ELCA NEWS SERVICE February 2, 2010 ELCA Joins in Lutheran Malaria Initiative Startup in Southern Africa 10-046-JB CHICAGO (ELCA) -- Lutherans in southern Africa and staff of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) met in Johannesburg, South Africa, Jan. 11-15, to plan efforts to help prevent and control malaria, and to discuss building organizational capacity to meet the challenge. More http://www.elca.org/News/Releases.asp?a=4432 Information about the Lutheran Malaria Initiative is at http://www.ELCA.org/Our-Faith-In-Action/Responding-to-the-World/lutheran-malaria-initiative.aspx on the ELCA Web site. For information contact: John Brooks, Director (773) 380-2958 or [log in to unmask] http://www.elca.org/news Twitter: http://twitter.com/elcanews