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1 MALARIA KILLS. Send a net. Save a life.

2 Mosquito Tag

3 Your Role Mosquito Villager Aid Worker Only the Villagers can reveal their role to others.

4 Round 1 1.Every villager must find a non- villager 2.Introduce yourself 3.Then play a best of three rock, paper, scissors.

5 At the end of the best of three reveal your identity Villager vs. Aid Worker Winning Villager gets a net and becomes Aid Worker Losing Villager does not get a net and remains a villager Villager vs. Mosquito Winning Villager is safe from Malaria and Mosquito becomes a Villager Losing Villager is infected with Malaria and Villager becomes Mosquito

6 Round 2 1.Every villager must find a non- villager 2.Introduce yourself 3.Then play a best of three rock, paper, scissors.

7 At the end of the best of three reveal your identity Villager vs. Aid Worker Winning Villager gets a net and becomes Aid Worker Losing Villager does not get a net and remains a villager Villager vs. Mosquito Winning Villager is safe from Malaria and Mosquito becomes a Villager Losing Villager is infected with Malaria and Villager becomes Mosquito

8 Round 3- Night Time Villagers search for Aid Workers Each Aid Worker can shelter 2 Villagers with their Net Other Villagers must find a mosquito to battle Villager vs. Mosquito Winning Villager is safe from Malaria Losing Villager is infected with Malaria

9 What did we learn?

10 Malaria Bingo At the bottom of your bingo board you will find the answer to a question on the board-- Find the question and fill in your first square with the answer on your board. Your mission is to share this answer to help others’ fill in their boards, and collect answers from others so you can answer the questions, and fill the boxes on your board. Two “Bingos” is a winning board!

11 Why should I care about malaria?

12 There are about 200 million cases of malaria each year

13 A child dies every 60 seconds from malaria

14 Malaria disproportionately affects pregnant women and children, mainly in sub-Saharan Africa 77% of deaths from malaria occur among children under the age of five 90% percent of the deaths (all ages) due to malaria occur in sub-Saharan Africa

15 Malaria is highly related to poverty 90% of all deaths caused by malaria are in Africa.

16 USD 12 billion per year in direct losses Loss of 1.3% of GDP growth per year for Africa Household spending : >10% of yearly (Africa) Source: Global Malaria Action Plan (2008) The high economic costs of malaria contribute to a cycle of poverty

17 What is malaria?

18 How is malaria transmitted? Human HostVector Parasite Blood meal

19 Malaria is preventable and treatable !

20 How is malaria prevented?

21 Insecticide-treated Nets (ITN) An average of 54% of households in sub-Saharan African countries had at least one ITN in 2013

22 Each $10 = 1 net.

23 Diagnosis and Treatment Rapid Diagnostic TestArtemisinin Combination Therapies

24 Has there been progress in the fight against malaria?

25 In 2006, every 30 seconds a child would die from malaria. Now thanks to Nothing but Nets it has been reduced to every 60 seconds

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28 Renewed Global Commitment to Fight Malaria Creation of: The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria President’s Malaria Initiative

29 Looking Forward

30 More nets are needed At least 150 million insecticide-treated nets are needed each year to protect all populations at risk of malaria in sub- Saharan Africa The projected number of nets delivered in 2014 will still fall below the minimum number needed to protect everyone at risk of malaria

31 Please help

32 Join #NFTYConvention and tell Congress we can end #malaria in our generation: rac.org/malaria @theRAC rac.org/malaria Create a Buzzz! Join #NFTYConvention and tell Congress we can end #malaria in our generation: rac.org/malaria @The Religious Action Center rac.org/malaria


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