From The Christian Post: ”International aid agency World Vision and the Against Malaria Foundation (AMF) have formed a new partnership to better protect children in four African countries from malaria – one of the leading causes of death on the continent. The initiative, “Operation Safety Net,” aims to provide three million insecticide-treated bed nets in Zambia, Kenya, Mozambique and Mali, protecting an estimated 6 million people at risk of contracting a preventable, curable disease that kills more African children than does HIV/AIDS. “Malaria is decimating the lives of young children today, claiming nearly a million each year,” noted Craig Jaggers, World Vision’s health policy advisor. “We are working to wipe out this killer, community by community, so we don’t lose a generation of children to a disease that is entirely preventable.” “
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