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Nothing But Nets Supporters Attempt to Raise
$100,000 for Life-saving Anti-Malarial Bed Nets
Nothing But Sweat event takes supporters on 238-
mile bike ride through Texas Montgomery, TX.
Supporters of the grassroots campaign to prevent
malaria in Africa will attempt to raise $100,000
for anti-malarial bed nets in a 4-day bike ride
through Texas.
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GBGM Administration
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Date posted: Apr 18, 2008
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World Health Leaders Share Updates at Malaria Forum
United Methodist leaders in the fight against
malaria are cautiously optimistic about a newly
released report on the safe use of a vaccine that
reduces malaria infection among infants in
Mozambique.
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United Methodist News Service
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Date posted: Oct 23, 2007
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Nothing But Nets Campaign
Gets $3 Million Challenge Grant
The Nothing But Nets campaign will receive a $3
million challenge grant from the Bill & Melinda
Gates Foundation for the purchase and distribution
of insecticide-treated mosquito bed nets to
prevent malaria among children and families in
Africa.
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Date posted: Jan 05, 2007
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United Methodist Anti-Malaria Work Recognized at White House Summit
The commitment of The United Methodist Church to
the eradication of malaria was recognized at a
December 14 forum hosted by President and Mrs.
George W. Bush. The Rev. R. Randy Day was among
those invited to the White House Summit on
Malaria. The New York Times called the
gathering "the Who's Who" of the global
opponents of malaria.
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Date posted: Dec 15, 2006
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Malaria, Poverty Kill Children in Angola
At 3:50 p.m. on Sept. 25, 8-month-old Domingos
Antonic died.
Malaria and poverty killed him.
A $10 mosquito net might have saved his life. A
clean neighborhood sprayed with pesticide surely
would have.
Source:
United Methodist News Service
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Date posted: Oct 06, 2006
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Angolan Children Die Without Pediatric Surgeon
Sitting on the couch in the living room of Bishop
Jose and Dr. Laurinda Vidal Quipungo, the Rev. R.
Randy Day listens closely as the couple describe
the needs in their country.
Dr. Quipungo softly starts talking about a child
that had died of complications from malaria the
day before.
She says the child's death was complicated by the
need to give him a blood transfusion and oxygen.
Source:
United Methodist News Service
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Date posted: Oct 06, 2006
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Anti-Malaria Work Continues in Mozambique
“Like HIV and unsafe water, malaria in
Mozambique
is a weapon of mass destruction… I have four
grandchildren and I hope to take them there
someday,” said Global Ministries missionary
Carol
Kreamer, coordinator of Mozambique Initiative in
the Missouri Area.
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GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Jul 27, 2006
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The UMCOR Hotline, July 05, 2006
In Today's Hotline:
US: Widespread Floods Damage Communities
Africa: Stemming Malaria's Toll
South Africa: Women "Pick It Up" for Children
US: Last Days on the River
Source:
UMCOR
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Date posted: Jul 05, 2006
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Getting the Word Out: HIV/AIDS and Malaria Education in Cameroon
The United Methodist Church in Cameroon's
HIV/AIDS Team recently added malaria to their
curriculum. The five member team, composed of
four United Methodists from Cameroon and one
United Methodist volunteer from the US, travels
to different areas in Cameroon's countryside
teaching people about these preventable and
deadly diseases.
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UMCOR
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Date posted: May 23, 2006
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Letter from Uganda: Menace of Malaria Still Threatens Africans
The rains have come to central Uganda. This is
good. But it also means the menace of malaria
will return as well. This is the experience of
Rossette Kemigish, school nurse at the United
Methodist-related orphanage and primary school
known as Humble Place in Mukono District, about
30 kilometers outside Kampala.
Source:
United Methodist News Service
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Date posted: Jan 20, 2006
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The TIME Global Health Summit
The TIME Global Health Summit (November 1-3, New
York City), funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates
Foundation and hosted by TIME magazine, provided
a unique opportunity for The United Methodist
Church to unveil its new malaria program and
network with other health foundations and
government health programs seeking to eradicate
the disease.
