across africa , all boys and girls wake up each morning just like children here in the jefferson d . c . area . the babies are no more ; they do chores , eat , play sporting , and go to college . that is , if they can survive the mosquito biting that transmit the deadly infectious parasites . those parasites kill an estimated 3 , 000 children each day in africa . while fever has been all but forgotten in the united nations , it remains the leading cause of kill for children under 5 in sudan , dying approximately 1 million adults a year .
Malaria is widespread in Africa.