along africa , young boys and girls wake up each morning just after children here in the washington d . c . areas . the infants are no different ; they do chores , eat , play soccer , and go to school . that is , if they can survive the mosquito bite that spread the deadly malaria parasites . those parasites kill an estimated 3 , 000 children each day in africa . while malaria has been all but forgotten in the western states , it stays the leading cause of demise for children under 5 in africa , killed about 1 trillion people a year .
Malaria is widespread in Africa.