David Beckham, Andy Murray,and Denise Lewis met with hey met UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown in London to show their support for Malaria No More. Brown pledged to send 20 million life-saving malaria nets to Africa by next year.
“For less than the cost of a football you can protect a family from dying,” said Beckham. “I urge the UK public to get behind the Malaria No More UK campaign to save a life and make malaria no more.”
Malaria No More UK executive director Sarah Kline said: “Malaria No More UK is launching a mass campaign to help stop the suffering and death caused by malaria.
“Our first mission is to help reach the United Nations target of getting everyone at risk in Africa under a bed net by the end of 2010.
“We are delighted the prime minister has announced today that the UK is has already delivered 9.3 million nets of the 20 million pledged and look forward to seeing the rest delivered on time.
Around 90 percent of the one million deaths from malaria each year are in Africa, where the disease kills a child every 30 seconds.
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Photo Cred: Bauer Griffin
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