Every day malaria kills almost 1,200 people, according to the World Health Organization.

Twelve hundred people every day.

The main step we can take to end this horrible disease is to support the use of a simple tool: insecticide bed nets.

These nets cover a person’s sleeping quarters. They cost about $4 to purchase and distribute. Yes, four dollars.

They’re treated with insecticide, so that the mosquitoes who land on it die. The long lasting insecticide bed nets top charities use last for four to five years.

The charity analyzer GiveWell highly recommends donating to the Against Malaria Foundation because of rigorous surveys that have tested the efficacy of the organization’s work, the low cost AMF has for buying and distributing nets, and the overall success of using long lasting insecticide netsIt’s roughly estimated AMF can save a life for every $5,500 it receives.

Read the full article about the fight to end malaria by Nick Brown at medium.com.