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LONG-LASTING INSECTICIDE-TREATED BED. NETS ARE ONE OF THE MOST EFFECTIVE. WAYS TO PREVENT MALARIA AND OTHER. VECTOR-BORN
BED NETS BLOCK THE BITE

LONG-LASTING INSECTICIDE-TREATED BED

THE VECTOR CONTROL INDUSTRY IS

NETS ARE ONE OF THE MOST EFFECTIVE

COMMITTED TO FIGHTING VECTOR-BORNE

WAYS TO PREVENT MALARIA AND OTHER

DISEASES BY BLOCKING THE BITE WITH

VECTOR-BORNE DISEASES.

LIFESAVING BED NETS.

&

SAVE LIVES! MORE BED NETS MEANS LESS MALARIA AND FEWER DEATHS.

IN THE PAST THREE YEARS

190 M CASES

427 MILLION NETS HAVE BEEN DELIVERED.

170 M CASES

INCREASED ACCESS

92



COUNTRIES,

MORTALITY IN 2015 BY

CASES

EVER DISTRIBUTED IN ONE YEAR.

2014 214M

-55% GLOBALLY AND IN THE AFRICAN REGION BY

791,000 DEATHS

450,000 DEATHS

6 MILLION NETS

2004

BED NETS (ITNS) FOR FREE.

THE MOST NETS

2012

YEARS

2014

THE DATA REFERS TO MALARIA-ENDEMIC COUNTRIES IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA. TO PROTECT EVERY PERSON AT RISK WE NEED

300 MILLION NETS EVERY YEAR.

-62%

SOURCE: WORLD MALARIA REPORT 2014 HTTP://WWW.WHO.INT/MALARIA/PUBLICATIONS/WORLD_MALARIA_REPORT_2014/WMR-2014-NO-PROFILES.PDF

DEATHS 608,000 DEATHS

DISTRIBUTE INSECTICIDE-TREATED

214 MILLION =

145 MILLION NETS

150 M CASES

TO NETS CAN HELP REDUCE MALARIA

214 MILLION NETS