{ Our Vision & Methodology }

TAMTAM distributes free bed nets to prevent malaria in a cost-effective, targeted, innovative and evidence-based manner.

TAMTAM conducts operational research on bed net distribution to help improve the use of bed nets worldwide.

Cost-effective

We are a volunteer organization with zero personnel costs. For only 7 dollars, we can provide a bed net to a vulnerable individual or household. Bed nets can reduce child mortality by more than twenty percent.

Targeted

We focus on vulnerable populations, such as pregnant women and children under five. Almost 90 million at-risk children remain without access to bed nets.

Innovative

We use bed nets to achieve other public health goals:

• Achieving broader public health objectives by using bed nets to encourage the use of preventive care such as prenatal examinations.
• Conducting operational research to test ideas that will improve future large-scale net distributions.

Evidence-based

A wealth of scientific research confirms that insecticide treated bed nets are highly effective at preventing malaria and can reduce child mortality by up to twenty percent. TAMTAM distributes bed nets that comply with the WHO’s standards for insecticide-treated bed nets.

A study of TAMTAM's approach in Kenya showed that a high percentage of bed net recipients were actively using the nets, and, in addition, TAMTAM significantly increased prenatal care attendance and HIV testing among pregnant mothers. As a results, TAMTAM's program proved to be extremely cost-effective, saving the lives of 18 babies per 1000 pregnancies.

TAMTAM collaborates with policymakers and researchers to refine and implement best practices in malaria prevention.

• We engage researchers, government officials and policymakers to identify outstanding operational and policy questions.
• We match in-country development practitioners with researchers to conduct operational evaluations and generate evidence to guide malaria policy decision-making.
• We conduct research and report findings in a timely fashion to ensure high policy relevance.
• We utilize linkages with country-level decision-makers to encourage the adoption of best practices in malaria prevention.

For more information about TAMTAM's approach and research, please download our summary PDF.