"We are learning to think like mosquitoes"  Jessica Nipp Hacker
​Pastor Knox serves a Luthe​ran congregation in rural Northwest
Zambia. Pastor Knox for web.jpg  "Before the malaria program
came to our village," relates Past​or Knox, "people had been
using nets in the wrong way - for fishing, or as sleeping mats.
 This was a big problem."  The Lutheran Malaria Program in
Zambia emphasizes community-based education.  All of the
Lutheran pastors in Zambia have been trained in malaria
prevention and control, and local volunteers have been trained
to educate others. ​​This education has helped the members of
Pastor Knox's congregation, and others in their community, to
use their nets appropriately and to choose other healthy
behaviors.​​  Zambia MJ net outdoors for web.jpg  "Through the
malaria program, we learned how to use the nets properly," says
Pastor Knox. "We learned how to hang them up and re-dip them [in
insecticide] when necessary." ​  The program is euqipping people
to outwit the wily insects that tran