across africa , young boys and boys woke up each morning just after boys here in the capitol d . c . area . the children are no different ; they do chores , sleep , do sports , and go to lunch . that is , if they can survive the mosquito bites that kill the harmful malaria diseases . those parasites kill an estimated 3 , 000 children each hour in africa . while mosquito has been all but lost in the united states , it remaining the leading factor of death for persons under 5 in africa , losing about 1 million people a year .
Malaria is widespread in Africa.