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Malaria kills around 600,000 people annually. Children under five years old in Africa account for about 70% of all malaria deaths worldwide, and around 11% of total malaria deaths are in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).[1]

As part of our ongoin...

GiveWell, with co-funding from Coefficient Giving, recently made our largest grant to date: $276 million to the Against Malaria Foundation (AMF) to support the procurement and distribution of 92 million nets i...