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 These lucky kids will sleep under an LLIN tonight. Children under 5...
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Mpinga is one of the areas in Burundi that is targeted for univers...
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Volunteers receive their instructions on distributing in Mpinga. ...
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Those distributing in Mpinga were from the Ministry of Health and ...
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Trucks were used to reach the common distribution points in Mpinga...
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Those distributing nets were trained to distribute three nets per ...
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Pregnant women and those with small children are especially vulner...
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Bundles of nets were delivered to common distribution areas for vo...
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23 volunteers brought nets to 1752 households traveling by foot.
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A total of 5256 nets were distributed in Mpinga.
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Volunteers received instructions on how to distribute the nets so ...
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Distributing the nets was very difficult work. Households were wid...
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Numbers were carefully recorded to ensure responsible distribution.
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20,000 nets were purchased by Against Malaria, 10,000 were donated...
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Families eagerly awaited the net distribution in part because this...
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A total of 88 worked tirelessly for this distribution in Burundi.
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One child dies of malaria every 30 seconds in Africa. Bednets are ...
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The difficulty of distribution with households spread several kilo...
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Safe storage of bednets before distribution was achieved in Burundi.
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23 volunteers covered a lot of territory in four days. The fourth ...
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Carrying bednets was a heavy task. Note the women carrying their s...
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Volunteers were trained to be sure that the nets achieved universa...
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Because of the widely dispersed homes, some nets had to be distrib...
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Net distribution was done by foot and bicycle as that is the main ...
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Young children like this little boy will be able to survive to adu...
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Each household received three nets with the idea that two people w...
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The LLINs are treated with an insecticide that will last 4-5 years...
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This young family will be able to escape the deadly malaria statis...
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Children and pregnant women are most likely to die if they contrac...
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Universal coverage with bednets has been shown to cause a dramatic...
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Households in this area are commonly several kilometers apart.
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12 volunteer supervisors were trained to supervise all of the volu...
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While malaria can be treated, scarcity of medicine to treat the di...
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Each volunteer carried nets to households in Mpinga.
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Supervisors insured that all households were contacted.
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Previous surveys were used to determine how many nets to bring and...
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Volunteers at work in Mpinga.
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