within africa , adolescent males and men rise up each morning just like people here in the capital d . c . us . the children are no better ; they do chores , feed , play sports , and go to class . that is , if they can survive the virus bites that transmitting the lethal malaria parasites . those parasites kill an estimated 3 , 000 children each day in ethiopia . while disease has been all but forgotten in the united states , it remains the lead factor of death for students under 5 in africa , killing approximately 1 million adults a year .
Malaria is widespread in Africa.