Sentences with phrase «more bed nets»

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«Are we saying that every piece of military equipment is more important than bed nets, children's health and nutrition for low - income families?»

The government should be more concerned about military equipment than bed nets because providing for defense I emphasize defense) of the people of the US against those who would threaten our lives, liberty or property with force is one of it's primary roles; being a charity is not.

Part of this success is due to President George W. Bush's President's Malaria Initiative, which helped ensure that more than 1 million bed nets were distributed across the country, and leadership from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria.

The Global Fund, underway in more than 140 countries, has delivered 104 million insecticide treated bed nets and 108 million highly effective doses of malaria medicines, and has also protected millions of homes through indoor spraying.

In Ethiopia, deaths were cut in half after more than 20 million bed nets were delivered, covering those most at risk — particularly women and children.

Peter Chernin, chairman of Malaria No More, said: «I applaud the United Kingdom's commitment to provide bed nets to Africans at risk of malaria and salute Gordon Brown's bold leadership in the fight against this treatable and preventable disease.

But when the massive rollout of insecticide - treated bed nets began in Africa in the early 2000s — more than a billion have been distributed — little thought was given to resistance, says Maureen Coetzee, director of the Wits Research Institute for Malaria at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa.

One of the reasons for the more aggressive stance is President Bush's Malaria Initiative, launched in 2005 after Congress reproved USAID for spending the lion's share of its budget on operational costs — and less than 8 percent on the insecticides, bed nets, and medicines that would actually save lives.

It has supported the distribution of approximately 30 million antimalaria bed nets, helped to get nearly one million Africans on antiretroviral treatment and helped to cure more than two million people of TB.

But the Aedes mosquitoes bite during the day, making bed nets ineffective and insecticide spraying campaigns more critical to their control.

More than a decade ago, bed nets treated with pyretheroids — a class of pesticides that includes deltamethrin — were rolled out in Africa in a big way to fight malaria.

The Global Fund has helped to deliver more than 190 million bed nets to protect families from malaria.

Facilities include a small veranda with a table setting and a mosquito netted bed — what more do you need?

Not to mention each material were top notch, from the beddings to the mosquito net that added even more of a romantic atmosphere, Slow Villas means business when it comes to making you feel like luxury.

More cash bags you a larger room with firm bed raised off the floor, mosquito net, fan and cold - water bathroom with flush toilet and sink.

Book an outdoor four - poster bed draped with gauzy netting at the Café La Plage at the Beach House Hotel, and order a lemony salpicon de mariscos... Read More

We were concerned about more bits and so Pui, our Villa Manager and an exceptional talent, went and bought mosquito nets to put over the beds so protect the children from more bites.

Due to increased funding, more children are sleeping under insecticide - treated bed nets in sub-Saharan Africa.