Source:
New World Outlook
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Date posted: Jan 09, 2006
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Malaria Control in the 21st Century
We've all heard of malaria, but it rarely affects
us directly. We know it has existed for a long
time (one estimate dates it back to 6000 b.c.!).
But how much do we really know about the disease?
Here's a pop quiz to gauge your awareness.
Source:
New World Outlook
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Date posted: Jan 09, 2006
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United Methodist Community-Based Malaria Control Program Launches in Sierra Leone
NEW YORK, Dec. 13, 2005— United Methodists are
working to stamp out malaria, one community at a
time through the United Methodist Community-
Based Malaria Control Program which launched
this week. The initiative focuses on the health
of entire communities by addressing the factors
which allow this mosquito-borne illness to
spread.
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UMCOR
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Date posted: Dec 15, 2005
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Summit covers health concerns from avian flu to TB
Issues surrounding such health crises were
addressed during the Nov. 1-3 Global Health
Summit in New York, sponsored by TIME magazine
and the
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. United
Methodists were among the
participants from medicine, government,
business, nonprofits, public
policy and the arts.
Source:
United Methodist News Service
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Date posted: Nov 07, 2005
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Rev. R. Randy Day on the Fight Against Malaria
Comments of the Rev. R. Randy Day, chief
executive, General Board of Global
Ministries, The United Methodist Church, at
Time Global Health Summit, press
conference, November 1, 2005, New York City.
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GBGM Administration
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Date posted: Nov 03, 2005
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Bishop João Somane Machado of Mozambique on the Fight Against Malaria
Comments of United Methodist Bishop João Somane
Machado of Mozambique at Time Global Health
Summit, press conference, November 1, 2005, New
York City.
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GBGM Administration
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Date posted: Nov 03, 2005
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Fight against malaria needs everyone’s attention, United Methodists say
Bishop Joao Somane Machado sees children in
Mozambique dying of malaria on a daily basis and
he wants the world to pay attention. “This is
not an African issue,” said Machado, who leads
the United Methodist Church in Mozambique. “It’s
not only for poor countries. It’s global.”
Source:
United Methodist News Service
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Date posted: Nov 02, 2005
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Mission Board leaders speak about Malaria Control
Leaders of the General Board of Global
Ministries speak on the subject of Malaria
Control.
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Date posted: Aug 02, 2005
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Church Bulletin Insert: Malaria Control
Net Culture, Community Participation
Mission Agency Launches New Ministry
Program Begins in Sierra Leone
A new United Methodist ministry of malaria
control will mobilize already existing church-
related medical facilities and their personnel
to strike out against malaria. The program will
pilot in Sierra Leone—a West African nation with
a strong United Methodist network and a big
malaria problem. Sub-Saharan Africa is hardest
hit in the malaria pandemic.
The initiative is sponsored by the General Board
of Global Ministries, the church’s mission
board, and implemented by its health ministries
arm and the United Methodist Committee on Relief
(UMCOR).
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UMCOR
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Date posted: Aug 02, 2005
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Malaria Fast Facts
A collection of important information about
Malaria.
Source:
GBGM Administration
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Date posted: Aug 02, 2005
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New United Methodist Health Ministry Targets Malaria
The mission agency of The United Methodist
Church today announced a new health ministry
aimed at helping to eradicate malaria, a
controllable disease that kills a child every
thirty seconds.
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Date posted: Aug 02, 2005
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UMCOR Hotline, August 2, 2005
The death of newly-elected vice president, Dr.
John Garang has raised new concerns regarding
the recent peace accord between northern and
southern Sudan. A member of the southern Dinka
ethnic group, Garang was a key player in the
peace agreement that was forged last month. "Let
us pray that the peace accord will be respected
despite this great tragedy," said the Rev. R.
Randy Day, chief executive of the General Board
of Global Ministries. UMCOR program activities
are located in Darfur, in the western portion of
Sudan.
Source:
UMCOR
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Africa | Bosnia-Herzegovina | Niger | Sierra Leone | Sudan | Zimbabwe |
Date posted: Aug 02, 2005
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