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- what were rob mather and andrew garner doing before AMF? very little info of them anywhere.
- when was the AMF malaria advisory group established?
- "changes to the distribution guidelines and post-distribution checkup rules" -- kinda hard to find exact dates around this, imo.
- post-distribution checkup interval changes
- keep track of max nets distributed per distribution?
- "inclusion in standard lists of match-eligible charities"
- tax deductibility in Canada
- tax deductibility event for another group of countries?
- when did it hire the two other people? and how many people does it have anyway?
- the other occurrences of "madness against malaria". During which years did this happen? This tweet https://twitter.com/AgainstMalaria/status/16493837998 shows it happening in June 2010, in addition to the original late 2006 - early 2007.
| 2007 || {{dts|December}} || New country || The first net distributions in Liberia take place.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.againstmalaria.com/Distribution.aspx?ProposalID=75 |publisher=The Against Malaria Foundation |title=Maryland, Sinoe, Liberia |accessdate=April 25, 2017}}</ref>
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| 2008 || {{dts|January 25}} || Social media || The AMF YouTube account is created. AMF would use this account to upload bednet distribution videos and other informational videos.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/user/AgainstMalaria/about |title=AgainstMalaria |publisher=YouTube |accessdate=April 25, 2017}}</ref>
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| 2008 || {{dts|January}} || New country || The first net distributions in Togo take place in Danyi N'Digbe.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.againstmalaria.com/Distribution.aspx?ProposalID=86 |publisher=The Against Malaria Foundation |title=Danyi N'Digbe, Togo |accessdate=April 25, 2017}}</ref>
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| 2008 || {{dts|February 8}} || Social media || AMF's first news update dates back to this day. The update announces the launch of the news section of their site, which they call (at least at the time) the "Information Hub".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.againstmalaria.com/NewsItem.aspx?newsitem=Launching-our-Information-Hub |publisher=The Against Malaria Foundation |title=Launching our Information Hub |date=February 8, 2008 |accessdate=April 27, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.againstmalaria.com/News.aspx?Year=2008&Month=2 |publisher=The Against Malaria Foundation |title=News for 2008, February |accessdate=April 27, 2017}}</ref>
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| 2008 || {{dts|February}} || New country || The first net distributions in Nigeria take place in Benin City.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.againstmalaria.com/Distribution.aspx?ProposalID=83 |publisher=The Against Malaria Foundation |title=Benin City, Nigeria |accessdate=April 25, 2017}}</ref>
| 2009 || {{dts|April 28}} || || Possibly the first phone conversation between AMF and GiveWell is from this day.<ref name="givewell_2010_amf_review" />
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| 2009 || {{dts|May 7}} || Social media || The AgainstMalaria Twitter account is created.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/againstmalaria?lang=en |accessdate=April 24, 2017 |publisher=Twitter |title=Against Malaria (@AgainstMalaria)}}</ref>
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| 2009 || {{dts|June}} || New country || The first net distributions in Sierra Leone take place in villages in the Malen chiefdom.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.againstmalaria.com/Distribution.aspx?ProposalID=125 |publisher=The Against Malaria Foundation |title=Malen, Pujehun, Sierra Leone |accessdate=April 25, 2017}}</ref>
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| 2009 || {{dts|June}} || New country || The first net distributions in Papua New Guinea take place in the Abau District.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.againstmalaria.com/Distribution.aspx?ProposalID=115 |publisher=The Against Malaria Foundation |title=Abau District, Papua New Guinea |accessdate=April 25, 2017}}</ref>
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| 2009 || {{dts|July 4}} || || Earliest available record of GiveWell listing AMF as a "recommended organization" dates back to this day.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://givewell.net/AMF |archivedate=July 4, 2009 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090704155603/http://givewell.net/AMF |title=Against Malaria Foundation |publisher=GiveWell}}</ref>
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| 2009 || {{dts|July 8}} || || AMF reaches 1 million mosquito nets (distributed or funded?).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.againstmalaria.com/Newsitem.aspx?NewsItem=1-MILLION-nets-reached |publisher=The Against Malaria Foundation |title=1 MILLION nets reached |date=July 8, 2009 |first=Andrew |last=Garner |accessdate=April 24, 2017}}</ref>
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| 2010 || || GiveWell review || GiveWell publishes its first review of AMF, ranking it a "Silver Medal organization".<ref name="givewell_2010_amf_review">{{cite web |url=http://www.givewell.org/charities/AMF/2010-review |title=Against Malaria Foundation (AMF) - 2010 Review |publisher=[[wikipedia:GiveWell|GiveWell]] |accessdate=April 24, 2017 |year=2010}}</ref>
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| 2010 || {{dts|January 14}} || Social media || AMF's first post to its Facebook page dates back to this day.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/AgainstMalaria/posts/250842325911 |date=January 14, 2010 |publisher=The Against Malaria Foundation |title=The immediate needs in Haiti are search and rescue teams and medical aid. |accessdate=April 27, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/pg/AgainstMalaria/posts/?ref=page_internal |title=The Against Malaria Foundation |accessdate=April 27, 2017 |publisher=The Against Malaria Foundation}}</ref>
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| 2010 || {{dts|March 30}} || || AMF is first recommended by Giving What We Can around this time.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.againstmalaria.com/Newsitem.aspx?NewsItem=Giving-What-We-Can-Recomended-Charity |publisher=The Against Malaria Foundation |title=Giving What We Can - Recomended Charity |accessdate=April 24, 2017 |date=March 30, 2010 |first=Andrew |last=Garner}}</ref>
