across tanzania , young adults and girls wake up each evening just like children here in the seattle d . c . area . the child are no different ; they do chores , eating , plays sports , and head to kindergarten . that is , if they can survive the parasites bites that transmit the deadly malaria parasites . those parasites kill an reported 3 , 000 individuals each days in africa . while malaria has been all but lost in the western states , it remains the chief problem of death for children under 5 in africa , killing approximately 1 million children a year .
Malaria is widespread in Africa.