Children in Zambia fi nd that learning about malaria prevention and treatment is as easy as 1,2,3.


By Anne Basye O


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n the ground, the deadly anopheles mosquito is the “vector” that transmits


malaria to humans. T e tiny mos- quito also has galvanized members of more than 5,000 ELCA congrega- tions to give to the ELCA Malaria Campaign. Launched at the 2009 ELCA


Churchwide Assembly, at presstime the campaign had raised $13.5 million and is on track to reach its $15 million goal by Jan. 31, 2016 (the end of the ELCA’s 2015 fi scal year). In 2013 the project was folded into the overall goals of Always Being Made New: T e Campaign for the ELCA. Already the malaria funds are making a diff erence in 13 African countries where the disease stubbornly persists. T e bottom line is positive. Since


the year 2000, global eff orts to fi ght malaria—including ELCA-funded work by companion Lutheran church bodies and partner organiza- tions—have slashed the death rate from malaria in Africa in half. Low-cost, high-impact measures


have helped lower mortality rates: making mosquito nets and eff ec- tive antimalarial drugs easier to access, reducing mosquito-breeding habitats, encouraging people to recognize symptoms and seek treat- ment earlier, and providing preven- tive treatments that save the lives of


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