The cost-effectiveness of insecticide-treated bed nets in fighting Malaria has been a point of discussion and praise in the third-sector for a while now.

Until recently, the war against malaria in sub-Saharan Africa was being waged through mass distribution campaigns of these nets every three years. The bed nets themselves were effective yet the program was lengthy, expensive, and cumbersome. The entire process took a whole year to complete.

Furthermore, due to the nature of the mass distribution campaign, a significant portion of the bed nets were defective by the time of distribution, which meant that a household had to wait another three years to get much-needed protection from malaria.

It was obvious that changes had to be made.