But many of those bed net manufacturers employ 10 or 15 people.

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They ensure that each home has access to a bed net to protect the family from malaria, a pit toilet, first-aid training and other basic health and safety practices.

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"Ashton's 'Twitter race' is an amazing example of how we can leverage new technology to battle an ancient disease, " said Scott Case, CEO of Malaria No More, the charity expected to benefit most from the mosquito bed net donations.

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So unlike the traditional bed nets that were on the market--polyester-based and would fall apart after three or four months, had to be dipped--this would enable people to buy a bed net that would last for five years, never have to dip it in insecticide and would actually kill the bugs on contact.

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And so when there was this opportunity with long-lasting bed nets, we knew that some of the local bed-net manufacturers might not make it.

FORBES: Transcript: Jacqueline Novogratz

Holley hospital, a small 100-bed safety net institution specializing in tuberculosis.

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So we worked with Sumitomo, UNICEF and helped find who we thought was the most extraordinary bed-net manufacturer with the traditional nets and financed the technology transfer and then provided a lot of management assistance on the side.

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Sleepy families return to bed, fans whirring and net curtains twitching in the breeze.

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