A worker for Navarongo HRC addresses the community outside of Navro-Pungu Primary School, the central distribution site in Kassena-Nankana district.
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Community members gather around to learn proper usage of LLIN mosquito netting.
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Workers and community members open a newly issued mosquito net. Each net provided by Against Malaria has the potential to save a person's life.
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Several of the newly distributed nets are opened by workers and community members as part of a demonsration on proper usage.
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Workers unload another bale of netting for distribution in Navro-Pungu, Ghana.
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At the Navro-Pungu Primary School, several Against Malaria workers strap bales of netting to the back of their motorcycles for distribution to the surrounding communities.
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Motorcycles are used to distribute the mosquito netting to many of the surrounding areas.
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Kassena-Nankana district has 90% of its population living in rural settings like this one. Netting has been provided to these communities free-of-charge by Against Malaria.
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A woman in Navrongo, Ghana graciously receives the netting Against Malaria has given her.
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At a rural distribution site in Kassena-Nankana district, residents have gathered to learn about their new mosquito netting under the shade of a tree.
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A member of the Navarongo HRC team speaks to a gathering of people about proper usage prior to distributing the netting.
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Netting is spread out to indicate how to properly hang it over a bed.
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A worker unloads several nets from the back of his motorcycle to distribute to residents of the Navrango region of northern Ghana.
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A distribution worker and member of the community shelter from the summer heat while learning about their new mosquito netting.
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Navrongo residents open their newly-acquired mosquito netting.
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A worker distributes netting from the back of his motorcycle. The distribution timeline, from June through July, should prevent many cases of malaria from occuring during the upcoming high transmission season between July and November.
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In 2006, malaria resulted in 33 deaths of children under five years old in Kassena-Nankana alone. The netting distributed by Against Malaria should greatly aid in preventing future deaths.
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A woman and her child happily receive their free mosquito netting in rural Kassena-Nankana district.
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A man gives his fingerprint as a signature of receipt of his new mosquito netting.
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As recently as 2006, most of the 600 reported deaths in the Kassena-Nankana district were malaria-related. Anti-malarial netting, like that provided by Against Malaria, is expected to significantly lower this statistic.
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