While malaria can be prevented by sleeping under an insecticide-treated bed net, for residents of the Mbala area development program, finding money to purchase a bed net is almost impossible.

As we celebrate the best in humanity this Olympics, that means giving others the chance to live their dreams. Sports brought us together for London 2012. The action we take next is up to all of us.

When it comes to health in the developing world, timing is everything. A few scant hours can make the difference between a child being successfully treated for malaria and becoming a statistic.

April 25 is World Malaria Day. It is a time to celebrate the progress made in the fight against this disease, but it also time to renew our commitment to eradicating the killer of at least 650,000 people worldwide in 2010.

How do you scale a social enterprise in a sustainable manner? The unlikely answer to the question is found in Girl Scout cookies, or more specifically, in the scaling strategy used by Girl Scouts nationwide to sell over 200 million boxes annually and generate over $700 million.

Tackling malaria in a country like the Central African Republic is a huge uphill battle, and my experiences there have been a have been a healthy dose of reality.

One evening two years ago when I was in Uganda, I met a beautiful little girl named Violet at the Bishop Asili Hospital. A lab test had diagnosed her with malaria.

I was recently asked the question of why Africa has one of the highest rates of malaria-related deaths. That is when I realized sometimes I take for granted the education I have received through my work in Uganda.

This year I'm rethinking my holiday shopping list. I recently traveled to the Central African Republic, where the UN has identified an urgent need for mosquito nets. My experience was life-changing, and the people from my trip are always on my mind.

Over a dozen of Tanzania's brightest stars have come together for the Zinduka! Malaria Haikubaliki campaign to raise awareness about malaria and the u...

U.S. spending on the war in Afghanistan has now exceeded the cost of the war in Iraq for the first time since 2003. According to USA Today, we now spe...

Last April, Ashton Kutcher made history when he challenged CNN to a race to a million followers on Twitter and won. The real winners of the Twitter race? Families in Africa.

Malaria isn't trendy, it isn't sexy, and it isn't on the cover of every magazine this week. But, in comparison with even the most villainous vampire in the "Twilight Saga", malaria wins one contest: it's definitely scarier.