United to Beat Malaria, known as Nothing But Nets until a 2022 rebrand, is a global grassroots campaign of the United Nations Foundation, founded in 2006, that raises awareness and funding to fight malaria. The campaign began after sportswriter Rick Reilly published a Sports Illustrated column urging readers to donate ten dollars each toward bed nets, and it has since grown into a broader effort distributing bed nets, antimalarial drugs and diagnostics alongside education campaigns to vulnerable communities in sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean.
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Program StatusActive; rebranded from Nothing But Nets to United to Beat Malaria in 2022 1 Sponsoring BodyUnited Nations Foundation 1 Target PopulationVulnerable and remote communities in malaria-affected regions of sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean 1 Health GoalTo prevent malaria infections and deaths through education, insecticide-treated bed nets, antimalarial drugs, diagnostics and community health interventions 1 Geographic ScopeSub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean 1 Measured ResultsDistributed aid to more than 40 million people in 61 countries as of 2023, and helped protect over 1.67 million people in 2024 1 Program status (class) Classification
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The campaign aims to prevent malaria infections and deaths by providing malaria education, insecticide-treated bed nets, anti-malarial drugs, diagnostics, and other interventions to vulnerable and remote communities in sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean.
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The campaign aims to prevent malaria infections and deaths by providing malaria education, insecticide-treated bed nets, anti-malarial drugs, diagnostics, and other interventions to vulnerable and remote communities in sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean.
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Source Wikipedia: Nothing But NetsLead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia articletier 2Quote, Lead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia article
The campaign aims to prevent malaria infections and deaths by providing malaria education, insecticide-treated bed nets, anti-malarial drugs, diagnostics, and other interventions to vulnerable and remote communities in sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Wikipedia: Nothing But NetsLead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia articletier 2Quote, Lead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia article
The campaign aims to prevent malaria infections and deaths by providing malaria education, insecticide-treated bed nets, anti-malarial drugs, diagnostics, and other interventions to vulnerable and remote communities in sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean.
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WikipediaNothing But Nets article, founding section
The organization started in 2006 after sportswriter Rick Reilly saw a documentary on malaria while visiting Venice.
- Nothing But Nets article, geographic reach section
- Nothing But Nets article, program description
Nothing But Nets article, 2023 impact figures
As of 2023, United to Beat Malaria had distributed aid to more than 40 million people in 61 countries.
Nothing But Nets article, 2022 rebrand
In 2022, the organization changed its name to 'United to Beat Malaria.'
- Nothing But Nets article, parent organization
- Nothing But Nets article, target communities
Program classification, entity description sentence
The campaign began after sportswriter Rick Reilly published a Sports Illustrated column urging readers to donate ten dollars each toward bed nets, and it has since grown into a broader effort distributing bed nets, antimalarial drugs and diagnostics alongside education campaigns to vulnerable communities in sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean.
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- Wikipedia 'United to Beat Malaria': present-tense description as a current UN Foundation campaign; checked 2026-09-27.
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United to Beat Malaria, previously known as Nothing But Nets until 2022, is a global, grassroots campaign of the United Nations Foundation to raise awareness and funding to fight malaria.
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