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What You Can Do to Stop Malaria

Today is World Malaria Day. Every day, while we go about our daily life, mosquitoes carrying the malaria parasite are making people sick in countries around the world where malaria still exists.

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Singer Aloe Blacc Shines a Spotlight on Malaria

Soul singer Aloe Blacc is back from a journey of discovery in Ghana, West Africa with Malaria No More UK. Aloe took time out from his tour schedule to witness the efforts underway to meet Ghana’s goal to make sure every home in the country has access to a mosquito net by the end of 2012.

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Can Social Media End Malaria? Can You?

Today I’m excited to welcome some of the world’s foremost experts and advocates to Seattle for the foundation’s second Malaria Forum.

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The Power of Local Voices: Nightwatch, African Artists, and Malaria

“It’s 10 o’clock—do you know where your children are?” This is a refrain many of us have known since childhood, a constant message to promote good parenting that has become a staple of U.S. culture. A world away, a nightly message is helping African parents keep their children safe from malaria.

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Saving Women’s and Children’s Lives by Controlling Malaria

The world has set goals to reduce child deaths, improve maternal health, and combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis, as well as other poverty-related challenges—the Millennium Development Goals. I’ll be discussing the MDGs more this week as part of the lead-up to TEDxChange, a TED event that looks at the progress we’ve made toward achieving these goals.

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