around africa , poor women and children light up each year just like children here in the capitol d . c . suburbs . the youth are no different ; they do rituals , food , have sports , and go to school . that is , if they can survive the mosquito bites that send the deadly malaria parasites . those things affect an estimated 3 , 000 lives each day in ghana . while smallpox has been all but forgotten in the southern states , it became the leading cause of death for children under 5 in africa , killing approximately 1 millions people a year .
Malaria is widespread in Africa.