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Mandy Moore: Bitten By One Bug, Ready To Squash Another
Last month, actress/singer Mandy Moore was in Southern Sudan to help launch a massive campaign for malaria prevention, handing out the first of 3 million malaria nets to kick things off. It was Moore’s first visit to Africa, and one that had a profound effect.
“I fell in love with the people and their spirit,” says Moore, who has now become inspired to see much more of Africa by way of her involvement with Population Services International (PSI) and the cause that has touched her heart: stamping out malaria, cholera, and other diseases that plague the continent. “Through [PSI] I’m going to be working on Five & Alive, which is about helping children around the world in impoverished countries to reach the age of five.”
Moore expressed her gratitude for being able to shed light on the cause via her celeb status, stating how she can “…use this platform to raise awareness for things that mean something to me.”
Insecticide-treated nets are the most effective way to prevent transmission of malaria, a mosquito-borne disease which kills more than one million people annually–mainly children in sub-Saharan Africa. Through the bold efforts of organizations like PSI and Malaria No More, as well as the voices of people who embrace the opportunity to not only speak out but to get down and dirty with things, a huge impact can be made on this statistic. Awesome job, Mandy!
