The Fight Against Malaria
Track the latest developments in malaria prevention, and key milestones in bringing OKnet to the people who need it most -- along with insights from OKnet’s founder.
A Major Milestone - WHO Approval
OKnet™ Approved by the WHO for Accelerated Pathway to Deployment For decades, insecticide-treated bednets have been among the world’s most important d...
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Beyond Survival — An Opportunity to Change Africa’s Future
For decades, I have reviewed hundreds of articles describing malaria as a deadly infectious disease. The damage caused by the world’s most deadly anim...
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Fishing with Bednets
What the Research Shows For years, bednets have been called the number one weapon against malaria. The logic is simple: stop mosquito bites, stop tran...
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Better design = Better use = Better protection
My work designing bednets began over 25 years ago. Long before I focused on malaria prevention, I wanted to provide a personal private space for chil...
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Meeting with WHO
Recently I traveled to Geneva, Switzerland, to meet with the World Health Organization (WHO) and present my OKnet™ anti-mosquito bednet. The discussio...
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Partnering with Africa's Largest Bednet Manufacturer
OKnet.org's manufacturer Based in Arusha, Tanzania, AtoZ Group Ltd., was founded in 1966. Over time they evolved into a major producer of insecticide-...
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Raising Awareness for a Better Bednet
Billions of dollars have been donated in the past 20 years to distribute 3 billion bednets in malaria-infested countries. But the current design is o...
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WHO Bednets: A Design Stuck in Time
The mosquito bednet used to protect millions of people is based on a design created more than 80 years ago: The Humphrey Bogart classic film, The M...
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