Press Releases

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

Nothing But Nets Campaign Launches Emergency Appeal to Save Lives in the Horn of Africa

Nothing But Nets | October 12, 2011
Nothing But Nets Campaign Launches Emergency Appeal to Save Lives in the Horn of Africa

Mandy Moore Calls for Nets from West Africa

Nothing But Nets | August 11, 2011

Chris Helfrich Appointed Director of the UN Foundation’s Nothing But Nets Campaign

Nothing But Nets | June 20, 2011

WNBA Chicago Sky and UN Foundation’s Nothing But Nets Campaign Honor Local Champions

Nothing But Nets | June 10, 2011

Americans Rally to Help the UN Give Urgent Aid to Victims of Unrest in Cote d’Ivoire

May 10, 2011

Malaria Buzz Hits Toshiba’s Big Screen in Times Square

April 25, 2011

Celebrities, Students, and World Leaders Come Together to Raise Awareness on World Malaria Day

April 25, 2011

Americans Act Quickly to Save Lives in Central Africa

Nothing But Nets | January 24, 2011

Nothing But Nets Campaign featured on AOL.com

Nothing But Nets | January 4, 2011