Message boards : Cafe Rosetta : Malaria - Nothing But Net
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Paydirt Send message Joined: 10 Aug 06 Posts: 127 Credit: 960,607 RAC: 0 |
"Malaria KILLS more than a million people worldwide each year—90 percent of them in Africa; 70 percent children under the age of five." (emphasis mine) The United Nation, United Methodist Church, and NBA (that's right, the National Basketball Association) are teaming up for "Nothing But Net." Studies have shown that wearing a net (at night?) significantly reduces the chances that someone will contract malaria. The charity effort will buy nets for people to wear for $10/net. It is good to know that efforts, both low-tech (w/nets) and high-tech (w/crunching) are being made to address malaria. |
Feet1st Send message Joined: 30 Dec 05 Posts: 1755 Credit: 4,690,520 RAC: 0 |
Now if we could just get the NBA to talk about Rosetta! Add this signature to your EMail: Running Microsoft's "System Idle Process" will never help cure cancer, AIDS nor Alzheimer's. But running Rosetta@home just might! https://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/ |
Greg_BE Send message Joined: 30 May 06 Posts: 5691 Credit: 5,859,226 RAC: 0 |
bahh, NBA is just looking for a little PR |
SOAN Send message Joined: 27 Sep 05 Posts: 252 Credit: 63,160 RAC: 0 |
bahh, NBA is just looking for a little PR PR isn't all that bad if it also accomplishes something worthwhile. Maybe the NBA won't stick with the program, but they helped someone while they were at it... |
The_Bad_Penguin Send message Joined: 5 Jun 06 Posts: 2751 Credit: 4,271,025 RAC: 0 |
Killer Spiders Prefer Malaria Mosquitoes "Malaria KILLS more than a million people worldwide each year—90 percent of them in Africa; 70 percent children under the age of five." (emphasis mine) |
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