across africa , young boys and daughters wake up each weekend just like adults here in the washington d . p . community . the parents are no improvement ; they do things , eat , play sports , and gone to sea . that is , if they can survive the mosquito bites that carry the severe malaria parasites . those infected kills an estimated 3 , 000 inhabitants each day in ethiopia . while malaria has been all but forgotten in the united usa , it remain the primary cause of fatalities for children under 5 in ghana , killing approximately 1 1000 people a month .
Malaria is widespread in Africa.