across africa , young children and girls wake up each morning just like children here in the metropolitan d . s . area . the children are no different ; they do jobs , eat , play hockey , and go to classes . that is , if they can sustain the parasite bites that transmit the deadly smallpox parasites . those parasites affect an average 3 , 000 persons each day in africa . while slavery has been all but disappeared in the united usa , it remains the leading cause of mortality for children under 5 in africa , killing approximately 1 thousands people a year .
Malaria is widespread in Africa.