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Malaria kills a child somewhere in the world every 30 seconds. It infects at least 500 million people each year, killing 1 million. 90% of those who die are in Africa, where malaria accounts for about one in five of all childhood deaths.

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About Us & Our Bednet Initiative

Hi, my name is Ava Panteli. I am a high school student on Staten Island, New York. I started a campaign to raise awareness in my school and in Staten Island about Unicef and its efforts to help children around the world, as well as to support to the
Millennium Development Goals.

In April 2006, I read an article(“Net Gains”) in the New York Times by Jeffrey D. Sachs, the director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University and the author of "The End of Poverty." It was an article about the malaria disease and how insecticide-treated bednets can save millions of children in Africa who may otherwise die from malaria.

About Malaria

The Disease - What is Malaria?
Malaria is a life-threatening parasitic disease transmitted by mosquitoes from person to person. When an infective mosquito bites, she transmits malaria parasites to her victim who falls ill. Other mosquitoes then pick up the parasite from the infected person and continue spreading the disease when biting other people.

The first signs of malaria are usually fever, aching and headache. Malaria may also cause a variety of symptoms and as a result is easily confused with other common illnesses. Untreated malaria can lead .....

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