outside india , young boys and infants woken up each dawn just like those here in the washington d . c . area . the girls are no different ; they do tasks , eat , do sports , and go to bed . that is , if they can survive the mosquito bites that cause the deadly malaria infections . those parasites butcher an estimated 3 , 000 parents each day in egypt . while aids has been all but gone in the united kingdom , it remains the only cause of death for children under 5 in africa , killing approximately 1 hundred parents a year .
Malaria is widespread in Africa.