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| 2010 || {{dts|June 17}} || || The Life You Can Save recommends AMF as far back as this date. It cites GiveWell's work.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thelifeyoucansave.com/organizations |archivedate=June 17, 2010 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100617041418/http://www.thelifeyoucansave.com/organizations |title=Organizations to give to |publisher=The Life You Can Save}}</ref>
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| 2010 || {{dts|June 19}} || || Madness Against Malaria takes place again, with the tournament concluding around this time.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.againstmalaria.com/Newsitem.aspx?NewsItem=Madness-Against-Malaria-is-reaching-an-exciting-conclusion |publisher=The Against Malaria Foundation |title=Madness Against Malaria is reaching an exciting conclusion |first=Andrew |last=Garner |accessdate=April 27, 2017}}</ref>
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| 2010 || {{dts|June 25}} || Swim || World Swim Against Malaria 2010 takes place.<ref name="swim_about_2011" />
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| 2011 || {{dts|October 19}}–22 || || GiveWell visits Concern Universal (CU) in Malawi as part of its evaluation of AMF. CU is one of the bednet distributors AMF works with.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.givewell.org/research/site-visits/october-2011#AgainstMalariaFoundationConcernUniversal |title=Site Visits: October 2011 § Against Malaria Foundation/Concern Universal |publisher=[[wikipedia:GiveWell|GiveWell]] |accessdate=April 25, 2017 |date=October 2011}}</ref>
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| 2011 || {{dts|November 8}} || Social media || AMF's first Google Plus post dates back to this day.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://plus.google.com/+Againstmalaria/posts/at1u9BVT15y |title=Every donation from every person counts as the total of $7,005,124 from 41,98... |accessdate=April 27, 2017 |date=November 8, 2011}}</ref>
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| 2011 || {{dts|November}} || GiveWell review || GiveWell publishes its 2011 review of AMF, in which AMF is considered one of the two top charities.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.givewell.org/charities/AMF/2011-review |title=Against Malaria Foundation (AMF) - 2011 Review=GiveWell |accessdate=April 27, 2017}}</ref>
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| 2013 || {{dts|February 1}} || || Starting around this time, AMF begins paying for non-net costs using separate funds (i.e. money not received through public donations).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.againstmalaria.com/NonNetCostsExplained.aspx |publisher=The Against Malaria Foundation |title=Non-net costs: why we fund them in certain circumstances |accessdate=April 26, 2017 |date=February 1, 2013}}</ref>
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| 2013 || {{dts|May}}–{{dts|July}} || || Charity Science launches as Effective Fundraising<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.charityscience.com/operations-details/keep-charity-science-running |publisher=Charity Science |title=Keep Charity Science running |accessdate=April 27, 2017 |date=January 26, 2015 |quote=Charity Science (previously Effective Fundraising) is an organization that conducts experiments in building awareness of and raising funds for the most scientifically based charities.}}</ref> around this time,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.effectivefundraising.net/1/post/2013/07/our-strategy.html |archivedate=July 31, 2013 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130731031323/http://www.effectivefundraising.net/1/post/2013/07/our-strategy.html |publisher=Effective Fundraising |title=Our Strategy |quote=Archives […] May 2013 |date=July 19, 2013}}</ref> recommending AMF as its charity of choice in human rights.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.effectivefundraising.net:80/our-charity-choice.html |archivedate=July 31, 2013 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130731025636/http://www.effectivefundraising.net:80/our-charity-choice.html |publisher=Effective Fundraising |title=Our Charity Choice |quote=Our current choice in human rights is the Against Malaria Foundation. They are a top recommended charity by both Givewell and Giving What We Can and have a strong track record of doing large amounts of good.}}</ref>
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| 2013 || {{dts|November 26}} || || [[wikipedia:Holden Karnofsky|Holden Karnofsky]] publishes a post on the [[wikipedia:GiveWell|GiveWell]] blog saying that GiveWell plans not to recommend more donations to AMF due to room-for-more-funding issues.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blog.givewell.org/2013/11/26/change-in-against-malaria-foundation-recommendation-status-room-for-more-funding-related/ |title=Change in Against Malaria Foundation recommendation status (room-for-more-funding-related) |website=The GiveWell Blog |publisher=[[wikipedia:GiveWell|GiveWell]] |date=February 22, 2016 |accessdate=April 24, 2017 |first=Holden |last=Karnofsky}}</ref>
| 2015 || {{dts|June 26}} || Swim || World Swim Against Malaria 2015 is scheduled to take place on this day. However, the main sources mentioning the event are from 2013, so it's not clear whether the event actually took place.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/AgainstMalaria/status/397778507549270016 |quote=World Swim Against Malaria 2015. A million swimming. Please will you swim on 26th June 2015? #WorldSwim #Malaria |title=Against Malaria on Twitter |date=November 5, 2013 |publisher=Twitter}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109064330/http://www.againstmalaria.com:80/WorldSwim.aspx |archivedate=November 9, 2013 |url=http://www.againstmalaria.com:80/WorldSwim.aspx |title=World Swim Against Malaria |quote=The next big swim will be on 26 June 2015, but you can swim at anytime! |publisher=Against Malaria Foundation}}</ref>
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| 2015 || {{dts|July}} || GiveWell update || GiveWell publishes its "May 2015" update on AMF, continuing to recommend it.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.givewell.org/charities/amf/May-2015 |title=Against Malaria Foundation - May 2015 Update |publisher=[[wikipedia:GiveWell|GiveWell]] |accessdate=April 27, 2017}}</ref>
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| 2015 || {{dts|August}} || GiveWell update || GiveWell publishes an update on AMF, continuing to recommend it.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.givewell.org/charities/amf/August-2015 |title=Against Malaria Foundation - August 2015 Update |publisher=[[wikipedia:GiveWell|GiveWell]] |accessdate=April 27, 2017}}</ref>
