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Swimmers:
313,216
US$:
2,112,206
# Nets:
487,397
Swimmers
313,216 people have participated in World Swim.
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Total Raised
US$ 2,112,206 has been raised by World Swim.
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# Nets
487,397 nets funded with the money raised.
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as at 11 Mar 2010
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Why malaria?
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Why malaria?
1 - 3
1 - 3 million -
million
-
people die of malaria
each year
5
70% of them
are children under 5
7
The children that
will die today from
malaria would fill
7 jumbo jets
Malaria is the world's single largest killer of children and pregnant mothers.
A net
The single most
effective means of
prevention is a
mosquito net
$5
Each long lasting
insecticidal net (LLIN)
– the net of choice -
costs $ 5
$100
For each US$100
raised, 20 nets will end
up over heads and beds and save
one child's life
Malaria is entirely preventable and treatable.
1-3 million people need not die each year.
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© 2010 World Swim Against Malaria is an initiative of the Against Malaria Foundation (AMF), a charity registered in the UK, US, Australia and a number of other countries.
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