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This week i would like to introduce you the family of Anaha Makmoud. She is the mother of 3 children: Fatouma, the youngest, Abdulaï, the middle one and Fatouma the older girl. She is here at the Integrated Health Center of Yantala in Niamey (Niger). She came to pick up the long lasting treated bed nets distributed for free in the country. She vaccinated her two kids under five against polio and then got two vouchers to get free bed nets. This was in March 2006. The rainy season has started by now in Niger, bringing with her the mosquitos and malaria. With these bed nets provided by the Global Fund to fight Aids, TB and Malaria and the Canadian Red Cross, the family of Anaha is protected against mosquitoes bites during the night. Over 2 millions bed nets were distributed during this campaign reaching 86 percent of households with young children.