Press Releases

NBA Star Stephen Curry Breaks Three Point Record, Saves Lives

Nothing But Nets | April 19, 2013

Dawes Turns Up the Volume in the Fight Against Malaria

Nothing But Nets | March 4, 2013

Global Health Experience to visit D.C. for the first time during “Global Health Week on the Hill”

Washington Global Health Alliance | February 26, 2013

WWE Divas Fight Malaria in Rwanda with Nothing But Nets

February 25, 2013

Director of the UN Foundation’s Nothing But Nets Campaign Urges Continued Funding, Bed Nets to Fight Malaria in Africa

December 17, 2012
Chris Helfrich calls on partners and governments to sustain the gains made in ending malaria deaths

Stephen Curry Shoots Threes to Save Lives

November 26, 2012

Nothing But Nets and WWE Join Forces to Put the SmackDown on Malaria!

Nothing But Nets | October 1, 2012

Game Over, Malaria: Nothing But Nets and plyfe Join Forces to Fight Deadly Disease

Nothing But Nets | July 10, 2012

Actress and Humanitarian Serinda Swan Joins the Fight Against Malaria

Nothing But Nets | June 21, 2012

Turning Crisis into Hope: Nothing But Nets and UN Refugee Agency Deliver More Than 1 Million Bed Nets to Protect Refugees from Malaria

Nothing But Nets | May 2, 2012

Musicians and Young Hollywood Actors Send ‘Letters of Hope’ to Refugees in South Sudan on World Malaria Day

Nothing But Nets | April 25, 2012

Ban Ki-moon, Shaquille O’Neal, Belgian Princess Celebrate World Malaria Day, Call for Aid to Refugees in South Sudan

Nothing But Nets | April 23, 2012
In observance of World Malaria Day, the United Nation Foundation’s Nothing But Nets campaign, the Roll Back Malaria Partnership, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Malaria, and Variety held a reception at the UN Headquarters to discuss ongoing efforts to eradicate this deadly disease. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the UN; HRH Princess Astrid of Belgium, Special Representative to the Roll Back Malaria Partnership; and NBA Legend Shaquille O’Neal came together to show their support for the fight to end malaria worldwide.

Malaria Takes Center Stage and Center Court as Americans Rally to Save Lives in South Sudan

Nothing But Nets | March 27, 2012

United Nations Foundation Mourns Passing of U.S. Representative Donald Payne

United Nations Foundation / Better World Campaign | March 6, 2012

Celebrities, Companies, and Faith-Based Organizations Come Together to Help Families in the Horn of Africa

Nothing But Nets | January 31, 2012

Director of the UN Foundation’s Nothing But Nets Campaign Commends Steep Decline in Malaria Deaths in Africa

Nothing But Nets | December 16, 2011
Following the release of the World Health Organization’s World Malaria Report, Chris Helfrich, director of the United Nations Foundation’s Nothing But Nets -- a global, grassroots campaign to fight malaria in Africa -- released the following statement.

BASF Donates 75,000 Life-saving Nets towards the Nothing But Nets Campaign’s Emergency Appeal to Save Lives in the Horn of Africa

Nothing But Nets | November 15, 2011

On Nothing But Nets’ 5-Year Anniversary, UN Foundation Founder and Chairman Ted Turner Thanks Partners, Calls for Renewed Action in the Fight Against Malaria

Nothing But Nets | November 14, 2011

Malaria takes center-stage as Disney’s The Lion King and the Nederlander Organization Join the Fight Against Malaria

November 9, 2011
Today, the UN Foundation’s Nothing But Nets—a global, grassroots campaign to fight malaria in Africa—announced that Disney’s The Lion King and the Nederlander Organization are joining the campaign as its newest partners in the movement to end malaria. The organizations will work together to raise awareness among millions of Broadway fans about how they can help stop malaria, a disease spread by a single mosquito bite that kills a child every 45 seconds in Africa.

7 Billion Reasons to Be the Generation to End Malaria Deaths

Nothing But Nets | October 27, 2011