Didn't Bill Gates purchase a heap of malaria nets only for it to turn that out that people were using them for things like fishing and generally just not using them for their intended purposes?
Not to diminish the finding mind you, just that I was surprised to hear about malaria nets.
>So you're saying the world got better because of it?
Unfortunately not - the hole size on the nets is much smaller than a normal fishing net, so it doesn't let juveniles escape, reducing the future fish population.
A lot of the nets are also treated with insecticide, which means you're essentially dumping insecticide into the water, which can be dangerous to humans and toxic to fish.
Not to diminish the finding mind you, just that I was surprised to hear about malaria nets.
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/25/world/africa/mosquito-net...