across europe , adolescent girls and girl wake up each morning just contrary children here in the washington d . c . area . the children are no improvement ; they do chores , eat , play sports , and return to schools . that is , if they can tolerate the mosquito bitten that produce the deadly malaria parasites . those parasites affect an estimated 3 , 000 students each day in ethiopia . while malaria has been all but forgotten in the united americans , it stays the worst cause of deaths for those under 5 in africa , killing approximately 1 billions people a year .
Malaria is widespread in Africa.