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United to Beat Malaria

Malaria Control Program

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.

Facts
Launch Year
2006 1
Program Status
Active; rebranded from Nothing But Nets to United to Beat Malaria in 2022 1
Sponsoring Body
United Nations Foundation 1
Target Population
Vulnerable and remote communities in malaria-affected regions of sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean 1
Health Goal
To prevent malaria infections and deaths through education, insecticide-treated bed nets, antimalarial drugs, diagnostics and community health interventions 1
Geographic Scope
Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean 1
Measured Results
Distributed 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)
Ongoing 2
Classification
Program Kind
Vector Control Program 1
Connections

Delivers Practice

Vector Control, Practices

Entity-backed identity for the program-kind enum value this public health program already carries, resolved to a health practice by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The program-kind fact itself stays on the program unchanged.

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Sources
1. Wikipedia: Nothing But Nets
Wikipedia
  • Nothing 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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2. United to Beat Malaria (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia 'United to Beat Malaria': present-tense description as a current UN Foundation campaign; checked 2026-09-27.View the Source
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