Between the 23rd and 28th June 2009 the Senegal Red Cross on behalf of the Against Malaria<br />Foundation distributed 40,000 LLINs (long lasting insecticide treated nets) to children under<br />five years old in Fatick Town, in the Region of Fatick, Senegal.<br />This distribution was part of a National level distribution of 1,980, 046 LLINs to all children<br />under five years old in Senegal. The Senegal National Malaria Control Program (NMCP) took<br />the opportunity to distribute the LLINs at the same time as the bi-annual administration of<br />Vitamin A to all children between 6 and 59 months and mebendazole (a deworming<br />treatment) to all children 12 to 59 months. Every child under 5 years old was entitled to a<br />LLIN, with no maximum number of LLINs per family. There were many organisations involved<br />in this mass integrated distribution which was led and coordinated by the NMCP as part of the<br />Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHP). The Senegalese Red Cross worked throughout 8<br />out of the 14 regions in Senegal,
