Distribution of Mosquito Nets Hampered

The International Herald Tribune reports on the attempts to distribute mosquito nets in Africa to reduce the number of malaria victims across the continent. Unfortunately, the distribution of nets isn't moving as quickly as was expected. According to the article, "In 2000, a world health conference in Abuja, Nigeria, set a goal: by 2005, 60 percent of African children would be sleeping under nets. By 2005, only 3 percent were." Read the article for more on this medical geography topic.