<s>
malariacontrol.net	O
was	O
a	O
volunteer	B-Operating_System
computing	I-Operating_System
project	O
to	O
simulate	O
the	O
transmission	O
dynamics	O
and	O
health	O
effects	O
of	O
malaria	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Africa	B-Operating_System
@home	I-Operating_System
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
project	O
was	O
under	O
Africa	B-Operating_System
@home	I-Operating_System
where	O
the	O
latter	O
was	O
conceived	O
and	O
developed	O
by	O
European	O
Organization	O
for	O
Nuclear	O
Research	O
(	O
CERN	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
malariacontrol.net	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
to	O
use	O
volunteer	B-Operating_System
computing	I-Operating_System
to	O
model	O
diseases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
4	O
November	O
2010	O
,	O
using	O
the	O
financial	O
support	O
from	O
Bill	O
&	O
Melinda	O
Gates	O
Foundation	O
,	O
Malariacontrol.net	O
developed	O
an	O
open-source	B-License
software	O
named	O
"	O
Open	O
Malaria	O
"	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
simulate	O
outcomes	O
in	O
various	O
types	O
of	O
malaria	O
transmission	O
settings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
21	O
June	O
2016	O
,	O
malariacontrol.net	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
project	O
has	O
been	O
terminated	O
due	O
to	O
financial	O
constraints	O
in	O
upgrading	O
their	O
servers	O
for	O
further	O
volunteer	B-Operating_System
computing	I-Operating_System
operations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Similar	O
to	O
the	O
general	O
BOINC	B-Operating_System
users	O
,	O
malariacontrol.net	O
mainly	O
had	O
a	O
volunteer	O
base	O
of	O
males	O
ranged	O
from	O
20	O
to	O
50	O
years	O
old	O
,	O
mostly	O
staying	O
in	O
European	O
countries	O
and	O
North	O
America	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
of	O
them	O
learned	O
about	O
this	O
project	O
through	O
BOINC	B-Operating_System
website	O
and	O
their	O
main	O
motivation	O
was	O
the	O
satisfaction	O
of	O
doing	O
something	O
good	O
for	O
the	O
betterment	O
of	O
humankind	O
.	O
</s>
