David Beckham and other sports stars press UK government to meet promises on malaria.

Sports stars David Beckham, Andy Murray and Denise Lewis urge the British government to fulfil a promise on fighting malaria.

SHOWS: LONDON, UK (APRIL 20, 2009) (UK POOL - NO ACCESS GMTV)

1. MOSQUITO NET OVER DOOR OF 10 DOWNING STREET

2. VARIOUS OF BRITISH PRIME MINISTER GORDON BROWN MEETING SOCCER STAR DAVID BECKHAM, TENNIS PLAYER ANDY MURRAY AND OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL-WINNING ATHLETE DENISE LEWIS IN 11 DOWNING STREET, ALONG WITH LEADERS OF CAMPAIGN GROUP 'MALARIA NO MORE UK'

3. BROWN, BECKHAM, MURRAY AND LEWIS POSING FOR CAMERAS OUTSIDE MOSQUITO NET-COVERED DOOR OF 10 DOWNING STREET

STORY: Sports stars David Beckham, Andy Murray and Denise Lewis urged the British prime minister in Downing Street on Monday (April 20) to meet a promise on fighting malaria.

The door of 10 Downing Street was draped in a malaria net to highlight one of the most effective ways of preventing the disease.

The sports stars were part of a group visiting Prime Minister Gordon Brown to ask him to deliver a promised 20 million malaria nets to affected countries by next year.

Beckham, Murray and Lewis were helping to launch new campaign group 'Malaria No More UK'; the three are members of its leadership council.

A year after the government made the pledge, Britain has delivered 9.7 million nets to Africa, with a further 1.9 million currently on order.

The world's eight leading countries, inlcuding the UK, have agreed to provide a total of 100 million nets.

At least one million people die each year of malaria, most of them in Africa, where the disease is believed to kill a child every 30 seconds.