Our Mission

Mission

With the slogan – “$6 BUCKS, BUY-A-NET, SAVE A LIFE” – Buy-A-Net raises awareness and the funds for the procurement of long-lasting, insecticide treated bed nets and anti-malaria medicine. In partnership with community-based groups, the nets and medicine are distributed free of charge, one village at a time, in Uganda, the group’s first target country.

 

 

Purpose

Reduce illness and death due to malaria through workable strategies in advocacy, education, prevention and treatment.  
Implement BAN’s community based model to fight the disease.
Adopt and support the Ugandan Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines and policies. 
Share best practices.

 

 

What we do 

Prevent malaria infection through the provision of long lasting insecticide-treated mosquito nets to communities, free-of-charge, and treat malaria infections with the provision of anti-malaria medications free-of-charge to those community based groups that have the capacity to diagnose, administer and monitor drug use.
Educate and promote good health seeking behavior for prompt treatment of malaria.
Engage in seeking out national and international partners to maximize technical and financial resources, and to share best practices.
Monitor and evaluate compliance and effectiveness of malaria control interventions.