Definition of "bednets" [bednets]

• Plural form of bednet. (noun)

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• "We're variously told that treated bednets reduce child mortality by 20% or by 40%; that they can exterminate all mosquitoes in a given area; even that they can eradicate malaria all by themselves."
• "Still, by December 2010, with countdown clocks ticking on their desks, Mr. Chambers's team had overseen the financing and distribution of a staggering 289 million bednets, an achievement that Mr. Perry calls "one of the most successful aid campaigns of all time.""
• "Stefan Sollfors/Science Faction/Corbis Distributing 3.3. billion insecticide-laced bednets by year's end is ambitious, but will it stop malaria?"