Fighting Malaria with Bednets and Smiles, April 2010

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Three million bed nets, which protect children and adults from mosquitoes...
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... Have been distributed by aid workers...
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... To people in 17 African countries over three years.
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ExxonMobil health official Steven Phillips, left, and John Bridgeland from Malaria No More help provide bicycles to extend the reach of community health workers at the Rukara Health Facility in Rwanda.
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A judge from the American Idol television show, Kara DioGuardi, and singing star and Idol finalist Elliott Yamin helping to build a new mosquito-proof dormitory for orphans in Luanda, Angola.
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Girls at an orphanage in Angola which has been supplied with bed nets.

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