Zambezi River Expedition

On March 29, 2008, NetsforLife® joined the Roll Back Malaria Zambezi Expedition, launching a two month voyage to highlight the challenges of fighting malaria in remote areas of Africa.

The Zambezi is the fourth longest river in Africa and flows through six countries. Navigating through Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Mozambique, the Zambezi Expedition stopped along the shores of each country to take on board local malaria control staff, document the malaria situation in remote river communities and hand out insecticide treated nets and malaria medicines.

By exposing the difficulties of delivering mosquito nets and medications to remote areas, the expedition demonstrated that a coordinated regional malaria control initiative was needed to fight malaria and save millions of lives.

Photos courtesy of Ron Haviv/VII and Laura Ellen Muglia for Episcopal Relief & Development.  We gratefully acknowledge the support of Laura Ellen Muglia and her husband Bob Muglia and their generous sponsorship of the Zambezi River Expedition.

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A remote village on the Zambezi River.

Episcopal Relief & Development President Rob Radtke.

Mosquito nets arrive in Ibo, Mozambique before distribution.

Malaria nets are shown in Mozambique.

Villagers line up for malaria nets in a remote village.

Women and children walk with new mosquito nets in Zambia.

A child infected with malaria lays in a hospital with his parents.

Villagers help an expedition member with the nets.

A woman is treated for malaria in Angola.

Women and children receive nets in Zambia.

A woman hangs her new net.

A girl holds her life-saving net.

Fighting Malaria on the "River of Life."

Children take part in the anti-malaria campaign.

Two boys hold their malaria nets.