Combating Malaria: an NCC special on NBC

["Philip Jenks" <pjenks@ncccusa.org>]

>Combating malaria: NCC presents
>an NBC special: 'A Killer in the Dark'

Presented by the National Council of Churches USA;
Produced by United Methodist Communications

April 12, 2011, New York -- As one mother tucks her children into bed in Mi 
ddle America, a mother in Africa does the same. In the morning, their child ren 
will wake with two very different missions directed toward the same cri tical 
goal: ending deaths caused by malaria.  

Malaria kills more than one million people each year. Every 45 seconds a ch ild 
in Africa dies of this preventable and treatable disease. Yet, malaria  can be 
eliminated with the right tools: prevention, treatment, education an d 
communication.

Join in this inspiring journey of collaboration and ingenuity as ordinary p 
eople work together to stop this "killer in the dark." Actress Pauley Perre 
tte, a member of The United Methodist Church, narrates this documentary.

This special program chronicles community-based efforts on both sides of th e 
ocean as everyday people strive to reduce the deadly results of this dise ase.
 
The documentary, "A Killer in the Dark," is presented by the National Counc il 
of Churches under the auspices of the Interfaith Broadcasting Commission  and 
produced by United Methodist Communications. 
 
Wesley M. "Pat" Pattillo, NCC Associate General Secretary, Justice, Advocac y 
and Communication, represents the NCC on the Interfaith Broadcasting Comm 
ission, which plans many high-quality network programs similar to this one  
each year. Shirley Whipple Struchen is the NCC's Coordinator of Electronic  
Media Programming. 

Since its founding in 1950, the National Council of the Churches of Christ  in 
the USA has been the leading force for shared ecumenical witness among C 
hristians in the United States. The NCC's 37 member communions -- from a wi de 
spectrum of Protestant, Anglican, Orthodox, Evangelical, historic Africa n 
American and Living Peace churches -- include 45 million persons in more  than 
100,000 local congregations in communities across the nation.

NCC News contact:  Philip E. Jenks, 212-870-2228 (office), 646-853-4212 ( 
cell), pjenks@ncccusa.org