Biting Back December 2009 Uganda: Comic Relief Celebrities Kick Start Net Distribution

Five celebrities from this year’s Comic Relief Kili- manjaro Climb - Ben Shephard, Chris Moyles, Fearne Cotton, Gary Barlow and Kimberley Walsh - visited Uganda to lend their direct support to the start of a mass mosquito net distribution campaign to help save the lives of thousands of children in Western Uganda.

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Other News... • World Malaria Report 2009 • New advocacy case studies published • United Nations Resolution Malaria Consortium Christmas Appeal on Malaria Annual Lecture 2009 • Photographer wins award Professor Myles Wickstead Help us to provide nets to the for Malaria photos considers whether the MDGs children of Southern Sudan. should be a matter of rights or Even a small amount can make simply the right thing to do. a big difference!

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