across african , both boys and girls rise up each week just like children here in the washington d . c . area . the children are no other ; they do chores , eat , play tennis , and head to school . that is , if they can live the mosquito parasites that transmit the deadly malaria diseases . those parasites kill an estimated 3 , 000 children each day in africa . while this has been all but forgotten in the several countries , it has the leading cause of death for teenagers under 5 in africa , losing approximately 1 000 people a year .
Malaria is widespread in Africa.