Real Relief launches Reliefnet™
February 24, 2021
Reliefnet has just been Pre-Qualified (PQT/VC Ref Number: 036-002) by World Health Organization. Reliefnet thereby joins an exclusive club of LLIN’s capable of deployment in the global fight against malaria.
Malaria
Malaria is one of the world’s deadliest diseases. Even after two decades of determined global fight to roll back the disease, malaria still claimed more than 400 000 lives in 2019 (World Malaria Report 2020). This however represents a massive reduction since the fight began in 2000, where the yearly death rate was 736 000. The mass distribution of LLIN’s has proven one of the most effective tools in achieving this reduction.
Plastic waste
The strategy of mass distribution of LLIN’s means that around 200 million LLINs yearly are delivered to mainly Sub-Saharan Africa by the partners involved in the global fight against malaria. These nets represent a staggering 120 000 Tons of plastic material every year and is recognized as a huge plastic waste problem by most partners. Several attempts have been made to solve the problem by reclaiming and either recycling or incineration. All attempts so far have been unsuccessful mainly due to the fact that it is not economically feasible to reclaim the LLINs.
Reliefnet a potential solution to a huge problem
Reliefnet , apart from being an efficacious LLIN, incorporates an advanced technology in the material of which the LLIN is made.
It has been incorrectly disposed of there, or if it is being misused as for example a fishing net.
Contact
More information about Real Relief and Reliefnet is available at:
www.realreliefway.com, email: info@realreliefway.com, tel.: +45 7556 1650, or by contacting
Real Relief’s Managing Director: Trine Angeline Sig, email: ts@realreliefway.com, mob.: +45 2826 2600 or Technical Director: Torben Holm Larsen, email: thl@realreliefway.com, mob. 2825 2500