Malaria Hunger & Poverty Matt Jeppsen. “When malaria attacks a person, the whole household is...

Malaria Hunger & Poverty

Matt Jeppsen

“When malaria attacks a person, the whole household is affected. And the economic level of that household goes down.”

Direct costs: clinic, medication, transportation, foodIndirect costs: Education, livelihood, food security

$12 billion a year

Senior Pastor Alfred Chana, ELCZambia

Beyond 2015: After the ELCA Malaria Campaign

What happens to malaria programs

after 2015?

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Sustainabili

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Test kits

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Sustainability: Structural• Churches have been strengthened

• Advocacy has created new pathways

• Relationships with government and NGOs

• Strengthened clinics and hospitals

Sustainability: Local

• Trained volunteers• Increased knowledge in households• Families practice new behaviors• Children have been healthier• Parents more able to work• Communities manage their money• Lives have been saved!

What happens to malaria programs

after 2015?

Nets wear o

ut

Sustainabili

ty!

Drugs get

distributed

Test kits

get use

d

up

ELCA World

Hunger!