A 2005 report showed that only 23.8% of all children under 5 used a mosquito net.
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Volunteers performed net hanging demonstrations at various meeting points throughout the region.
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A Red Cross worker talks with families in Bondigui about the proper hanging and care of mosquito nets as well as prevention and treatment of malaria.
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A volunteer shows how a properly hung net can help prevent malaria. An impregnated net also protects those nearby the net because the insecticide on it kills and repels mosquitoes.
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These boys will benefit from donated nets since it is not possible to buy LLINs or insecticide for treating them in shops in Diebougou.
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Red Cross workers collected vouchers and distributed new LLINs with the hope of obtaining universal coverage of all sleeping spaces in the region.
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In 2005, only 32.6% of all households in the region owned a mosquito net, but this distribution will help protect people like this woman and her family from malaria.
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A Red Cross volunteer with several of the young children to be protected by new nets.
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Malaria caused 52% of deaths among children under age 5 in 2007.
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Volunteers unload packages of nets for distribution.
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In Diassara, a mother receives a new LLIN.
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More than 99% of all households had a representative turn out at distribution
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A family receives new nets. Volunteers opened the bags during distribution to prevent selling of the nets.
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Nearly 24,000 households were targeted for net distribution in Diebougou.
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At one of 161 distribution points, Red Cross volunteers collected vouchers and registered recipients' information.
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These children in Bamako are lucky to receive LLINs to cover their sleeping spaces.
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Along with their new nets, recipients received information about how to hang them and how they should be used year-round.
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The Red Cross collects vouchers to ensure distribution runs smoothly.
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This young man is happy to receive LLINs to help protect his family from malaria.
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A young mother presents her voucher on distribution day.
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LLINs and malaria prevention can drastically help prevent the disease and make life better for the people of Burkina Faso.
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These mothers wait for nets that will keep them and their babies safe.
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Net donations are vital to helping people in Diebougou, where 46.4% of people live below the poverty line and most cannot afford to buy nets.
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A volunteer showed three young children how they can share a sleeping space protected by a mosquito net.
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Volunteers delivered nets from community clinics to various distribution points via moped, bicycle, and donkey.
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The many Red Cross volunteers revisited households after distribution to ensure nets were properly hung.
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