Mozambique has one of the highest rates of child mortality in the world and malaria accounts for a staggering 33 per cent of all child deaths. Malaria is both preventable and treatable, yet it remains the leading killer of children in Mozambique with 36,000 children dying needlessly every year.
Malaria is also a health risk to pregnant women as it has adverse effects on both the mother and the unborn child including maternal anaemia, miscarriage, premature delivery and low birth weight babies.
The solution
One of the best ways to prevent malaria is to sleep under an insecticide-treated bed net. New long-lasting insecticidal nets are more cost-effective than standard nets as they do not need retreating and can protect families for many years.
What UNICEF is doing
We aim to distribute 600,000 long-lasting insecticidal nets per year, focusing on the hardest to reach and the most vulnerable including pregnant women, children under five, and orphaned and vulnerable children.
Help us achieve this goal
£6,000 could provide over 1,000 long-lasting insecticidal nets to the most vulnerable children and pregnant women in Mozambique.
To find out more about this project or to support it now, please email us or call 020 7375 6212.
