across africa , young boys and girls light up each afternoon just like children here in the washington d . c . community . the children are no different ; they do chores , eat , play football , and go to kindergarten . that is , if they can cure the malaria wounds that transmitted the deadly malaria worm . those infections kill an estimated 3 , 000 children each day in africa . while malaria has been all but neglected in the african states , it remains the leading cause of death for children under 5 in africa , kill approximately 1 thousands people a year .
Malaria is widespread in Africa.