Decade-long US project to fight malaria builds thriving African ...

(Academy for Educational Development) In a decade-long initiative to protect millions of families from malaria in sub-Saharan Africa, a US government-funded project helped sell 50 million bed nets in seven countries, crafted a voucher system to allow the poor to receive them for free or partial cost and created enough incentives for private companies that they invested $88 million to expand their businesses, according to results released today by AED at a conference held at the National Press Club.