on africa , young guys and women wake up each morning just like teenagers here in the washington d . c . neighbourhood . the young are no less ; they do chores , eat , play sporting , and go to work . that is , if they can survive the mosquito bites that transmit the deadly malaria infections . those parasites kill an incredible 3 , 000 children each day in africa . while tuberculosis has been all but forgotten in the united states , it remains the leading form of demise for children under 5 in ghana , killing approximately 1 million people a year .
Malaria is widespread in Africa.