malaria’s Impact on Women and Girls

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Miranda Perez-Rivera
September 13, 2023
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International Day of Charity: Students Unite to Highlight Disproportionate Impacts of Malaria on Women and Children

On Tuesday, September 5, students from the University of Delaware came together to recognize International Charity Day (9/5) with the United to Beat Malaria. Students raised awareness for malaria’s impact on women and children and asking for your help in the global fight to end malaria for good! The event was hosted in collaboration with … Continued

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Emile Dawisha
May 12, 2023
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Mother’s Day: Moms are the First Line of Defense in the Fight Against Malaria

As we celebrate Mother’s Day this weekend, millions of moms around the world are working hard to protect their family and community from malaria – a 7-days-a-week burden that carries a heavy cost. Women have long been the first line of defense against this deadly mosquito-borne disease. They ensure the family sleeps under bed nets … Continued

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Patty Sanchez Bao,  United to Beat Malaria
March 7, 2023
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International Women’s Day: Three Women at the Forefront of Combatting Malaria in the Americas

On March 8, International Women’s Day, we take the opportunity to recognize the important role women, who make up almost 70% of the global healthcare and social care workforce, play in preventing and controlling malaria around the world. We interviewed three amazing women scientists leading the fight against malaria in three countries in the Americas … Continued

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Miska Salemann
March 8, 2022
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Progress Towards Gender Equality Rests on the Fight to End Malaria for Good

Today, March 8th, the global community unites to celebrate International Women’s Day. As patients, caregivers, and healthcare providers, women and adolescent girls disproportionately experience the health, societal, and economic brunt of malaria.  The Nothing But Nets campaign continues to fight to beat malaria – a disease that largely impacts pregnant women and children. In 2020, … Continued

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Patty Sanchez Bao
October 22, 2020
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Voices from the Frontlines: Elcise

Did you know Haiti is one of the last countries in the Caribbean where malaria regularly occurs? The Haitian government and its partners have worked hard to decrease malaria cases by more than 50% over the past ten years. But despite this tremendous progress, there’s still work to be done; especially for mothers like Elcise. Elcise … Continued

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United to Beat Malaria
June 17, 2020
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Voices from the Frontlines: Rosie Nzenze

Rosie fled her home country of CAR due to war and sought sanctuary at Inke refugee camp in DRC. Learn more about her story in honor of World Refugee Day. 

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United to Beat Malaria
May 27, 2020
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Voices from the Frontlines: Nancy Piruch

As a mother, Nancy’s main priority is protecting her children from anything that threatens their health and well-being. Unfortunately, where Nancy lives, one of those threats is a simple mosquito bite. Earlier this year, Nothing But Nets and Cotopaxi visited communities across rural Ecuador and witnessed how access to mosquito nets helps put the worries of mothers like Nancy at ease.

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United to Beat Malaria
May 8, 2020
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Voices from the Frontlines: Olga Pitiur

Lucrecia Vinza is a tri-lingual teacher at the Kapawi elementary public school who is passionate about protecting her kids from malaria. One of her main motivations for fighting malaria in her community is her experience getting malaria herself. Hear her story.

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United to Beat Malaria Champion
July 1, 2019
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Meet Winter: Malaria Survivor & Nothing But Nets Champion

My hometown of Kisumu-Kenya is a malaria hotspot, known for having high malaria transmission as well as cases of severe malaria among infants and young children. While living there, I suffered from the disease myself and witnessed children and pregnant women lose their lives because of a mosquito bite.

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United to Beat Malaria Champion
June 10, 2019
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Sifa’s Story

Since 1996, my home country of the DRC has been involved in violence that has killed more than 6 million people. I was born and raised in the eastern parts of the country where fighting continues and destroying infrastructure, creating human rights violations and causing physical and psychological damage to citizens. My family was attacked several times, which made us move from place to place.

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