I threw aside my mosquito net, jumped out of bed and drew up the blind.

我撩开蚊帐，跳下床，拉开百叶窗。

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In Tanzania, I met a mother with five children who was buying the first bed net in her life.

在坦桑尼亚，我遇到一位有五个孩子的母亲，当时她正在购买生命中的第一顶蚊帐。

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"When Jeff Sachs says every poor person should receive a free bed net, I agree-but in reality many end up not receiving one," she says. "And I don't live in a world of shoulds."

“杰夫·萨克斯说必须给每个穷人都发一床蚊帐，我赞成——但实际上大部分人根本收不到，”她说，“另外我并不是活在一个只会说“应该这样，应该那样”的世界里。”

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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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