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Malaria and Treated Nets
August 2009 Update from Malawi:
We have so far managed to distribute 1600 bed nets to children in the Feeding Centres and 20 pregnant women. The low figure on pregnant women is such because they are also being targeted at most of the government hospitals.
An evaluation that was done on the bednet project showed that, most of the children that continuously slept under a bed net, cases of malaria were drastically reduced, compared to children who at some point had been taken to other places where their parents were attending either a funeral or some church gathering and did not use the bednet. So the bednet is really proving to be a life saver, and prevention is indeed better than cure. Mothers have more time attend to other issues than nursing malaria stricken children. Thanks a million to all those that are supporting this project.
Mabel Madinga
The child who appeared on the cover of The Lutheran in 2003 represents hundreds of children who are threatened by Malaria every year. She touched the heart of former Bishop Berg on one of his visits to Malawi. Sadly, she died in the summer of 2007, but others will live with contributions to the "bednet project." Send $$$ (just $7 per net) to the Northwest Synod of Wisconsin, PO Box 730, Rice Lake, WI 54868.
Coness Saiti - One of Malaria’s Victims
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