Malaria Facts

• A CHILD DIES FROM MALARIA EVERY 30 SECONDS.

• Between 1 and 3 million people, most of them children, die each year from malaria.
• Malaria is one of the most deadly and prevalent diseases in Sub-Sahara Africa, and it is the most preventable and treatable
• An insecticide treated bednet can last for five years
• 2 to 3 people can sleep under each bednet and having an insecticide treated bednet in a room is repelling enough to mosquitoes that others sleeping outside the net are also protected

For more information, Please go to:

http://www.earthinstitute.columbia.edu/education/articles/view/43