MALARIA CD – 100 + LIVES SAVED

The compact disc Save My Soul – Music to Prevent Malaria has only been released for a month and we have already raised enough money to save more than 100 lives.   This is an amazing first step.   Our next major goal is to save 1,000 lives.   After that, 100,000 lives.  Together with your help, we will get there.   Help spread the word about our album now.  Visit our website and share our hyperlinks with your friends. http://www.savemysoulcd.com

MALARIA CD ON KAOS – FM – SPIN THE GLOBE

Save My Soul – Music to Prevent Malaria has found a new place in the library of jocks at KAOS 89.3 – FM Radio according to the stations music director.   The album can be heard on Fridays with host Scott Stevens between 10 AM and Noon PST.

Click here and listen live to KAOS – FM

TANZANIA NET FACTORY – NEW NETS LAST 5 YEARS+

A reader of one of my newsletters questioned me about the efficacy of mosquito nets in combating malaria.  He was stunned when I explained the CDC has reported that the use of mosquito nets reduces the risk of death by 20%!   He was also concerned about how long can a mosquito net actually last.  I explained that he would be surprised.  Some mosquito nets are defined by the acronym LLIN which means “Long Lasting Insecticide treated Nets.”   I told him LLINs can last more than five years!

For example, Olyset® Nets launched a new factory in Tanzania.  This week I had the chance to talk to Lisa Goldman from Sumitomo Chemical, creators of this life saving technology. For you music fans out there, Sumitomo was the principal sponsor of the Africa Live concert series.

These LLINs employ a unique technology that slowly releases insecticides from within the fibers of the net continuously for periods lasting more than five years (even when the nets have been washed).

The new factory was created in partnership with local companies.  The whole operation involves more than 3,200 people in Tanzania and will create significant employment opportunities for the area.  

U.S. President George Bush recently visited the factory on his tour of Africa.   The company explains that the new factor will help bring worldwide annual production of mosquito nets up to 30 million.

INDIA – BSF MORE AFRAID OF MOSQUITOES THAN MILITIAS

Border Security Forces (BSF) in Shillong whose lives are constantly in danger from militants carrying automatic assault weapons and rampaging elephants, say that they are in greater fear of mosquitoes.

According to the Calcutta Telegraph, “[i]t is the killer mosquitoes famed for spreading malaria that has the BSF personnel stuffing their backpacks with tablets and mosquito nets.” 

The BSF arm themselves with cans of DDT and face-masks that are treated with insecticides.  However, there are increasing reports that mosquitoes are becoming immune to the insecticides.

MALARIA ATLAS PROJECT (MAP)

The last major effort to map the malaria endemic was nearly 50 years ago.  The Center for Geographic Medicine and Oxford have teamed together to create new models that spatially define the spread of malaria.   The organization has just released new data.

To view these incredible maps, first you must download and install Google Earth (Free).

Next, visit MAP’s website,click on the various downloads available, and see malaria from a whole new perspective.